That is my final new cider evaluation of the 12 months. After this, I get to share my favourite 10 ciders of 2022, after which we’ll begin a brand new 12 months. On the one hand, I can scarcely consider it, whereas on the opposite I really feel greater than prepared for a brand new contemporary 12 months. However first, a contemporary new cider from Citizen Cider!
At this time, I’m sharing my ideas on Citizen Cider’s Little Thicket.
I discovered this cider at a neighborhood grocery, and I’m so glad that I did. Citizen Cider comes from Burlington, Vermont. They’re a regional powerhouse that I usually relish. I don’t all the time get entry to the restricted releases although. Right here’s how Citizen Cider tells the origin story for the cidery. It highlights the deal with innovation and curiosity: two key components of Citizen Cider.
Justin Heilenbach, Bryan Holmes and Kris Nelson based Citizen Cider in 2010 on a hunch and a few good old style arduous work. Kris was working as a wine salesmen, Bryan as a chemist and Justin as a small farmer. All discontent for one purpose or one other, they began urgent candy cider in Kris’s barn and fermenting check batches of arduous cider in Bryan’s basement. Because it occurs, they found that their concepts about arduous cider translated into some fairly distinctive and fascinating completed merchandise.
It’s been some time since I final reviewed something by Citizen Cider: too lengthy actually. Right here’s the complete listing.
For Shore: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2020/06/cider-reviews-bellwether-rhode-island.html
Tree Tapper: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2020/02/cider-review-citizen-ciders-tree-tapper.html
Northern Spy: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2019/09/cider-review-thornapple-brewings-rough.html
Sur Lies: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2019/02/cider-review-citizen-cellars-sur-lies.html
Tulsi: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2018/03/cider-review-fable-farms-greensboro-and.html
The Wooden: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2018/07/cider-review-citizen-ciders-wood-and.html
Companion Bitter Cherry: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2017/06/pickcider-review-citizen-ciders.html
Wit’s Up: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2017/04/cider-review-citizen-ciders-wits-up.html
Barrel Aged: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2017/02/cider-review-citizen-ciders-barrel-aged.html
Citizen Cider bRosé: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2014/02/cider-review-citizen-cider-brose.html
My go to to Citizen Cider: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-great-vermont-cider-tour-day-2.html
I additionally advocate Citizen Cider’s web site. That’s one of the best spot to search out out about all the ciders: https://www.citizencider.com/
What drew me to this cider is its use of spruce suggestions as a further taste. Right here’s the complete description.
We’re pleased with being cidermakers in Vermont and search for methods to share the tradition, historical past, and flavors of our little state. This restricted version cider is our manner of sharing a bit of the inexperienced mountains with everybody. With a brilliant cherry nostril and a wealthy, pine end, this cider will transport you to a bit thicket of timber, excessive within the mountains of Vermont. 5.3% ABV
Look: good, pale straw, few seen bubbles
This can be a pretty cider with a pale delicate straw coloration. I can see via the good liquid clearly, however I don’t see loads of bubbly motion.
Aromas: piney, natural, aquatic, ripe apple, and blackberries
Oh fascinating! In some methods the Little Thicket’s smells remind me of some hopped ciders. It smells natural, piney, and forested. The cider has extra notes occurring although than simply these. It additionally smells piney with out being both sweaty or soapy, each of which might occur with hopped ciders. As an alternative I get further notes of ripe apple and blackberry together with one thing aquatic.
Sweetness/dryness: Semi-sweet
This cider is semi-sweet relatively than the semi-dry to off-dry indicated by Citizen’s packaging. The sweetness tastes very fruity and pure. It could be an excessive amount of for some cider followers, however the sweetness is nicely built-in.
Flavors and Consuming Expertise: medium acid, petillant, clear, fruity and gentle
The Little Thicket is a cleanly fermented cider with a great deal of fruit and natural flavors. It’s pleasingly full bodied. The low stage of seen bubbles was an correct predictor of a petillant relatively than strongly sparkly cider.
This semi-sweet cider brings medium acidity and loads of ripe apple character. Moderately just like the aromas, in some methods it jogged my memory of a hopped cider, however along with tasting clear and inexperienced, the little thicket tastes gentle one way or the other.
It was a pleasant cider to have with a easy supper of rye bread, cream cheese, uncooked veggies, and smoked salmon. Many because of my pleasant sister-in-law and her household for sending scrumptious PNW salmon our manner! I like a candy cider with intense flavors just like the salt and smoke of the smoked salmon.
I’m glad I obtained a four-pack, as a result of I’m wanting ahead to tasting the Little Thicket once more!
