Orchard Dry (Draught)
Snails Bank Cider in Pencombe, Herefordshire, England 🏴
Cider Regular|
Score
6.44
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A more challenging cider for the connoisseur. Again, Dabbinett apples feature highly in the blend along with other traditional bitter sweets such as Harry Masters and Ellis bitters. Not so dry as to be unpleasant, just slightly sweeter to ensure a crisp balanced cider where all the flavors really shine through.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half pint in the Mytton and Mermaid (just outside Shrewsbury) on 26th February 2025. Clear cider, semi dry, tasted of cooking apples.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2025
at 22:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Red Lion pub with seaviews in Cromer. Clear golden cider, quite strong tasting but its dry textured apple is also strong in both aroma and taste with a sweetness attached.
Tried
from Cask
at
Red Lion Hotel
on 26 Dec 2024
at 08:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Cock Tavern, Hackney, London, 26 May 2022) Pale golden colour with no head. Fruity, sourish nose with notes of yellow apples and grass. Fruity, tart taste with yellow apples, honey, grass, apple peel, a certain tannin harshness and a fresh acidity in the finish. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Tasty and refreshing. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2022
at 20:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From cask or possibly bag-in-a-box, at The Lyric, near Piccadilly Circus, with Sigmund before going to see Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre 21.09.22. Clear pale golden. No head. Aroma and taste of red apples, slightly bitter cider apples and apple zest. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2022
at 17:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bladder bag at the Smithfield, Derby crawl, 11/02/22. Clear golden with a modest covering. Nose is tangy apple, straw, tannins, wood, grains. Taste comprises orchard wood, herb, apple skin, tannins, bitter sweet. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Not bad.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2022
at 15:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the sportsman Derby. A very clear golden pale yellow straw coloured pour with no head. Aroma is semi sweet, grass, tangy green apple, bark,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, woody mealy apple, some white sugars, grass. Palate is still, semi sweet, ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Feb 2022
at 16:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
BIAB: Poured a golden with bubble head. Aroma is apple, crispy. Taste is pungent apples, metallic, tannins, dry finish.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2022
at 16:08
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask, half-pint at Pint Shop Cambridge. Shared with Finn. Bright golden body, naked surface, poor lacing. Apple skins on the nose, mid-sweet. Taste of sweet apples, some spices to it. Ends with sweet apples. Just alright. (Cambridge 14.11.2021).
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2021
at 10:20
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Delt med Rune. Lys gylden. 0 skum. Lett eplearoma. Smaken epleskall. Lett tørr avslutning. Myk munnfølelse. På den søte side.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2021
at 15:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Top of the Hops, Stockton. Murky orange gold colour, no head and sweet musty apple aroma. Taste is sweet, fleshy apple, mellow fruity, hint of honey, with alittle soft drying tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, semi-dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2019
at 19:00