Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at Merton Summer Beer and Cider Festival, 18-07-09 Pours gold with haziness. Tastes a little on the rough side as the name might suggest. Apple is there, its tangy, edging toward the drier side of medium dry, not the best from Ross on Wye that I’ve had but its ok. A6 A3 F8 P4 Ov14 3.0
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Polycask at Banbury Beer Festival, Oxon, 07-05-09 Pours mid pale golden, there is a surprising slight sharp peary tang on the nose of this one. Really good perry and quite easily the dryest of the five that we had on offer. Started of with a nice tarty and tangy pear bite. The sweetness that was initially there soon faded and this soon turned out to be the nearest to a dryish perry that I’ve had, good stuff. A7 A4 F8 P4 Ov14 3.7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Polycask at Banbury Beer Festival, Oxon, 07-05-09 Pours light straw colour, touch floral on the nose but also a little farmyard. This is really quite a full on cider, very dry and its almost like cider with a goodly splash of jiffy lemon in it. This is really nice, a real palate cleanser though and a mouth puckeringly dry and challenging cider at times, was loved more than loathed by all who tried it though. A7 A4 F8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle, Carringtons, Chorlton. As a rum lover this caught my eye, and on the whole this was pretty tasty. On the sweetish side of medium, with the rum aspect mingling to good effect. Understated woodiness and pleasant apple flavours. Noice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Thanet Cider & Perry Festival 2008. Yeasty toasty apple aroma. Porcini mushrooms on aroma and a hint of mint, some leather, some apple. It’s ok. Some apple and mint. Fine.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Plastic cask, 7.4% at GBBF08. Hazy yellow colour. Watery dry cider flavour. No carbonation. Quite boring.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
GBBF2008. Very pale yellow colour, no head. Aroma is pear, some sour wood and mild notes of cheese. Flavour is pear, oak and smooth wood. Nice finish. Wellbalanced. Rather sweet and dry.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Edinburgh beer festival 2008 ... Very pale yellow ... little pear little tart but the ballance isnt there.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bag in a box at Rare Breeds BF 08. Hazy pale gold/green. Nice perry. Cheesy perry, but really drinkable. Bit of sour sting. In terms of drinkability, it’s great. Dryness invites you to drink it again. Lovely bit of lemon, pear. Outstanding.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask at aberdeen Beer festival ... Very pale hazy yellow ... tart dry nose ... lots of pear ... very dry ... little vinegar bit in back of throat but nice.