5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
BIAB at Eaglescliffe Beer Festival 2023. Pale golden colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of mango, apple. Taste is sweet, mango, tropical fruits, baked apple, alittle tartness. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet mango finish. OK, quite sweet
Tried
on 08 Apr 2023
at 13:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
BIAB at Half Moon, Darlington. Golden colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of biscoff, biscuity. Taste is sweet, apple, biscuit, biscoff, slight ginger hint. Syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet finish. Quite OK
Tried
on 09 Mar 2023
at 18:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bag in a box at the Old Horse, Leicester. Light gold, a bit of density. Light appley aroma, not much here. Sweet tangy taste, a lot more character here. Has that wonderful tangy cider bite on the tongue. Some balanced almost souring notes in the finish. I'm so used to Snail's Bank doing sickly sweet flavoured ciders that I forgot how they could deliver on the real thing.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2023
at 20:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Growler (probably BIAB) from LCB. It pours pale greenish golf with no head of couy. The aroma is tart, tangy, juicy green crunchy apple, apple skin, fizzy candy and dried leaves. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, juicy, crunchy, tangy apple, light tannin from the apple skin, quite oily, touch of tartness and pucker, some astringency from the booze and some sour candy with a dry, woody finish. Medium body, flat and oily mouth feel. Grew on me. Nice drinkability and also boost.
Tried
from Growler
on 26 Feb 2023
at 17:10
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
BIAB at House of Hop, Darlington. Golden colour, no head and aroma of peach, candy, apple. Taste is sweet, peach, fudge, candy, sugary, syrupy, apple. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet peachy finish. OK, quite sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2023
at 15:13
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Box @ Ashton Arms, Oldham.. Very pale yellow and dry in the palate. Its pear flavour is evident enough and bitter.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2023
at 19:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull at the Marquis Wellington, Leicester. Pink and clear and no head. Aroma is dominated by clove. I'm sure there are other winter spice scents but they are defeated by the wave of clove. Tastes sweet, sweet, sweet, again clove-dominated with suggestions of a bittersweet fruit that could I deed be rhubarb. Strange and artificial but somewhat moreish. An odd one.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2022
at 18:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Box @ Coracle, Ironbridge. Deep reddish dark appearance. Good black forest expressions, chocolate and cherry coming through well though clearly doesn't work in a cider.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2022
at 21:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Cock Tavern, Hackney, London, 26 May 2022) Pale golden colour with no head. Fruity, sourish nose with notes of yellow apples and grass. Fruity, tart taste with yellow apples, honey, grass, apple peel, a certain tannin harshness and a fresh acidity in the finish. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Tasty and refreshing. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2022
at 20:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
BIAB at Crafty Merlins Darlington. Golden colour, bubbly head and aroma of toffee apple. Taste is sweet, apple, toffee, custard, vanilla, sugary. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet toffee finish. OK.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2022
at 17:00