Plastic barrel at 21st South Down Fest. This version at 6.5%. It pours clear pale gold with no head. The aroma is earthy, barnyard, funky, juicy, tangy, apple skin, light acidity, gooseberry and white grape. The taste is crisp, dry, woody, tannin, bright, apple skin, tartness, white grape, gooseberry, touch of acidity, earth and black tea with a very drying finish. Medium body and drying mouth - feel. Perhaps a touch too dry, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 10, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England. [ As JB Medium Dry Cider ].Alc. 7.5%. Clear light to medium yellow color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate apple, dry apple. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, peppery, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100122]

Cask. Listed as: "JB Medium Dry Cider" at 7.5% ABV. Slightly hazy yellow with a tiny white head. Astringent and dry apple notes in the nose. Medium body, completely flat, peppery, green peppers - even chili. Astringent and dry finish. 220110

Yellow with no head. Weak apple juice aroma with oak. Dry and slighytly tart wood and apple flavour

@GBBF2008 (I’ve marked down as JB Medium Dry Cider, 5.5% in my notes). Yellow colour, no head. Aroma is apples. earth, vanilla, some sap and mild earthy notes. Flavour is mainly mild apples and a lot of earthy notes.