Color:
Hawke was immediately surprised by the color of this cider, a red clear cider, as opposed the traditional amber color. Bailey was also pleasantly surprised by the light cranberry color, in fact she thought you might mistake it for sparkling cranberry juice.
Hawke gives 5/5 Apples
Bailey gives 5/5 Apples
Smell:
The smell exuded by the drink is sweet, with a hint of cherry. Also present is the smell of alcohol, consistent with a wine smell. Other than its sweet smell, there is no direct apple smell from this Cider.
Hawke: 3/5 Apples
Bailey: 4/5 Apples
Complexity/Flavor:
The flavor on this cider is almost overwhelmingly cherry. The main flavor does feel to be real cherries, as opposed to artificial cherry flavoring which both Bailey and Hawke feared would be the case. It has a strong tart flavor, suggesting real cherries were used. Bailey was saddened as she couldn't taste any apples. Hawke noted that it would be more like a cherry flavored sparkling wine. Sadly, the flavor is not that complex and feels straight cherry throughout.
Hawke: 4/5 Apples
Bailey: 4/5 Apples
Aftertaste
As mentioned before, this cider is overwhelmingly cherry. Usually in most ciders the flavor changes to have an aftertaste as it slides down ones' throat. In this case, the change did not occur and the flavor was consistently cherry. While not a bad thing, it was not what was expected in an apple cider. Bailey was not pleased with this aspect of the cider. While Hawke was a bit more lenient as he assumed cherries are harder to work with due to the infrequent appearance in hard ciders.
Hawke: 3/5 Apples
Bailey: 1/5 Apples
Price: $8-11 This hard cider comes in a 750ml bottle and 6.7 abv. Both Hawke and Bailey noted that it is strong cider, and the price is reasonable for what one receives.
Hawke: 5/5 Apples
Bailey: 5/5 Apples
Overall:
Hawke: 20/25 awarding this a Green apple.
Bailey: 18/25 awarding this a Yellow apple.
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