Hornet
Grainstore Brewery in Oakham, Rutland, England 🏴
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Score
6.16
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Hornet, joined our cider range at the end of the summer of 2014. At the weaker end of the cider abv scale, Hornet is a great session cider.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Saxo tasting. Clear yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, apples and fresh apples. Flavor is medium sweet. Light dry finish. 170617
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2017
at 08:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, 4.6%. Clear yellow with no head. Aroma is apples, fruit, little apple peel and a little juice. Flavour is apples, fruit, little juice, medium sweet, little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2017
at 08:27
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Yellow colour. Modetate apple aroma. Light apple flavor. Semidry and a little sweet. Average finish. oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2017
at 08:26
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at the Great Northern Hotel, Peterborough. Pours yellow/gold with a short lasting bubbly white head. Aroma of sweet apple juice. Quite sweet, light sour. Light to medium body, sticky texture, quite fizzy carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2017
at 09:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Sparkling gold colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of fruity apple, hay, light funk. Taste is tart apple, fruity, apple skin, citric, funky, woody, oak, vanilla, with some drying tannins. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry light tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2016
at 10:04
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml. [ As Grainstore Hornet ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate apple, apple pie, hay - straw. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, sweet apples, hay - straw, apple pie. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20151005] 6-2-7-3-13
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2016
at 07:16
6/10
Tried
on 05 Oct 2015
at 12:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle split at Travlr tasting @ Chriso, 30/09/15. Pale blonde with a moderate off white covering. Nose is apple pie, straw, vanilla essence, sweet apples. Taste comprises grassy notes, sweet apple, orchard fruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2015
at 09:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared in London at chriso’s to honour Gene. Pours clear pale yellow with a few bubbles. Rich sugary apples in the nose. Medium sweet flavor but still pretty dry, some apple skins, some apple sauce. Medium bodiednwith fine, spritzy carbonation. Dry finish, lightly musty, with more Apple, lightly hitter skins. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2015
at 17:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the source. Clear golden color, few bubbles. Aroma of apple flesh. Taste is fresh fruit. Highly drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2015
at 17:51