About the Producer
Beaver Pond is a small distillery from central Massachusetts that specializes in producing brandy especially unaged eau-de-vie and aged apple, grape and peach brandies. There aren’t many details on the distillery out there and it doesn’t look like they typically allow visitors. What I did find out is that they source the majority of their fruit from MA with some, like apricot and cherries, from upstate NY. The distillery was started and is operated by a guy named Jerry Friedman, a former immigration lawyer who started the distillery as a second career.
I’ve reviewed several of their products before and have been positive on them. This brandy is made from Golden Russet apples and heirloom variety originally from New York that is apparently very tart and often used for cider.
Details
- 44.43% abv
- Unaged
- Distilled fon a 50 gal pot still from Germany.
- Fermented and distilled from MA Golden Russet appled
- Activated charcol filtered.
- Got for $35
Nose
Strong apple flesh, none of the juice or anything. Good mix of sweetness, and tannins from the apple. Can see why this is used for cider often. Tiny traces of cinnamon. Lightly sweet with medium complexity. Not complex, like most eau-de-vie, but very good.
Palate
Exactly the same as the nose. Apple flehs with a good mix of sweetness and tannin and traces of cinnamon. Some lemon like soda effervescence shows up. Medium body and flavor intensity. Texture is clean and feels almost refreshing. Very good.
Finish
Medium with dry apple flesh.
Rating: 6
Overall
A very good apple brandy that accentuates the apple flesh instead of the juice or baked goods. This bottle might be out of stock but they regularly do single varietal releases so recommend checking them out.
1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.
2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.
3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.
4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but many things I’d rather have.
5 | Good | Good, just fine.
6 | Very Good | A cut above.
7 | Great | Well above average
8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.
9 | Incredible | An all time favorite
10 | Perfect | Perfect
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