Hairy Ferret Blackcurrant Scrumpy Cider

Blackcurrant Scrumpy Cider

 

Hairy Ferret in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Cider - Other Fruit Regular
Score
5.74
ABV: 4.0% IBU: - Ticks: 1
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2.9
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

Bag in a box at the Crown & Trumpet, Broadway. What was I thinking? Well, I was thinking that I wanted something sharp... maybe a cider. Then I saw blackcurrant on the pump clip and thought "ooh, yes, blackcurrants are sharp", completely forgetting about Ribena. Which is, of course, what it tasted of. It’s a watery pink colour, like weak Ribena. It’s exceptionally sweet, maybe even more so than Ribena. It tastes of Ribena throughout. There’s a hint of sweet baked apple and a little rough cider in the background, but it’s nowhere near enough to balance the sweetness. Definitely alcopop territory, although even alcopops aren’t usually this sweet. Even my wife (who was on the Pimms) found this too sweet. You can feel it dissolving your teeth. Not for me.

Tried from Can on 04 Jun 2016 at 13:29