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This summer cider has a translucent amber color with an orange hue. Fully taking in the aroma, it seems all six infused fruits are competing for attention and the result is a kinda jumbled up fruit cocktail smell with no one clear fruit dominating. The fruits are not completely gelling either, with tart, almost sour notes. When drinking it, it is fairly sharp though goes down smooth and is still clearly an apple cider (it does not taste like a wine-based sangria) that is sweet, light and a bit whimsical. However, like the nose, I am not convinced the supporting characters worked well as an ensemble. I’m not sure they all work well together. Apple and cranberry; blackberry and pear; strawberry and banana are all classic fruit flavor pairings, but the seven fruit flavors in here do not create a unified whole but pull in multiple directions. You have acidity in orange and lime, but softer fruits with pear and passionfruit mixing with random strawberry notes, but it doesn’t completely come together. It is kind of like a fruit salad made from whatever leftovers were found in the fridge without much thought about if they go together. But still it is sweet, fun and fruity for a hot day.

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