Whisky and other wonderful things

Norwegian cider. Well, I don’t have high hopes, but it would be nice to pleasantly surprised.

It started with a bang. Literally. I know I called the Polgoon Aval “too sparkling” at first, but this is something else entirely. The bottle is corked “champagne style” and the moment I had unwound the wire sufficiently, cork, wire and cap disappeared heavenwards. Maude knows what our upstairs neighbour thought when it hit the ceiling with a loud bang. A good 10 cl decided to leave the bottle and bubble over, prompting a rescue operation on the blanket I happened to have under the bottle. Pouring it was an adventure in itself, and yes, if I stuck my nose in before it had settled down I got that rather unpleasant co2-sting in my nose.

Nose: Green apples. And, eh, green apples. And you have to almost touch the liquid with your nose to get even that. Not a big nose, then.

Palate: Sweet apples. A tad too sweet for me, but not so much as to call it cloying or anything like that.

Conclusion: Rather boring, though. Not much happening on the nose or the palate. Too much like Mozell (a cider-like Norwegian soft drink). I’d like to know the sugar content, if it’s not soft-drink level then I could see the point of this, if it is, well, then I’d rather drink the non-alcoholic version. Still, it’s not not good, to put it that way, I’ll be quite happy to finish the bottle.