Guilty Pleasure
Oliver's Cider in Hereford, Herefordshire, England 🏴
Cider Regular|
Score
7.47
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Sparkling Medium Cider
Why guilty? Because listed in the ingredients you will see sugar & carbon dioxide – it’s sweetened & carbonated: this is the cider to drink at the end of the wine fair; the one for street food; to have sat in the fridge for a time most desired; because you’re having a barbecue & just want to unwind. It’s a humble but brilliant one for those times after the main event, when you just want to switch off.
Satiating those desires for something with a little sweetness, have those bubbles dance in your mouth, without having to resort to something crap. It has a big spicey nose, with a touch of funk. The first taste is bright acidity, matching the apple sweetness, then the orange & clove character builds. It’s a cider alive & full of flavour.
Why guilty? Because listed in the ingredients you will see sugar & carbon dioxide – it’s sweetened & carbonated: this is the cider to drink at the end of the wine fair; the one for street food; to have sat in the fridge for a time most desired; because you’re having a barbecue & just want to unwind. It’s a humble but brilliant one for those times after the main event, when you just want to switch off.
Satiating those desires for something with a little sweetness, have those bubbles dance in your mouth, without having to resort to something crap. It has a big spicey nose, with a touch of funk. The first taste is bright acidity, matching the apple sweetness, then the orange & clove character builds. It’s a cider alive & full of flavour.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Yellow colour. Powerful apple aroma. Heavy very dry powerful apple flavor. Long finish. Creamy palate. Nice.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2024
at 12:26
4.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can at Newbarns Taproom, Leith. Pours clear bright golden orange with dissipating translucent bubbles. Aroma: sweet-ish, apple, apple skin, oak, light funky. Taste: light to moderate sweet, clean, tangy, apples, lemony hints, caramel, low to medium tannins.. Medium body with spritzy carbonation. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
at
Newbarns Brewery and Taproom
on 19 Sep 2023
at 10:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - deep orange with gentle bubbles. Nose - overripe and bruised apples. Taste - sweet apples and some bitter apple skin to balance it. Palate - juicy and bittersweet with good persistence. Overall - very tasty!
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2023
at 16:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
can bbe7/24 oro limpido Discreta gasatura mela abbastanza intensa medio discreto corpo una nota leggermente agrumata acidità media
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2023
at 17:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg @ That Beer Place, Chester. Clear deep gold appearance. Lovely fleshy fruit to taste, mild custardy sweetness, soft tannin. Really nice and, dare I say, crushable.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2022
at 18:57
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 30 Apr 2022
at 19:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
6/1/2022. Can sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Pours clear golden amber with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of semi-sweet apple with nice mucky, funky, woody notes. Medium sweetness. Dry, sweetish tannic finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2022
at 10:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, from HOTM online, 08/01/22. Clear golden to light copper with a good sized white crown that quickly dissipates to nyadda. Nose is crisp apple, caramel, sugars, light wood, bitter sweet apple pile. Taste comprises bitter sweet apple, toffee apple, tannins, grass, light sugars. Medium bodied, fine to spritzy carbonation, drying close. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2022
at 17:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda thanks to Fergus: Poured a golden with bubbly white head. Aroma sweet, apple, sugar. Taste is crisp apples, little bitter compared to the nose, tannins.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2021
at 17:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from HOTM. A clear bright golden orange coloured pour with a fadin white fizz. Aroma is clean semi sweet, bright apple, wood, some oak, some plastic. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, light tangy apple, twist of lemon, pinch of spicy vinegar, toffee, some oaky tannin./ Palate is semi sweet and mellow sour, highish carbonation . Nice. Some dungy funk.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2021
at 20:31