7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Ladrum Bay Holiday Park, Budleigh Salterton. Clear gold with a brief fizz. Apple pith and light leather/funk aroma. Taste is more fruity and sessionable than the aroma suggests. Mid-sweet, apple skins and pith. Medium bodied, semi-drying. Good.

6.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Clear pale golden coloured body. Zesty apple aroma. Cask so no carbonation but cloying apple tastes & quite zesty on the finish. Quite good.

7

keg at the bow bar ...golden ..thinest white lacing ..soft dry apple fruit nose ...soft sweet sweet apples

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask gravity at the St Albans beer festival 2022. A pale gold coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, wheat, midget gems, grass, juicy. Palate is semi sweet, mellow carbonation. Not bad. Loose wheat. Flavour is composed of. Semi sweet. Light grainy, juicy apple. Nice.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle from Morrison's (Tiverton). Drank while house and dog sitting in Devon on 21st August 2023. Tasted and smelled of apples, BBD was smudged, so no idea how fresh the apples were.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Box @ The Abbey, Shrewsbury. Clear gold with a light mist. Sweet, juicy apple aroma. Clean, oily palate, simplistic medium sweet character, mild acidity. Not very characterful but a fine pintworthy box cider all the same.

3.4

Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 14

BIAB at Old Fire House, Exeter. Pours light hazed gold with a slim white cap. Aroma: apple pulp, sweet apple, straw. Taste: light to moderate sweet, semi-dry, apple skins, some tannins, straw. Medium body with low carbonation. Not bad at all.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On keg at the Bear and Blacksmith, Chillington. Appearance - gentle yellow with steady carbonation. Nose - fresh and sweet apple. Taste - more of that sweet, ripe apple. Palate - light bodied, sweetish middle with good fruit acidity on the finish. Overall - good simple cider.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap at the Aleway, Axminster, 15/04/22. Lightly hazed golden with a decent white cap as Ciders go. Nose is apple pulp, straw, tannins, vague funky aroma. Taste comprises apple skins, wood, straw, grains, bitter sweet tones. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Decent refreshing drop.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at The Made Inn Ashford. Hazy gold colour no head. Stewed apple aroma. Medium sweet. apple flavour. a little dryness on finish. OK if not very adventurous fine though.