Angry Orchard Traditional Dry:
Welcome all and one and today, we are going to review a cider.  Now settle down, settle down, I know a lot of you out there don’t like them and I know in the past that I’ve told you I don’t care that you don’t like them because I’m reviewing them anyway.  Well today is not different, I’m reviewing a cider and the rest you’ll just have to sit there and at least to pretend to like it.  Brewed out of the Buckeye state, Angry Orchard conjures up three different types of cider from it’s brewery of regular, apple ginger and today’s selection, Traditional Dry.  What makes traditional dry different from the regular apple is the addition of juice as a additive.  Sometimes apple juice is added to a cider to give it a more palatable flavor to the masses with a sweet twinge that many crave in their alcoholic beverage.  Traditional dry skips this and sticks with the flavor that is more at home with English draft ciders than anything else.  The cider looks just like apple juice which poured though the handful of columns of ascending bubbles is a dead give away that this isn’t a bottle of something you give your kids.  The nose is a mix of apple and floral notes that can make one believe that it is sweet until you actually get a chance to try it.  The tongue mainly tastes apples though nothing sweeter than a normal apple bite and as the sip moves to the back of the tongue a few spice notes rise up with the dry finish to give a nice vanishing act.  A good cider, not the best I’ve had but their apple ginger appeals to me so that title may be up for grabs.  Worth checking out a single or two if you’re so inclined (I can’t see buying more than that anyway) at your local package store, and if you have time, check out their website, it’s pretty cool and unique the way they have set it up.