Part of my mix a six crap rate pack purchased at New Beer. Dropped this one into my backpack before going to work. Popped it open at lunch with some tasty hen soup. Clear plastic cup. Odd whiff of stale lager as the tab is opened. Pale macro color, with a wispy quarter inch of eggshell head & minimal activity. Smells like old, soured lager, aged on cigarette butts. Going in blind, you wouldn’t be able to tell this was a cider. Industrial or not, aroma is just plain absent. Taste is more tart then sweet. Something like half flat tamarind soda, but with a yeasty, mineral finish. Residuals taste like they carbonated it with hydrogen peroxide. Can states 30 grams of sugar, 285 calories. Honestly, it doesn’t seem that sweet. The high acidity covers up a lot of it. I’m sure I’ll have a headache later. Yes, I finished the can. I’ve had worse.

Pour is a pee gold with no head. Aroma is sweet and fruity. Flavor is both sweet and sour with a little touch of pear at the end. Easy to drink and not much of an aftertaste. Not a fan of ciders but this is a really non offensive example.

Glass, 5-ounce, draught at Volo, savoured on September 15 2009; eye: straw, minimal effervescence, clear; nose: pear, apple, slight acidity; mouth: pear, apple, light acidity, mineral, abrupt finale in pear with presence of apple, not much carbonation, light body, rather sweet, cloying; overall: a bit disappointing FRANÇAIS Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue chez Volo, savourée le 15 septembre 2009; oeil : paille, effervescence minime, claire; nez : poire, pomme, très légère acidité; bouche : poire, pomme, légère acidité, minérale, finale abrupte en poire avec bonne présence de pomme, peu carbonatée, corps léger, plutôt sucrée, toquant; en résumé : un peu déçu

500 ml can; Nose of ? (what else) pears; pale yellow with a small white head; flavor is semi tart pears.