Smokey Plum
Pilton Cider in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
Collab with: Wild Beer CoCider - Other Fruit Special
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Score
7.09
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Gloucestershire plums were spontaneously fermented on the flesh for a month, beaten down every day, the natural wine way.
Once finished, the fruit wine was separated from the pulp & stones and sweetened with our classic Somerset keeved cider. Our friends at Wild Beer brought lees from a sour beer and peat smoked Laphroaig barrels.
After three months in barrel, we present a smokey, sweet, sour, tart, fruity, astringent cider-wine-beer.
Once finished, the fruit wine was separated from the pulp & stones and sweetened with our classic Somerset keeved cider. Our friends at Wild Beer brought lees from a sour beer and peat smoked Laphroaig barrels.
After three months in barrel, we present a smokey, sweet, sour, tart, fruity, astringent cider-wine-beer.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at IMBC '19, session 2, 04/10/19. Clear golden with a decent white cap as ciders go. Nose is apples, grass, good smoked layer, plums, damson rot. Taste comprises straw, apple skins, balanced smoke, light ashen tones, hint of bonfire, plum, light funk. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Interesting stuff … wouldn't want a whole load of it but drinks well for the mash up.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2019
at 17:01
7/10
Tried
on 04 Oct 2019
at 12:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the indy man beer con. 2019. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a frothy fine white head. Aroma is dry and earthy, smoke, phenol medicinal.. Flavour is composed of dry and crisp, semi sweet medicinal, tcp, semi sweet, apple, plum, tcp lingering. Weird. Palate is semi sweet z frothy dry. Ok.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2019
at 12:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle. Pours a comforting hazy gold, nose brings unmistakable Laphroaig notes, though thankfully quite gentle. Taste is complex, smokey, tightened by a firm astringency. Would've liked more of a plummy influence, which is sadly lacking but the smokey character is refreshingly different.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2019
at 19:38
7/10
Tried
on 20 May 2019
at 19:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the jolly judge. Pours clear, nose is peaty, Apple, toffee, taste is juicy apple, plum, dry and smoky.
Tried
on 19 May 2019
at 09:19