Ancient Warrior
Gwynt y Ddraig (The Welsh Cider & Perry Co.) in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales 🏴
Cider Regular|
Score
6.62
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers! Aroma of apples and a small amount of funk. Taste is a nice mixture of sweet apples and a hint of spice. Low carbonation. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Handpull at the King's Head, Leicester. Bright gold and clear with a little ring of white head. Odd aroma. Aroma of apple skin, linen, vegetal notes. Decent taste, not too sweet. Nor a lot of apple either. A bit chemical. Medium body and carbonation. Not great, but certainly drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Hops, Crewe. Pours a bright apricot with no head at all. As expected apples mainly in the aroma, with just a hint of oranges. Apples again in the mouth, with a watery texture. But it does become quite dry with peel and some underlying sweetness. Quite light and juicy. Not bad – at least not sickly sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at Ye Olde Red Horse, Evesham, 06/09/22. Pale yellow to light yellow with little in the way of a head. Nose is mellow apple, orchard wood, straw, apple core, dusty orchard. Taste comprises apple pulp, tannins, apple skins, light sugar. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light drying close. Not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
14/11/2021. BIAB sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Pours clear dark golden with minimal head. Aroma of sweet apple, light funky musty notes. Medium sweetness, slight tartness. Moderate body, low carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
BIAB: Poured a golden with a bubble white head. Aroma is dusty, apples, tannins. Taste is mushy apples, funkiness, tannins.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Crown Inn, Beeston. Bit cloudy orange, almost no head. Apples, sweet, some ripe apples, light tartness. Medium bodied.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Cask @ Glengower Hotel, Aberystwyth. Clear golden and extremely clean tasting, with a nice tangy apple to follow. Has a slightly dirty-apple aroma.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bag in a box at Firkin Alehouse Folkestone. Clear deep gold colour no head. One of those ciders that reminds me of peanut butter for no good reason. Medium sweetness. I mean it's not great. Sulphur aroma. Not great.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at ORB micropub, Darlington. Orange gold colour, no head and oily barnyard aroma. Taste is fruity apple, juicy , bittersweet with some woody funk and tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry lightly tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.