dave White does it again!
This is dave White’s Blue Cap Cider, I believe he told me it was a Jonah Gold Blend (or was that Single Origin Jonah Gold). Update: Turns out this batch of cider is a blend of Jonathon and Golden.
Once again nicely done Dave! Very clear, almost zero sediment in the bottle.
Notes: Opened and Consumed on 05/12/2008
- Aroma: A little yeasty (not unpleasant, just more so than the Red Cap Blend), and that of crisp light apples; delicate.
- Flavor: Yeasty, lime, apple crisp, dry with an underlying sweetsness (not so much sweet as the idea of sweet), crisp and clean.
- Overall Thoughts: I need more than 12 oz. Refreshing. Nothing bad, the Yeasty flavors not unpleasent, and may pass with little more age in the bottle. Better than most commercial “hard” ciders. The predominant flavor I remember back on is the Lime! Simple, or rather not complex. dig it!
A nice finish to a long day.
Thanks for sharing Dave.
Tags: apples, blue cap blend, cider, Dave White, Golden, Jonah Gold, Jonathon, tasting Notes
May 15th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Thanks Michael… You are too kind. I gotta put up some reviews of the killer mead I keep getting from you in return.
So the blend… it was a Jonathon and Golden blend actually. Jonah Gold is damn close verbally speaking.
Anyway for your reading pleasure the notes:
Orchard & Harvest Comments
Varieties Used in Blend: 2/3 (66 lbs.) Goldens & 1/3 (34 lbs.) Jonathon
Aromatic: Sweet and appley tarty
Blend Acidity: Nice acidity, add some however
Blend Sugar: 6%-7% Potential 1.050 SG
Apple Amount:
Juice Yield: 5 Gallons
Sugar Added:
Yeast Type: 1 Packet each of Lalvin EC-1118 & D47
Other Additives: 2 tsp. Pectic Enyme,
Acid: add 3/4 tsp. Acid Blend
Sugar:
Tannin Estimatation: ?
Comments: Nice blend… great acidity nice sweetness, not too. kind of aromatic and florally