Blackthorn Reserve
Showerings Cider Mill in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
Cider Regular|
Score
5.85
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Half a pint from a 2 litre plastic bottle from Bernie's (Shirley, Brum): BBE Oct 2021. Drank at home on the day of purchase, which was 11th Apr 2021. It tasted of apples, no head!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
3 litre bottle from Iceland (the shop that is). Pours a dark rusty gold, brief thin head; ok Mild aroma of sour apples and a slight chemical note; not great. Taste is sweet and sour stewed apples, then there is a lull before a dry finish; tastes stale. Moderate body that is oily on the palate; its a little sugar syrupy but its still the best part. Carbonation is fine Overall its a poor cider, not fresh, too tart, but drinkable. When it goes flat, down the sink it will go.
Marko (22746) reviewed Blackthorn Reserve from Showerings Cider Mill 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
3l bottle from Iceland because why the hell not. Fermented apple notes in the aroma, slightly rough maybe, dusty, but fresh enough. Lean light taste. Green apple, fermented notes, light alcohol, clean otherwise, extremely simple and cheap, but not technically off, okay carbonation. Not the worst cheap cider ever.
danlo (13332) reviewed Blackthorn Reserve from Showerings Cider Mill 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
2L plastic bottle from Ken Warne, Darlington. Golden colour, fizzy white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of apple, sugary, sulphur note. Taste is sweet, tangy apple, alittle apple skin, sugary, with some tartness. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, semi-sweet finish. Macro cider, OK
Deanso (15822) reviewed Blackthorn Reserve from Showerings Cider Mill 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Waites, Conisbrough. No head. Clear golden pour. A little tart.