Yarlington Mill - Islay BA
Balance Brewing & Blending in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Cider - Dry Regular|
Score
6.99
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7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Panda from danlo, thanks Ed! Pours mildy unclear deep orange with no head. Aroma: Islay cask - intense smoky peaty phenols, nothing else gets through! Taste: light to moderate sweet, firmly dry, earthy apple, peat, smoke, iodine, tannins. Medium body, no carbonation. Intense!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2025
at 23:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Panda thanks to Ed Danlo. A light hazed deep orange amber coloured pour with a big punchy agricultural, paraffin, blue cheese funk, sweaty apple, intense. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, woody apple, bark, salty blue cheese sweaty note, pithy tannin finish. Palate is semi sweet, pithy, almost still. Intense stuff.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2025
at 22:03
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
22/1/2025. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear copper amber with minimal head. Aroma is peaty, smoked, stewed apple, woody. Peat dominated taste. Dry and woody. Very dry finish. Leathery, with more peat. Struggling to enjoy this. The peatโs not for me. Sorry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2025
at 21:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Ed Danlo, 12/01/25.
Moderately hazed amber orange topped with an off white head that veers to the edge.
Nose is funk, smoke, earthy apples, tannins, grains, herb.
Taste comprises dusty apple, campfire, tannins, Islay cask evident, apple core, burnt caramel.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close.
Solid.
Moderately hazed amber orange topped with an off white head that veers to the edge.
Nose is funk, smoke, earthy apples, tannins, grains, herb.
Taste comprises dusty apple, campfire, tannins, Islay cask evident, apple core, burnt caramel.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close.
Solid.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 19:14
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle from HOTM. Slightly hazed, orange colour, thin bubbly rim and aroma of islay cask, peaty, phenolic. Taste is sweet, appley, loamy, peat, mingled with juicy fruit, bright fleshy notes, then wood barrel, smoke, iodine, and drying bittersweet tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry fruity & woody tannic at the finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2024
at 21:29