It’s Halloween time, and this 12 months seems to be like sunny heat weeks and wet chilly weekends. Our journeys to the pumpkin patch is perhaps extra hurried amidst the blowing blustery circumstances. The time at house with snuggly blankets, cozy candle scents, and pots of sizzling soup is extra wanted than ordinary. This season has many modes, and all sides of Autumn are welcome to me. This week’s cider was loved with a potato and cider cider soup and sizzling crust bread toasted with cheddar.
Right this moment, I’m sharing my thought’s on Star Cider’s Folklore. Star Cider is a regional cider native to us right here in upstate New York. The cidery relies in Canandaigua, New York. That is a part of the Finger Lakes, for these unfamiliar. It was based in 2014 and the present tasting room opened in 2019. I like this quote from the cidery’s web site.
Cidermaking will not be a vacation spot, however a journey. On this journey, cider will proceed to evolve as we uncover new insights on the science of cider and unravel myths and legends concerning the processes used to make arduous cider previously. Cidermaking will proceed to rework as we experiment with the fermentation course of and thru using recent elements that complement the flavour of cider.
I had a good time visiting Star Cider with the Cornell and NY Cider Affiliation Summer time tour final 12 months: https://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2022/07/cornell-and-nyca-hard-cider-summer-tour.html
And in 2018 I lastly shared my notes on the Wild Youngster Rhubarb by Star Cider: https://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2018/07/cider-review-kite-and-string-ciders.html
I like to recommend testing the Star Cidery web site to be taught extra about present choices and actions within the tasting room: http://www.starcidery.com/.
And here is a hyperlink to Blue Barn Cidery too: https://www.bluebarncidery.com.
Admittedly, I do know much less about Blue Barn Cidery out of Hilton, New York, however I sit up for studying extra!
Right here’s how Star Cidery describes Folklore
Made with combined heirloom apples from Blue Barn Cidery in Hilton New York this collaboration cider is assured to impress!
Notes of inexperienced apple, peach, and pear give method to a dry Riesling-like end. The proper cider for a sunny day. 7% ABV.
Look: Intense sunflower yellow, good, bubbly
The Folklore pours with a head, however the head didn’t stick round lengthy sufficient for footage. This cider vibrates with its sunflower yellow shade; it’s so daring and shiny! The cider is bubbly and good.
Aromas: overripe apples, tangy tartness, mild funk
This cider bubbles ripe apple aromas with fervor! I like the wealthy autumnal lushness I get right here. The Folklore additionally smells only a contact funky in a tangy manner. Different notes remind me of lemon, wild rice, and mushrooms.
Sweetness/Dryness: Semi-dry
I discover the Folklore semi-dry, however it was a cautious consideration to get there. I’d be curious to see the residual sugar and acidity.
Flavors and consuming expertise: Bubbly, bittersweet, excessive acid
This cider develops as I style it in a most pleasing manner. The Folklore communicates with mild bittersweetness. In mouthfeel, it’s creamy and wealthy; the wonderful bubbles transfer energetically via the cider. Like the vast majority of New York state ciders the Folklore will get a lot of its ooph from its excessive acidity moderately than tannins.
Particular flavors associations that wafted via my thoughts had been white grape and crème brûlée: one thing spherical and full. One among my favourite little surprises of this cider was its vanilla end.
**Tattoo pictured is non permanent: a remnant of my pirate costume. Positive seems to be nice although, would not it?
