I took my lunch break outdoors at this time. That will not sound like a lot, however it was a primary of 2022: one thing to rejoice. This isn’t a climate weblog, however cider is so linked to each seasons and meals that I’ve to replicate on the situations that almost all immediately affect my cider decisions. This week’s cider selection was impressed by an impromptu gathering of mates who all wanted to share some tales of latest misadventure. We had early night solar, snacks, and a extremely mandatory time for unwinding. My beverage of selection was Stormalong Cider’s Unfiltered: extremely acceptable for this gathering!
Stormalong cider is a Massachusetts cidery now promoting cider to some states. I give heaps extra background within the early Stormalong appearances within the weblog. I like to recommend testing a number of of these.
My Stormalong evaluations give a reasonably thorough however not totally exhaustive image of the cidery’s choices. Right here’s the listing.
White Mountain Magic: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2022/02/cider-review-stormalong-ciders-white.html
Bittersweet Symphonie: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2021/10/cider-review-stormalongs-bittersweet.html
Depraved Little Wickson: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2021/08/cider-review-stormalongs-wicked-little.html
Winesap: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2021/04/cider-review-stormalong-ciders-winesap.html
Joyful Holidays: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2020/11/cider-review-stormalong-ciders-happy.html
Esopus Spitzenburg: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2020/08/cider-review-ravens-moon-craft-ciders.html
Ashmead’s Kernel: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2020/07/cider-review-brannland-just-cider-and.html
Peariful: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2020/05/cider-review-left-foot-charleys-fortis.html
Legendary Dry: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2016/12/cider-review-stormalongs-legendary-dry.html
Kingston Black: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2019/08/cider-reviews-ninepin-light-cider.html
Gentle of the Solar: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2018/08/cider-review-descendant-cider-company.html
Mass Attraction: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2018/12/cider-review-prospect-ciderworks.html
Boston Heirloom: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2020/01/cider-review-stormalong-ciders-boston.html
Go to Stormalong Cider on-line to see present releases and study extra about this Massachusetts cidery: http://stormalong.com/.
The parents at Stormalong had been variety sufficient to ship me some overview samples of the brand new Unfiltered cider. The overview is just not biased by the sharing, however I do admire it. A lot of my entry to ciders comes from manufacturers selecting to hunt me out; I couldn’t do that with out them.
Right here’s how Stormalong describes the Unfiltered.
Unfiltered laborious cider made with a mix of 100% high-quality, recent pressed, domestically sourced apples. Paying homage to farmstand cider pressed and bought at harvest, it’s crisp, refreshing, with a savory stability of tart and candy.
Alcohol 4.50%
Look: hazy, bubbly, creamy butter yellow
This cider jogs my memory of butter or yellow cake batter. The unfiltered nature of the drink impacts how I understand the colour for certain. There are additionally loads of huge hearty bubbles in my glass.
Aromas: ripe apples, bananas, tropical fruit, unfermented apple juice
The Unfiltered cider smells vividly of ripe apples and bananas. There’s a juicy and tropical really feel to its notes. And all the pieces I scent, I scent it with superb depth. There’s nothing shy about this cider.
Sweetness/dryness: candy
Oh whats up candy cider! Stormalong has created an unambiguously candy cider within the Unfiltered. The sweetness contributes to each ingredient of the expertise, so that you’ll learn extra about it within the subsequent part.
Flavors and ingesting expertise: apple juice, peaches, medium to low acidity, petillant
The primary attribute I discover about Stormalong’s Unfiltered is its thick, full mouthfeel. This cider feels candy, wealthy, and tropical like a mango lassi. It’s a bit on the sticky facet like one too. Followers of fruit smoothies and farm-stand recent apple cider will rejoice at how a lot this cider tastes like unfermented apple juice proper at harvest time.
There’s additionally some Peachy notes on this medium to low acid cider. The Unfiltered is extra petillant than totally glowing, which provides to the complete mouthfeel impact. It tastes as vivid and daring because it smelled and could be very autumnal as effectively. So most of the Unfiltered’s traits go collectively to color a portrait of lush candy freshness. The low ABV, sweetness, petillance, and mouthfeel are all paying homage to unfermented cider from the farm. This unfiltered cider was a brilliant easy-going companion for some equally unfiltered sharing with mates; plus it paired fantastically with salty crunchy snacks.
