Gold Rush #5
Oliver's Cider in Hereford, Herefordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Angry OrchardCider Special
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Score
7.09
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A full tasting, sparkling 6.5% cider with some residual sweetness, balancing acidity and full-bodied tannins. Carefully selected vintage bittersweet and sharp cider apples from traditional Herefordshire orchards were slow fermented by wild yeasts in old oak barrels and tanks then, after a malolactic fermentation in the spring Tom and Ryan came together on 3 separate occasions in Herefordshire to blend this bright, rich cider with an ‘apple skins’ nose that gives way to a robust taste with a very satisfying finish. Chill and savour this unique cider with family and friends and celebrate the “family of cidermakers” on both sides of the Atlantic and around the world.
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mcberko (47456) reviewed Gold Rush #5 from Oliver's Cider 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
330mL bottle, pours a clear caramel colour with almost no white head. Aroma is quite dry, with lots of barnyard notes, faint toffee apple, light tannins, and dry, peppery apple skins. Flavour is simultaneously bone dry and somewhat sweet, with toffee apple, barnyard funk, plenty of tannins, and peppery apple skins. Lightly sweet, nicely funky, and balanced well. I could do with a touch more carb, but this is real nice.
McCash (16021) reviewed Gold Rush #5 from Oliver's Cider 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to George. Appearance - golden amber with gentle bubbles. Nose - apple skin, stewed apple. Taste - cooking apple, bitter, sour, apple skin. Palate - close to medium bodied, tangy through the middle. Dry, very dry finish. Overall - has the feel of a still Scrumpy. Good stuff.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Gold Rush #5 from Oliver's Cider 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
330ml cider from the producer. Pours clear gold. Strong woody aroma, cognac nods. Taste is lightly coarse, extrenely woody, with complex layers of stewed apple, caramel, toffee with additional wild elements adding clarity and sharpness with a soft sour edge. Excellent and possibly the best so far in this series.
beerhunter111 (50581) reviewed Gold Rush #5 from Oliver's Cider 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Many thanks to Erzengel for sharing! A clear golden cider. Aroma of dry sourish apples, sulfits. Taste of very dry apples, tart apples, sulfits, hints of vinegar, very dry fruity finish.
Erzengel (18514) reviewed Gold Rush #5 from Oliver's Cider 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Many thanks to minutemat for this bottle. Fruity woody nose. The cider starts intense fruity with a dry bitter body. Lots of oak barrel there, tasted even charred. Very strange aroma of fruity fresh apples on one side and charred smoky wood on the other side. So is the finish, fruity charred wood, a bit too dusty for me but very interesting idea. Tannins left, smoky charred aftertaste. Interesting stuff.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Gold Rush #5 from Oliver's Cider 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle split at L42, thanks to Scoopey, 14/11/17. Clear golden with a decent off white cap that soon thins. Nose is sweet apple, straw, spice, grains, apple/cider ice lolly. Taste comprises burnt straw, toffee apple, tannins, light spice, funky licks, earthy, apple core on the turn. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. A really solid cider.
Reubs (35480) reviewed Gold Rush #5 from Oliver's Cider 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Sample@Beavertown Extravaganza 2017, London - clear golden yellow pour with small white bubbly head. Prominent dry apple, light acidic, crisp on the palate, apple skin, citric dry finish.
danlo (13133) reviewed Gold Rush #5 from Oliver's Cider 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle. Golden colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of tangy apple & barnyard funk. Taste is fruity apple, some tartness, with notes of oil, leather, horsey barnyard, funky, woody, and dry tannins. Medium bodied, low to medium carbonation, drying earthy tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Gold Rush #5 from Oliver's Cider 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle picked up at Tebay Services and shared at L42. It pours clear yellow - gold with a bubbly white head. The aroma is sweaty, oily, earthy, leaves, musty, funky, apple skin, barnyard, wood, touch of vanilla and fruit pie. The taste is dry, firmly bitter, dry, tannin, leafy, oily apple, chewy, resin, funky barnyard and vague hint of baked beans. Finish is firm and dry. Medium body, fine carbonation and oily mouth - feel. Great depth of flavour to it. Very nice cider overall.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Gold Rush #5 from Oliver's Cider 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared on Level 42, 14/11/2017. Many thanks to Paulo for this oen. A bright clear golden yellow coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is sweet clean apple, mellow funk, juicy apple, light floral notes. Flavour is composed of dry funky apple, plastic, crisp, woody apple, bark, solvent. Palate is crisp, super dry, lowish carboantion. Nice woody apple funk. .