Tandem Ciders’ The Inexperienced Man

It’s a grey day right here of the kind that makes me doubt Spring. We’re residing in a gray-brown world of final yr’s useless leaves, frozen mud, and dormant grass. Nonetheless, I’ve planted a couple of trays of seeds, and I’m watering them faithfully. Hopefully within the coming week or so, I’ll begin to see contemporary inexperienced seedlings. Till then, it is time to cook dinner and nest and escape into motion pictures. Immediately, I’m sharing my ideas on Tandem Ciders’ the Inexperienced Man. Many due to my cider pals who bought this to me to assuage my emotions of CiderConFOMO. ; ) You’re the perfect!

Tandem Ciders come to us from Sutton’s Bay, Michigan. There Dan Younger and Nikki Rothwell based Tandem Ciders in 2010 after their love of England and Cider mixed with their love of Michigan orchard life. Discover out extra in my earlier Tandem critiques.

I’ve reviewed a couple of Tandem’s Ciders earlier than. Right here’s the checklist.

Crabster: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2018/07/cider-review-south-city-ciderworks-dry.html

The Bee’s Dream: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2016/01/cider-review-tandem-ciders-bees-dream.html

The Smackintosh: http://alongcameacider.blogspot.com/2015/05/cider-review-tandem-ciders-smackintosh.html

I like to recommend testing Tandem Ciders on the internet to study what this Michigan Cider is making and doing: https://www.tandemciders.com/

You may as well learn the story behind the cidery on the web site right here. It’s a candy one: https://www.tandemciders.com/about-us/

Right here’s what Tandem Ciders has to say about The Inexperienced Man. 

Impressed by the carvings of the Roman Baths within the coronary heart of English cider nation — Tub, England — this adventurous mix of Rhode Island Greenings creates a subtly candy cider that’ll go away you something however stone-faced.

Look: good, only a few seen bubbles, low-intensity cool-toned straw

This cider is simply too lovely to be bought in a can! The cool-toned pale gold and brilliance should be seen! The colour jogs my memory of straw in spring; it’s yellow and never inexperienced however solely simply by a hair. 

Aromas: inexperienced apple, pineapple, candy sweet mud

The Inexperienced Man actually smells inexperienced! I get numerous malic acid inexperienced apple notes from the beginning. Secondarily, pineapple aromas abound; this has some tropical aptitude for certain! The final hints from this cider are more durable to explain; it’s a candy and dusty scent like a container that has held sugar sweet sufficient to have its residue floating round ambiently. We’ll see how these scents translate to style!

Sweetness/dryness: Semi-sweet

This cider tastes semi-sweet in a fruity juicy manner!

Flavors and consuming expertise: Bubbly, contemporary apple, full-bodied

The Inexperienced Man tastes so juicy, it jogs my memory of pear nectar. The cider tastes tropical with brilliant notes of candy apple, pineapple, and pear. The cider reveals off a clear fermentation with no funk, no bitterness or something to interrupt the contemporary and fruity celebration. The cider has plentiful bubbles and a full creamy mouthfeel. The cider has medium acidity: simply sufficient to maintain the sweetness in nice steadiness. It’s an easy-drinking cider and can be a beautiful introduction to the semi-sweet vary of the beverage.

We loved this with a chopped Greek salad. The sunshine medley of cucumbers, peppers, feta, tomatoes, and zingy creamy dressing had been a beautiful counterpoint to the bursting juicy sweetness of Tandem Ciders’ The Inexperienced Man.