6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle from the cidery. NB goblet @home. Dusty pale gold. Carbed. Lemon, chalk, earth, undefined unripe fruit, rubbing alcohol, dust. Taste is sharp & lingering sour lemon, eventually rounding into a mellow apple-grape flavor. Somewhat tannic, slightly veggie, with a light hit of vinegar at the end. Not completely dry. I don't get the barrel this time but there's a vague twang, much less then actual funk. Very mellow carbonation, building to a strong, clenching acidity. Thin, chalky, watery texture. Alcohol is apparent but middling. Sulfites are apparent but sleepy. Drinks like a disinfected Sidra. Okay.