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I've been looking for a good hard cider for a long time, and K&L Wines pulled through.
2005 Eric Bordelet Sydre "Doux" apple cider. It's not the BEST French apple cider I've ever had, but it's very good and inexpensive ($10). The best I've had was at Cav Wine Bar in San Francisco, but I didn't write down the name. I think it retailed for at least $15, if not $20, so it's an unfair comparison in any case. So the search continues. For now, this is a tasty, off dry cider with a strong apple fragrance but not quite enough apple flavor. It's a delicious alternative to more common alcoholic beverages: not as sharp as wine, more fruity than bubbly, less bitter than beer. Perfectly enjoyable, if not actually perfect. We're considering a case for the wedding, since we will have some confessed wine cooler lovers in attendance. Bordelet also has a pear cider available for $18. I suppose pear might be more difficult to grow or process, plus the cider has pear chunks in it according to the K&L clerk.
2005 Eric Bordelet Sydre "Doux" apple cider. It's not the BEST French apple cider I've ever had, but it's very good and inexpensive ($10). The best I've had was at Cav Wine Bar in San Francisco, but I didn't write down the name. I think it retailed for at least $15, if not $20, so it's an unfair comparison in any case. So the search continues. For now, this is a tasty, off dry cider with a strong apple fragrance but not quite enough apple flavor. It's a delicious alternative to more common alcoholic beverages: not as sharp as wine, more fruity than bubbly, less bitter than beer. Perfectly enjoyable, if not actually perfect. We're considering a case for the wedding, since we will have some confessed wine cooler lovers in attendance. Bordelet also has a pear cider available for $18. I suppose pear might be more difficult to grow or process, plus the cider has pear chunks in it according to the K&L clerk.
posted by Pei at
8:59 PM
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XXXXXXXX-Cellent! We are huge Cider fans and are always on the look out for a new one (We recently got one from Surfas that was by far our best! Sadly I can't remember the name right now). We also like to amp up the Apple Flavors by making a "Shady" of sort of Apple Beer (Our favorite Apple Soda)
--Dommy!
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Dommy!, At
10/04/2007 01:59:00 PM
"Shady" apple beer? Share!
I'm also on the lookout for a good calvados, since good strong calvados with ginger ale is a delicious quick drink. Mmm, maybe that's what I'll have to night now that I ran out of cider.
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Pei-Hsuen, At
10/04/2007 02:16:00 PM
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