Woodchuck Oak Aged Draft Cider

Brewed by Green Mountain Cidery (HP Bulmer)
Style: Cider
Middlebury, Vermont USA

Smells like dark apple. tast sweet but lesser than their regular cider, the oak mellows that out a bit i guess. Had a very little head. this is a good drink. i dont get too excited about cider though...

This cider poured with no head into the glass with a nice clear gold color with carbonation sending an occasional bubble to the surface. The aroma was of apples, of course, but it was complex. There was a subtle difference from the usual woodchuck product. It smelled more mature. The taste was dry and complex with a clean finish and a light sweet mouthfeel.

12oz bottle. Pours yellow-orange, with a small off-white head. Crisp apple juice aroma, a little reminiscent of champagne. Flavor of granny smith apples, flowers, and oak. Very smooth mouthfeel, with little carbonation. The oak seems to add a nice accent to this cider. I haven’t had a woodchuck in several years, and this was a pleasant surprise.

Poured a nice amber color for a cider with no head and a lot of carbonation. Aroma was cellared apples and a little bit of artificial sweetener. Maybe a hint of oak. Flavor was the same, a nice apple kick that was overwhelmed by a sticky sweetness. Ok, but not great.

Macrobrew gold. Appley nose. Sprizty body. Some toast, apple. Pretty boring presentation. Too sweet.

Bottle. Body-looks just like thin apple juice. Nose-light tobacco, light apple, pleasant apple nose, light artificial sweetener. Taste-sweet, salty, flowers, perfect sweetness, buttery, butterscotch, not a lot of wood or oak, but damn enjoyable.

THOUGHTS: THis is my first cider rating. The last time I had a cider was probably over six or 7 years ago, so I really have no idea what I’m doing. But here goes nothing. This was a lot better than I remembered ciders being, but when I did drink them I used to guzzle them from the bottle. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a light to medium gold with virtually non-existent, fizzy, white head that fully diminished. The flavor was not unpleasant, but almost non-existent. There was some apple, white wine, slight oak and champagne. The flavor started sweet and finished sweet and tart with an average duration. There were apples, a little oak (which really changed this making it much more interesting than I remembered ciders being), white wine and champagne. The light body was a little watery then very dry with very fizzy carbonation and dry and moderately astringent finish.

Bottle thanks to lithy. Pours amber with a small amount of lively carbonation. The aroma at first whiff is strong oak, but after a few minutes the wood fades and tart green apple comes through much more. The flavor is sweet apple with a little bit of an oaky vanilla finish. There’s a faint sour note in the finish that makes it a bit crisp despite the dull, slick mouthfeel. Decent for what it is, I guess.