F.T.J. Filthy Tramp Juice (Draught)
Apple Cottage Cider in Baldock, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Cider Regular|
Score
6.64
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FTJ is a firm customer favourite; this cider is well known in our home town of Baldock. It’s created using a 4 variety blend; Slow fermentation keeps all the natural flavours. This fruity cider is smooth, sweet with a deep apple flavour.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
3/12/2021. BIAB sample courtesy of SHIG. Pours clear pale gold with minimal head. Aroma of sweet stewed apple, sugary apple pie. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness, touch of tart. Moderate body, oily texture, low carbonation.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2021
at 17:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers Shawn! Golden colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fruity, funk. Taste is sweetish, apple, some core, fruity, tart, sugary with vanilla hints. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-sweet finish. Quite OK
Tried
on 27 Nov 2021
at 21:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
BIAB: Poured a golden with bubble head. Aroma is musty mushy apples, tannins. Taste is semi-sweet apples, some sharpness, light leathery.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2021
at 19:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2017. Pours a golden color with no head. Has a fruity spicy slightly sweetish apple aroma. Fruity sweetish spicy apple flavor. Has a fruity spicy sweetish apple finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Feb 2018
at 21:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at the St Albans BEER festival 2017. A translucent golden yellow coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is nice elderflower floral sweet apple, bile, pear, hint of plastic. Flavour is composed of woody, medium sweet, apple, dry tannin, rounded, little under fermented.. Palate is semi sweet slight tang and mealy tannin. Interesting stuff. Lingeting woody mould.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2017
at 07:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Polycask @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Apple Cottage F.T.J. Medium (4) ].ABV: 6.7%. Light unclear medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apple, yellow apples, wrinkled aååles, wood. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light acidic with a average to long duration, sweet red appls, yellow apples, wood notes, aceton notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120810]
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2013
at 09:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2011. Hazy golden colour, not much head. Aroma is apples, yeast, herbs, some slight wooden juice and mild sulphury notes. Flavour is quite much the same. Also has some slight winelike notes and metal in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2011
at 22:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Undoubtedly the best named beverage at the 2011 GBBF. And fairly tasty as well, with an aroma of fresh apple skins and taste of dried fruit.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2011
at 12:55