6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

5.8

Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7.5

Can pours yellow pale color, quick white head fades to nothing. Nose is a gin whisky laced mixed drink. First taste is sweet tart apple cider fer sher. Reminds me of those Sweetarts candy I used to buy as a kid. Good level of co2. I do detect some gin whisky aspects in there, mildly. Curious if it adds anything to the ABV or if its just for effect. Goes down fairly easy in the middle. No real ill character but the flavor of the juniper gin towards the end is readily apparent. Quite unique, yet well balanced, the adjuncts are not in yer face. Not bad, better than expected.

5.1

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Green can for $1.50; pour looks like apple cider with perhaps a lemonade tinge to it. Weird fruit nose, some ginger and almost off-putting and farmy. First taste is certainly a little bit of chalk in there with ginger. Some sort of plastic sensations coming thru. Different, perhaps some warming sensation in the belly. In the middle, getting a a tad of citrus in there. Good level of carbonation. In the end, overall something quite unique, not like most ginger ciders I've had in the past.

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Sample courtesy of Cheeseboard, cheers Simon! Yellow gold colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of apple, herby, floral, zesty, funk. Taste is tangy, tart, appley, alittle funk, and gin, herbal, musky, citrus notes, with some light acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry citric finish. Quite drinkable.

6.9

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Sample courtesy of Cheeseboard, cheers Simon! Orangey golden colour, white foam head that slowly dissipates and aroma of soured apple, funk, alittle caramel. Taste is tart, tangy, acetic hint, apple, some skin and core, caramel, with drying citric acidity. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, dry tart sour finish. Quite drinkable.

7

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 8.5

From a $2 can. Perfectly clear pale. Large carbonation bubbles and no head. Nice clean apple cider nose with a mild bouquet of vinegar. First taste is quite pleasing, its rather dry. I like this dryness for a change since so many domestic ciders are sugar bombs. Good level of carbonation too. Easy fundamental fermented apple flavor with no side effects. Everything seems positive about this brew. Maybe a tad of tartness but not what the nose would indicate. Probably one of the better made real domestic ciders I've had in a while. Reminds me of ciders of the france. Yes, maybe it could be a little dryer, but hey this stuff is pretty darn good. I'm not worried about any unfermented sugars here. Even keel middle. Cannot detect any turn turtle or over balance in the finish. Ends with a twist of apple peel.

7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330 ml can from Old Shoe, Sheffield. Pours clear gold with dissipating white bubbles. Floral, herbal, light sharp, juniper type gin botanicals. Towards sweet in taste. Medium body with spritzy carbonation. An interesting flavour journey, I enjoyed it.