Ballyhook Flyer (Non Vintage)

Craigies Irish Cider in Blessington, Wicklow, Ireland 🇮🇪

Cider - Medium Regular

Score

6.68

ABV: 5.8%

IBU: -

Ticks: 7

Ballyhook Flyer Cider is golden amber in colour with a nose of red apples, orange peel and caramel. It’s classified as a Breton-style, dry sparkling cider, despite being crafted with 100% Irish apples. Ballyhook’s refreshing traditional cider taste is due to the careful blending of no less than 3 apple varieties:

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6.3

Travlr (30174) reviewed Ballyhook Flyer (Non Vintage) from Craigies Irish Cider 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle at My Meat Wagon. Crystal clear golden color, close to still. Freh apple flesh aroma. Taste is medium dry apple skins. OK

Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2018 at 21:07

5.1

danlo (13332) reviewed Ballyhook Flyer (Non Vintage) from Craigies Irish Cider 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

500ml bottle from Baggot Street Wines. Slightly hazy pale yellow gold colour, short-lived white foam head and vegetal, apple aroma. Taste is tangy apple, fruity with a vegetal funky note and drying tannins. Medium bodied, lightly spritzy carbonation, dry tangy finish. OK...

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2018 at 17:09

superspak (10160) ticked Ballyhook Flyer (Non Vintage) from Craigies Irish Cider 9 years ago

Very nice. Tart/crisp apples; herbal/floral/spice/funky yeast/earthy/light honey. Semidry/spicy/crisp carb finish. Light acidity. Refreshing

Tried on 06 Jan 2017 at 22:30

7.4

Ferris (26026) reviewed Ballyhook Flyer (Non Vintage) from Craigies Irish Cider 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft - Funky, Apple vinegar. Clear gold with big bubbles. Tons of funky animal notes and a light apple finish. Funky, weird and awesome. Nice acidity.

Tried from Draft on 20 Oct 2016 at 16:20

6.5

Koelschtrinker (42759) reviewed Ballyhook Flyer (Non Vintage) from Craigies Irish Cider 9 years ago

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

Spritziger, trocken apfeliger Antrunk. Leicht herb, fruchtig, mild. Spritzig, später minimal süß. Lang anhaltender Nachhall, konstant weich. Gut. 11/9/10/10/12/10

Tried on 16 Apr 2016 at 07:19

6.5

mart (27261) reviewed Ballyhook Flyer (Non Vintage) from Craigies Irish Cider 10 years ago

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

Bottle (shared by fatphil, thanks). Pours golden with whiteish head. The head doesn’t stay. Aroma is sweet and sour, apples. Flavor is sour, somewhat sweet, apples. Finish is dry with lingering sweetness and sourness. Body is somewhat watery. Overall: OK.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2015 at 13:41

7.9

minutemat (16469) reviewed Ballyhook Flyer (Non Vintage) from Craigies Irish Cider 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle from Selfridges, Trafford Centre. My only purchase from a monolithic shopping centre.. go figure. Pours a murky dark brown just like freshly pressed apple juice, aroma is sweet, sugary apple pie pastry which doesn’t follow as much as I expected in the taste which is still fruity but with a musky haze and a cheek-puckering dryness. The missus didn’t approve but I think this is great.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2014 at 11:30