Fine Perry - Wild Ferment Rolling Blend
Oliver's Cider & Perry in Hereford, Herefordshire, England 🏴
Cider - Perry Regular|
Score
7.31
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from HoTM. It pours clear greenish - straw yellow with a quickly dissipating fizzy white head. The aroma is fresh, bright green fruits, pear with honey, golden delicious apple, greengage, melon, crunchy fruits, white wine, lemon - lime, barnyard and hay. The taste is crisp, dry, crunchy, touch of pucker, lovely green fruit character, pear, white grape, greengage, slightly unripe melon, lime sherbet, gewürztraminer, hay, dull tannin and some funk in the backdrop. Finish is dryish and woody. Average body and fine, prickly carbonation. Comes together very well. Very moreish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2024
at 17:07
8/10
My 100th perry rating, appropriate since I fell in love with perries at Tom Oliver's farm many years ago. Last bottle at Celta Endovelico in Porto. Clearish golden yellow color, still. Aroma of pear slices in applesauce with vanilla. Taste is pear flesh and mixed spice. Smoke flavours, somehow, as it warms. Complex and characterful
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2024
at 21:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the Courtyard Dairy as part of their virtual cheese and cider (or in this instance, perry!) tasting. Pale yellow with a light fizz. Vinegary up front, then lots of leather, tannins and a big kick of spice. Some baked apple sweetness in the middle before Conference pear skin and a drying finish. Very complex and interesting; in a blind taste I'd have guessed it was a cider than a perry though. It's undoubtedly a high quality brew, but I personally didn't enjoy it quite as much as I hoped I might. It was still pretty good though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2023
at 19:20
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle enjoyed at Knights Tower 07.07.22. Pale straw colour. Superbly complex aroma and taste of pear peel, tannins, leather, sulphur and farmyard. Decent bitterness in aftertaste. Dry and very drinkable. More of these kinds of perries, please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2022
at 21:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Hereford Beer House. Pours well clear, super pale yellow with a bubbly white head that fades down quickly. Engaging aroma, bright ripe pear, mellow funk. Medium sweet flavour with a hint of acidity, juicy semi-ripe pear, modest funk, very slight dryness. Light to medium bodied with spritzy carbonation. Sweet finish, more bright pear, golden delicious, background funk. Highly drinkable gear.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2021
at 22:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Pale yellow gold colour, short-lived thin bubbly white foam head and aroma of perry, acetic funk. Taste is sweetish and tart, tangy, perry pear, fruity, with funk and tannins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry tart finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2021
at 20:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Cork & Cask. Clear pale golden body. Low carbonation. Aroma of cooking apple and vinegar. Flavour of underripe pear and bitter lemon. Thin body with a spritzy mouthfeel. A touch too sharp for me to love it. A bit of a slow sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2021
at 21:32