Dabinett SV Cider (Draught)

Plastic fill bottle from LCB. Pours a clear red-amber, no head. Aroma has a fruity ripe apple with a touch of caramelised sugar with light funk. Taste starts semi-sweet, fleshy pithy apple with some tartness, some leather and drying tannic finish. Good, although it has the colour I like in a cider so I was hoping to score higher but not to be. Lacks some depth but still tasty.

Litre plastic bottle from Low Cost Beer, shared with my brother Rupe on 29th November 2024. Hard work to be honest.

Panda online from Low Cost Beer. Pours clear deep orange with no head. Aroma: bittersweet apple, fruity, caramel, mild funk. Taste: towards dry, light to moderate sweetness, mild tartness, some tannins. Medium body & flat. Tidy.

Panda pop from Lowcostbeer. It pours deep orangey - brown with a small bubbly white head. The aroma is musty, funky, barnyard, spice, crunchy apple, nuttiness, apple skin, apple pie with custard and a touch of marzipan. The taste is fairly soft and juicy upfront, slick, sweet, crunchy apple, tannin, apple skin, stewed fruits, spicy, woody, almond/marzipan vibes, warming booze, with a drying, tannic finish. Medium body and oily mouth feel. An interesting mix of quite sweet/juicy with dries sour with tannin. Perhaps doesn't quite have the depth or drinkability I was looking for. Decent nonetheless.

Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Orange gold colour, bubbly head that dissipates away and aroma of apple, funk, vegetal. Taste is sweetish, apple, fruity, fleshy, with some funk and earthy tannins. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, medium-dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

24/8/2023. From BIAB at the 31st East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival. Pours clear orange copper with minimal head. Aroma is medium sweet apple, very fruity, funky, caramel, horseblanket. Medium sweetness, light tartness. Medium body, low carbonation. Dry, tannic, fruity finish. Very nice.