Darkcider
Lilley's Cider in Frome, Somerset, England 🏴
Cider - Medium Regular|
Score
6.52
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This mysterious cider has a completely unique character. Dark in colour it has woody and caramel notes and has been carefully crafted to appeal more to ale drinkers than our other ciders. Medium.
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5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sample from Grumbo, cheers GB. Aroma of apple and caramel. Taste is very sweet, possibly too sweet. The sugar overpowers the apples. Not really a fan.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe, online. Pours clear gold. Aroma of stewed apples and brown sugar. Taste is quite mellow and smooth despite the strength. Apple, skins and brown sugar notes. A touch too sweet. Its ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask. Amber colour with a minor head, which vanishes quickly. Aroma is sweet apples, sugar, some apple juice and mild toffee tones. Flavour is very sweet apples along with some toffee and mild wood. Also a wee bit of alcohol flavours to it.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Sep 2023
at 19:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
9/6/2021. From BIAB at the Dove Street Inn, Ipswich. Pours clear amber with no head. Aroma of baked apple, brown sugar, caramel, hint of wood and weak spiced rum. Medium sweetness and light bitterness/tartness. Moderate body, oily texture, low carbonation. Quite drinkable.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2021
at 16:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
BIAB at Strathmore Arms Cider Fesitval 2017. Amber colour, white bubbly foam head and light fruity aroma. Taste is fruity apple, sweet, with brown sugar, syrup and some slight tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, semi-sweet finish. Quite OK.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2017
at 12:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Box @ Stable, Birmingham. Pours clear gold. Aroma is rich golden apple, caramel. Taste is rich caramel, hints of brown sugar, not overly sweet and just about manageable. Very flavoursome one this.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2016
at 18:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
poly pin at cropredy 2016 ... day 3 mini bar .. golden amber .. thin white lacing ... soft sweet ligth dry apple tanin nose ... juicy sweet fruit .. long sweet apple
Tried
on 29 Sep 2016
at 14:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Courtesy of Craig (cheers Craig!) Fairports Annual Reunion Festival, Cropredy Friday 12th August 2016 Pours clear gold with no bubbles, tangy and unlike the others I can taste a little apple, its the best of the trio, however still a little bit too sweet for me. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov11 3.0
Tried
from Can
on 14 Aug 2016
at 09:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Trades Club, Hebden Bridge. Copper coloured. Surprisingly light tasting and easy-drinking for its strength. Fairly potent with its apple nose, there’s a good dryish taste of the fruit too. Also can be called ’Darksider’.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2015
at 10:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask - Apple and nice warming spices. Copper with a thin beige head. Earthy, sweet and some tannins with a light spice apple flavour. Finish is sweet and semi-dry. I quite like this.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Aug 2014
at 04:59