Sea Cider Rumrunner (2006 - Newfoundland Screech Rum)

Brewed by Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse
Style: Cider
Central Saanich, Canada

Courtesy TheCheeseman. Clear apple colored pour with no head. Sweet apple spice aroma. Taste is apple cider with nice hints rum and some barrel. The dryness of the wood and the sweetness of the apple make this really well balanced. Tasty.

bottle courtesy of thecheeseman: pours with no head clear apple juice colour of course. aroma is a good apple, some of the wood and even get the rum quick hit of alcohol. flavour is a great warm rum flavour, wood vanilla, apple, just awesome. finishes completely clean and glides over the palate

Courtesy TheCheeseman. Pours a dark, crystal clear gold. Smells of sweet apple orchards, with hints of that rum that seemingly balanced out the strong apple a bit. The flavor is pretty killer. Nice balance with the apples and rum. You definitely know its a cider, but the rum kills the acidity a bit and addssome sweet flavors to it. These two ingredients seem to be a match made in heaven. They work well together.

Throwdown. Cheeseman’s surprise. Bright clear gold. Potent apple aroma. A touch floral. Pleasing sweet soft apple flavors, with a touch of light rum. Sweet, candyish almost but in a good way, a real good way. Medium bodied. Yes!

thanks cheeseman pours a nice golden color sweet sugary apples with caramel and spice slight woody flavor and yummy rum notes a little alchoholic bite in there also. I found this cider to be very enjoyable well done

750 ml bottle courtesy Capflu. Golden colour with a quickly diminishing white fizz. Tart and caramelized apples, honey, light alcohol, and oak aroma with some charred rum barrel notes. Initially tart and sweet apples, brown suagr, and honey yields to faint molasses and more rum, finishing with an alcoholic and woody bitterness from the rum barrel. Medium bodied, lightly fizzy and slightly sticky mouthfeel. Complex, yes, but I’m not as thrilled by the overall package as other raters. The rum barrel finish comes across like a shot of low grade rum was thrown in the bottle, as opposed to any cohesiveness added by the barrel aging.

Bottle. Golden, champagne bubbles. Apple, almond and brown sugar aroma. Spicy apple cake, dark sugar, rum retronasal. Light sparkly mouthfeel. Almond aftertaste. A real treat as Hot Buttered Rumrunner - cheers Sunshine and Josh, that was a nice hangover afternoon!

Pours a deep golden color, and leaves nice legs. Strong rum barrel aromas. Retsina flavors: enormous resin. Soft effervescence. Clean palate but with lingering alcohol notes. A special cider. (Note: The Sea Cidery offers a Hot Buttered version of the Rumrunner, which is to die for on a cold day. It becomes totally cloudy, smells and tastes like apple pie a la mode with sweet cream and cinnamon flavors and is surprisingly nourishing!)