It’s moist, chilly, and blustery outdoors. I’m so glad to be residence and heat. Not solely that, I’ve a plate of scrumptious pizza and a cider that I’m very excited to overview. Tonight, I’m sharing my ideas on Seminary Hill Cider’s Delaware Dry. I can really feel the variety of occasions I’ve ensconced myself and no matter writing machine I’m utilizing for precisely this form of night. What a well-recognized form of contentment. I really like the nights once I know that I’ll be opening a really tasty cider certainly.
Seminary Hill Cider involves us from the Catskills area of New York. The cidery was based in 2012, however I solely bought to expertise the place and the cider for the primary time earlier this yr.
Spherical up of a number of Seminary Hill ciders together with, 2021 Beechwoods, Nicksen, 2020 Semi-Candy Cackling Hen, Tom’s Beard, Spy Who Got here in From the Chilly: https://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2023/10/cider-review-seminary-hill-cider-roundup.html
Right here’s the best way to discover the cidery, restaurant, and lodge on-line: https://www.seminaryhill.co/
Tonight I’m sharing concerning the Delaware Dry. Right here’s all the information about this cider obtainable from Seminary Hill’s web site.
2020 Delaware Dry
Silver Medal GLINTCAP
Alcohol 8.2%
pH 3.76
Titratable Acidity (TA) 7.47 g/L
Bottling Date 6.22.21
Bone dry, floral, spice, gentle bitterness, medium physique, good acid
Mix: Chisel Jersey 42%, Baldwin 26% Golden Russet 20% Northern Spy 12%
Look: good, intense popcorn yellow, few seen bubbles
This cider brings absolute ferocity of colour. It jogs my memory of popcorn kernels tonight, however the heat toned yellow might be discovered throughout autumn.
Aromas: Lemon peel, candied orange, minerals
The Delaware Dry smells wonderful and delectable. I get notes of lemon peel, candied orange, and minerals.
Dryness/sweetness: Dry
That is completely a dry cider. It wants no sweetness to be completely flavorful and fully itself.
Flavors and ingesting expertise: Dry, bubbly, tannic, excessive acid, vivid, citrus and minerals
Whoa. The Delaware Dry tastes so vivid and minerally, it’s nearly savory. Particularly I get notes of slate. This dry cider has a clear fringe of bitterness, however the bubbly excessive acid carry it. I discover it completely scrumptious. I’m so grateful for the clear fermentation. The fruitiness is current however restrained; I’m reminded of fantastically ripe grapefruit.
I had this tonight with pineapple pizza, however I keep in mind having fun with with the ripest of late-season tomatoes and excellent sourdough bread. Each are unbelievable. I might additionally serve it with a creamy chowder. There are such a lot of good choices for such a pleasant food-friendly cider.
