cidersays

United States

Score: 5172

Number of followers: 28

Maintains a cider blog at: http://cidersays.com

About them: "My name is Kate, I’m 30ish, and I live in the Pacific Northwest, near Seattle WA, with my husband and our tortoise. I work as an engineer, and my hobby is drinking…um lets call it sampling hard cider. I recently realized it was my main hobby. I’ve been sampling hard cider for a few years. I’m not an expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I have tasted lots of cider. If you like my reviews here, check out my cider blog, Cider Says. My favorite type of cider is rich and flavorful (no session cider for me). I tend towards craft cider, but I'll try anything, and continue to drink it if I like it (I have a soft spot for Woodchuck). I drink a lot of PNW cider as that is what I can get, but have been into French & English imports too. My main cider dislike is sour (different from tart)."

Badges Earned (28)

DeCider Level 1: Rating 10 ciders
awarded on 8/15/2015

DeCider Level 2: Rating 50 ciders
awarded on 8/17/2015

DeCider Level 3: Rating 100 ciders
awarded on 8/22/2015

DeCider Level 4: Rating 250 ciders
awarded on 12/4/2015

DeCider Level 5: Rating 500 ciders
awarded on 11/5/2016

DeCider Level 6: Rating 750 ciders
awarded on 12/5/2018

Supporter Level 1: Voting for other's review
awarded on 5/3/2016

Supporter Level 2: Voting for other's review 10 times
awarded on 5/3/2016

Supporter Level 3: Voting for other's review 50 times
awarded on 12/1/2022

Got a Fan Club Level 1: Someone else voted for one of your reviews
awarded on 5/3/2016

Got a Fan Club Level 2: Your reviews have gotten 10 votes
awarded on 5/3/2016

Got a Fan Club Level 3: Your reviews have gotten 50 votes
awarded on 10/8/2016

Got a Fan Club Level 4: Your reviews have gotten 100 votes
awarded on 8/17/2017

Got a Fan Club Level 5: Your reviews have gotten 250 votes
awarded on 12/1/2022

Wordsmith Level 1: Reviewing your first cider
awarded on 8/13/2015

Wordsmith Level 2: Reviewing 10 ciders
awarded on 8/15/2015

Wordsmith Level 3: Reviewing 100 ciders
awarded on 10/16/2015

Wordsmith Level 4: Reviewing 250 ciders
awarded on 4/10/2016

Wordsmith Level 5: Reviewing 500 ciders
awarded on 12/10/2017

Shutterbug Level 1: Add photo to one cider
awarded on 10/5/2016

Shutterbug Level 2: Add photo to 10 ciders
awarded on 10/5/2016

Shutterbug Level 3: Add photo to 25 ciders
awarded on 10/5/2016

Shutterbug Level 4: Add photo to 50 ciders
awarded on 10/5/2016

Shutterbug Level 5: Add photo to 100 ciders
awarded on 10/5/2016

Cyber Drinker Level 1: Using app or site for 4 consecutive weeks
awarded on 10/5/2016

Cyber Drinker Level 2: Using app or site for 10 consecutive weeks
awarded on 10/5/2016

Cyber Drinker Level 3: Using app or site for 16 consecutive weeks
awarded on 11/10/2016

Cyber Drinker Level 4: Using app or site for 26 consecutive weeks
awarded on 1/19/2017

Reviews written

Pearadise from 2 Towns Ciderhouse Seasonal cider, imperial-style, with d'anjou pear and muscat grape. The flavor profile was pear, wood, and hints of apple & pineapple, with white grape wine on the finish. Reviewed on 23 Jun 2018 6 likes

Red Hen Craft Cider from Worley's $8 / 500ml in Seattle WA, so a few dollars less than I've seen previously. Notes of caramel, orange, and leather. Seemed a bit more bitter and less complex than some of their other selections, but still tasty and definitely characteristically rich tannic English cider. My favorite remains the Mendip Hills though. Reviewed on 11 Jun 2018 6 likes

Whisky Cask from Thistly Cross Sweet. Very smooth moderate barrel aged flavor without bitterness and lots of vanilla notes. Runs $7-8 / 500ml bottle in my area. Their website has a great user-submitted list of places to buy their ciders by country & state. Their "Traditional" variety is pretty similar, but Whisky Cask has more kick (ABV) and whisky barrel aged flavor. I've only seen Traditional, Whisky Cask, & Ginger so far, but they offer many other varieties. Reviewed on 15 Aug 2015 6 likes

White Peach from Incline Cider Company 19.2oz can. More peach scent than flavor, probably as this remained only semi-dry. Notes of peach, green apple, lemon, and apricot. Reviewed on 06 May 2019 5 likes

Texas Honey Cider from Austin Eastciders Great flavor with a touch of complexity (notes of sweet rich apple and honey with hints of apricot and floral) and perfect mid-level sweetness. Reviewed on 09 Dec 2018 5 likes

Siren Song (Cellar Series #9) from Eden Cider Cider from crab, heirloom, and cider apples. Notes of sharp apple, caramel, butterscotch, lemon, earth, and mineral. Nice complexity and unique flavor profile, but it had more crab & heirloom apple flavor (vs. bittersweet cider apple flavor) than I prefer. Reviewed on 08 Dec 2018 5 likes

Original Blend from South City Ciderworks Their flagship cider, advertised as semi-sweet. I found it semi-dry to semi-sweet, with notes of non-specific apple with hints of lemon and floral. I liked it, but it was a bit boring, being a non-flavored cider from dessert apples. Reviewed on 05 Dec 2018 5 likes

Florentin Cidre de Normandie IGP from Domaine Sicera Notes of apple pomace, apricot, and lemon.  Drier and less rich (more fruity) than most other French ciders, which made it unique. Reviewed on 25 Nov 2018 5 likes

3 Pommes from Alpenfire Cider Super unique flavor, wine-like, primarily pear with some tropical fruit, tart heirloom apple, and honey. Cloudy and nearly still, despite the bottle saying sparkling. Tannic finish. Reviewed on 07 Nov 2018 5 likes

Opalyne from Kystin Great French cidre flavor, with notes of bittersweet apple juice & pomace, yeast, and orange. Flavorful but not too sweet. Reviewed on 08 Jul 2018 5 likes