Overview of Portland Cider’s Blueberry Bourbon Basil, a bourbon barrel aged blueberry-basil cider. It’s my first time making an attempt this, however I’ve had most of their lineup (see right here).
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Cider: Blueberry Bourbon Basil
Cidery: Portland Cider
Cidery Location: Portland Cider
ABV: 6.0%
How Equipped: 19.2oz single cans and 6 packs of 12oz cans
Fashion: American craft cider from dessert apples with blueberries and basil, aged in bourbon barrels
Availability: restricted launch, on Dec 15 2020 for cans and Jan 2021 for kegs/draft (take a look at their cider finder), in Oregon (together with Portland Cider’s 2 taprooms), Washington, Northern Idaho, and Northern California
Cider Description: Our collaboration with Blue Star Donuts, the enduring Portland-based donut store recognized for his or her brioche donuts. This cider is strictly what it says – Blueberry, basil, and deep wealthy bourbon notes from oak ageing. It’s scrumptious mouthful! Tasting notes: Oak, Vanilla, Blueberry Pie, Candy Basil. Meals pairings: Blue Star Donuts, Gouda Cheese, Cured Meats, Chocolate, Toasted hazelnuts.
Cidery Description: Portland Cider Firm is an award-winning premium cider producer that owes its success to the proper marriage of the cider-making traditions of Somerset, England, with the eclectic and oddly distinctive spirit of cider-passionate Portland, Oregon. We’re dedicated to utilizing 100% Northwest apples with out components, colours, or added sugar. This dedication provides our followers, such as you, the boldness you could benefit from the cleanest, crispest, and tastiest cider Portland has to supply.
Worth: ~$4-5 per single 19.2oz can or ~$11-12 per 6 pack of 12oz cans
The place Purchased: n/a
The place Drank: dwelling
How Discovered: it confirmed up
First Impression: Medium red-purple hue. Very low carbonation. Smells gentle, of tart berry.
Tasting Notes: Semi-dry. Mild bodied. Reasonable to excessive tartness. Reasonable acidity. No bitterness, tannins, sourness, or funk. Notes of berry and inexperienced apple with hints of herbs and easy oak (I couldn’t particularly establish basil and bourbon barrel ageing). Reasonable size tart end. Low apple taste. Reasonable total taste depth. Low to average complexity. Excessive sessionability.
My Opinion: I favored it, particularly resulting from its distinctive taste, which added some complexity to an in any other case comparatively frequent blueberry cider.
Most Just like: Nothing I’ve had, as though I’ve tried at the least 10 blueberry ciders, I solely know of sampling 1 different cider with basil, One Tree’s Lemon Basil.
Closing Notes: It could be fascinating to do that with extra basil and longer barrel ageing, to make these flavors extra distinguished, though I think about they needed to make sure they weren’t overdone.
Have you ever tried Portland Cider’s Blueberry Bourbon Basil? What did you assume?
