
First sip is meaty; it has a lot of the meat of the apple rather than apple juice, but the flavor is still very, very white wine-like. It's a sweet wine, as these ciders tend to be, but there is also a biting tartness to the taste that seems to offset the sweetness that tends to fill the whole cider family. Time for a proper swig.
Tip-in is apples and pears with a mild tartness covering the lot, as slight carbonation burn keeps things interesting. The middle is an interesting increase in carbonation burn around the top of the mouth as the alcohol from this apple wine joins it to make the bottom of the mouth seem sweet while the top of the mouth seems acidic (this gives the impression of it being much colder on top, and this might be the reason it was called "Iceman"). The finish is a wave of tart followed by a wave of sweet-tart. The mix seems muddled and questionable.
Bottom Line: It's different from the rest, and it has some serious work done. Ultimately, it is not as good as some, but it's better than others.
2.25/5