Tieton Cider Works - Blossom Nectar Cider: A great sweet cider with a slight floral bouquet. Our 3rd favorite.
Angry Orchard - Crisp Apple: This was the most sparkling cider of the group reminding me of the ginger beers. At first I thought it was tart, but after tasting them all and going back and forth between my favorites I changed my mind and thought of it more as semi-sweet. My favorite of the group and, of interest, is made by Samuel Adams.
Henry Hotspur's Hard Pressed Cider: Chris found this one at Trader Joe's and upon the initial sip both of us wanted to spit it out. Teeerrrrible. It had a bad aroma and didn't taste like anything. Seriously, don't buy this. I dumped the whole bottle and most of the sample glass.
Woodchuck Hard Cider - Granny Smith: Very dry and tart. If Henry Hotsh*t's hadn't been in the tasting, this would have been my least favorite. I just don't like dry ciders, I like 'em sweet. So, if you need something dry and tart like your personality, this is the cider for you.
Crispin Natural Apple Cider - Honey Crisp: Had a nice honey aroma, was semi-sweet, but also a little bitter. I like it better than the Woodchuck, but didn't really need to drink anymore than my sample. Chris liked it as a mixer cider with the others. I rated this 4th out of the 6.
Ciderboys First Press Apple Cider: This was a new cider to us, never heard of them before, but that was our loss because this stuff was good! It had a sweet aroma and really was the sweetest. Very tasty, but when I did a back and forth between it and Angry Orchard I just liked Angry Orchard a little better. A very close second.
And yes, at the end of that the two of us had the "burden" of polishing off five bottles of cider! If only everything in life was that hard...
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