7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a clearish straw gold color with a finger of white foam that dissipates quickly. Lots of passion fruit and lemon lime aromas in the nose with some notes of mineral and apple as it warms. More of the same on the palate. Lower carbonation, smooth. Lingering lime zest and passionfruit on the finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 01 Jun 2021
at 16:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can kindly donated by radimd, any thanks man. Pinkish color. Aroma of apples, grapes, red berries. Taste, apples, grape skins, again red berriess, light tartness in dry finish. Well balanced.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2021
at 18:49
8/10
Very interesting. Initial herbs and maybe mint even. Than an apple finish. Apparently contains grape peel so maybe I can see that after I read it.
Tried
from Draft
at
Cidernaut
on 17 Apr 2021
at 15:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from Shacksbury March cider club. Pint glass @ home. Yeasty, dark yellow gold body. Quick hitting, fizzy head. Smells of mulching leaves, forest floor, bitter apples, wild onions, rain, lactose, active fermentation. Despite all those descriptors, it is very mild & not a focal point. Lightly crispy & bitter upfront, it leans into a tart, earthy, sawdust-dry apple peel flavor. Residual yeast adds more texture than flavor. Hay, faint vanilla oak, creeping lingering acid(& bubbles). Creamy, perfectly carbed, warming. Overall it's pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2021
at 19:12
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
From Shacksbury. 6.5%. NB goblet. Clear, Miller Time. Minerally, dry yeast, faintly macerated/browned apple scent. All very mild. Taste is bittersharp, slightly carmelized, light oxidation, glue, salt, aspirin. Thin, juicy turning parched. Crispy, but okay carbonation is very fleeting. A little boozy or just doesn't hide it well. A bit basic & English inspired. Don't think this is old. The cardboard & glue note is sticking with me. Is that the lightly barrel aged?
Tried
on 14 Mar 2021
at 01:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Shacksbury. Fridge rest. Ping glass @home. Heady pour. Clear, pale gold, Miller Time. Sharp berries, bubblegum, clay, pear, kiwi(?), booze. Crisp apple, white grape skin, seltzer, rose, clean booze, big lingering acid, low tartness, residual yeast. Thin, boozy, well carbonated, not crazy complicated. Lacking something, hot, but a quick sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2021
at 23:26
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Shacksbury. Pint glass @ home. Cloudy, despite a long nap in the fridge. Orange/brown/yellow mixed macerated color. Dusty, green, clay, pear scent. Dry, minerally, yeasty, bittersharp salad mix, lingering lemon sour, green strawberries, apple core, mulch, oxidation. Overall, a little mellow, muddled flavor. Very low carbonation, lower perceived ABV. Just okay. Probably past it's prime.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2021
at 23:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
More recent batch made in collaboration with Simon Day & available via the 2020 cider club. Coming in at 6.5%, head looking nice & fluffy over a clearly pale amber in my slender pint glass. Stem-y, bitter, almost minty scent. Some mild cheese as it warms. Bitter acidic leaves & apples, becoming more of a bitter orange rind, expressing a juicy Sweet Tart berry flavor as it closes on a not completely dry finish. Very faint yeast note as the second pour clouds up & doubles up on the berry flavor. With warmth brings some mild funk. I enjoyed it more cold. Not too thin, leftover yeasties give it some body. Very full carbonation with small bubbles, but not champagne bubbles. Boozy. Tasty & very expressive for a single varietal. Somewhat rare combo in my experience.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2021
at 00:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz can from Tavout - tried at random. dryer than i expected, sweet and good carb. decent
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2021
at 16:31
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottle from the mail club. Kolsch glass @home. Dusty, Miller Time body & fizzy weak head. Second pour is heavier on the mud. Smells of macerated, oxidized, briny & faintly horsey apples. Taste is very puckering. Estery, gummy, lots of lemon juice-like acidic flesh, with lingering pickle brine & a fleeting Sidra/wild fermented tone on the end, but milder then other funky bottles they've made. Maybe a little floral. Very dry of course. Feel is frothy, like unfiltered fresh apple cider. Alcohol is fine. Yeasty/chalky, very sharp, makes your teeth clench a bit. Wears on you after a while. Have had better from Shacksbury.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2021
at 22:21