4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Plastic bottle from Brewery Creek, Vancouver
Golden color; no head persistence. Aroma of apple juice, alcohol, chemicals, light hazelnuts and very light Chinese Market; paint remover too. The mouthfeel is dry, so dry like nothing tasted before, and leading to a very dry and astringent finish; there is some acidity, shades of fruits, but the flavor overall is very difficult to accept, weak flavor and aggressive mechanics. I wasted 6 bucks.
Golden color; no head persistence. Aroma of apple juice, alcohol, chemicals, light hazelnuts and very light Chinese Market; paint remover too. The mouthfeel is dry, so dry like nothing tasted before, and leading to a very dry and astringent finish; there is some acidity, shades of fruits, but the flavor overall is very difficult to accept, weak flavor and aggressive mechanics. I wasted 6 bucks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2011
at 08:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver, 6.9% ABV
Pale blond color; no head. Mild aroma of apple juice. The cider itself is not bad, with some apple fruitiness, dry but with light residual sweetness, with a refreshing sourness; unfortunately it also has a weird impression of baby care cream...
Pale blond color; no head. Mild aroma of apple juice. The cider itself is not bad, with some apple fruitiness, dry but with light residual sweetness, with a refreshing sourness; unfortunately it also has a weird impression of baby care cream...
Tried
on 30 Mar 2011
at 08:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Plastic bottle from Brewery Creek
Deep blond color, with some lonely bubble. Light apple juice aroma, with light acidity, and no honey. Semi-sweet strong cider, with a lean body, and a kind of sweetness that can be due to the honey more than the apples, but the flavor doesn’t go beyond the apple. Simple.
Deep blond color, with some lonely bubble. Light apple juice aroma, with light acidity, and no honey. Semi-sweet strong cider, with a lean body, and a kind of sweetness that can be due to the honey more than the apples, but the flavor doesn’t go beyond the apple. Simple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2010
at 12:27
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Brewery Creek
Blond color, pale, possibly hazy. Mild apple aroma, mature, with a touch of acidity; but it’s light. Immediately comparable to Ice Ciders, this one is clearly less sweet and more alcoholic, almost burning; sweet flavor, apples and traces of cooked apples, some citrus sourness. Too boozy.
Blond color, pale, possibly hazy. Mild apple aroma, mature, with a touch of acidity; but it’s light. Immediately comparable to Ice Ciders, this one is clearly less sweet and more alcoholic, almost burning; sweet flavor, apples and traces of cooked apples, some citrus sourness. Too boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2010
at 12:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Barnyardy, fermenting apples Golden sparkly Almond, honey Fullbody, sparkly mf Light cherrylike aftertaste
Tried
on 26 Oct 2008
at 16:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Golden with a low initial foam layer. Wooden, spicy, (cardemom,muscat) fermenting apple nose. Fairly dry and lightbodied, peppery spiced notes dominate, some berrylike notes appear, a bit alcohol burn. Almond and old apple aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2008
at 16:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Plastic bottle. Barnyard, straw, apples and a hint ripe bananas in the nose nose. Pale golden green colour, fine bubbles. Very dry body, straw, broad cider apple notes, both fruity sweet and dry, light bananapeel again. Applebarrel retronasal. Dry herba and floweryl finish. Fresh, dry and pleasant
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2008
at 00:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A dark clear amber to brown cider. A pleasant aroma of apple skins, alcohol, and apple pulp. In mouth, a rather wild lactic cider, rather astringent, with light corkyness, and a strong warming alcohol in finish. This reminds me very much of the dry British ciders I had in London, UK in 2005. To be sipped and enjoyed. Merci a Todd, le Capflu!
Tried
on 20 Feb 2007
at 17:57
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Light greenish-yellow colour. Aroma in redolent of sulphury, stank armpit. With light, sugar-coated apple. Thankfully, the flavour is much cleaner with a sweet apple taste and distinctive nutty note. Once you get past the nose, this is a pleasant, sweetish, simple pub cider.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2006
at 00:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy beige-yellow colour. Aroma is of apple skins, hint of brown sugar and sulphite. Soft and bubbly, with a rounded apple flavour, sweet edge and only a hint of alcohol coming in late, this is probably the most accessible but also the best-crafted Merridale’s product yet.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2006
at 15:12