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Farnum Hill Extra Dry Still Cider ~ Lebanon, New Hampshire

Can't wait to try their still cider out. Farnum Hill consistently challenges all of my favorite Northwest ciders for the top spot. www.farnumhillciders.com/

 

Farnum Hill Extra-Dry Still (taken from www.farnumhillciders.com/c_Extra-Dry-Still.html)

 

Pale gold, clear, no bubbles. Radically dry but richly aromatic, fruity, earthy, with a palate-cleansing balance of fruit, astringency, and acid. Alcohol content 7.5% by volume. 750 ml. bottle, full cork closure (corkscrew needed).

 

In 21st-century America, where fine ciders are already exotic enough, still ciders raise even more eyebrows than the bubblies. But still styles continue deservedly to flourish in 21st-century Europe and Britain. Delicate flavors and sensations are discernably more intense and available in still ciders than in sparkling ones. Moreover, some people don't like bubbles. True dry-wine fans can most fully discover the unassisted qualities of cider apples by pouring Farnum Hill Extra-Dry Still where a totally dry white wine or a keen, dry, tannic red might ordinarily be found, or see below.

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Uploaded on March 31, 2009