Rogers Semi-Dry Cider

Brewed by The Traditional Co.
Style: Cider
Culver, Oregon USA

Bottle. Pours still. Very clear light yellow color. Decent apple aroma, slight acetic presence. Very light bodied, tends to be a touch watery. Decent apple flavor with the taste running a bit on the sweet side and just a hint of acidity for balance. Fair.

Good golden color,no head to speak of,the aroma is a nice ripe apple with maybe a slight hint of pear but it’s hard to say on that one.But it definately smells pretty good.Nice apple flavor up front a slight oak side coming through as well.Theres that maybe pear like flavor there as well but again hard to say.There is a faint hint of alcohol towards the end of the tasting,but it’s so faint it’s hardly worth mentioning and won’t detract from the rating or the taste.Over all not bad and well worth a try.

Full disclosure: This was my first cider. I have *no* basis for comparison whatsoever. I received it as swag from judging at the OR State Fair Homebrew Competition. I was quite impressed with this little 6.8oz bottle and would like to try more, though, and when I do I assure you that I will be revisiting this fine cider for a more complete review. Otherwise, it poured a nice light-amber color with a fine white head that didn't last at all. Smell was of, hmmm, apples? I really did like the taste, but the best I can do to discribe it is apple juice with a hint of alcohol. Drinkability should likely be higher because I want to enjoy more of this, but at this point I'm going to assume it's average.

Pours a pure golden color, clean. Aroma is crisp and dry, all apples and wood similar to apple juice. Taste is drinkable, a little on the light side, very similar to a lot of commercial bottled ciders like CiderJack. Sweet and dry, easy to drink.

I thought this was quite an enjoyable cider. Lots of oak, and a slight apple cider vinegar aroma. Absolutely no head, and a slight bit of fizziness, and not much of an appearance. The flavor is pleasant and not cloying, but not strong enough. Reminds me alot of woodpecker in the respect that it is very dry. Very easy to drink, just a little weak.

Aroma was typical of "vinyard" variety cider. Subtle scent of barrel aged apples. Pour was darked than most I've tried like this. Quite darker with zero head. Flavor was pleasant, not overpowering. Woody taste clearly present. Finish was rather weak with not much left to savor. Overall, not bad.