Straight from the wooden barrel, poured by Mr Roger Wilkins himself. It pours bright hazy green-gold. The aroma is earthy, rustic, bitter- sweet, tangy fruity action, tannins, farmyard, funky brett, white grape and apple skin. The taste is bitter - sweet, earthy, rustic, barnyard, sweet apple pie, apple skin, tangy fruits, tannins, wood, leather, hay, dull florals and a touch of spice to round things off. Even though this is medium, the finish ends up pretty dry. Alcohol is entirely hidden. As with the dry version the drinkability and subtle complexity is breathtaking. Balanced and crushable. Absolutely Grade-A cider.

Straight from the wooden barrel, poured by Mr Roger Wilkins himself. It pours hazy greenish - gold no head whatsoever. The aroma is earthy and authentic, rather musty, brett, farmyard, dirt, rustic apple action, a touch of sweet apple, hay and wood. The taste is dry upfront, earthy, soft mellow sweetness, tannins, apple spin, apple pie, hay, wood, touch of spice and a lick of acidity. Finishes up firm, dry and moreish. Smooth, dry and exceptionally well balanced. Hides the abv very well. The depth of complexity and subtlety of this is astounding. Straight-up the best cider I have ever had.

Jar from the brewery, brought by a friend. He didn’t know which it was exactly, but it was not overly sweet, but certainly not dry. I suspect it’s somewhere in between and as it also is the most rated version, I’ll put my rating under this entry. Hazy golden color, virtually no head. Lovely aroma of sweet apple with funky notes, slight farmhouse, bit spicy even. Soft sweet in taste, bit funkiness. I’d love to try more of these kinds of farmhouse ciders instead of the dry and sparkling rubbish macro cideries make.