7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Micro Beer Crate, online. My first cider from Hampshire. Pours a clear gold, small white bubbly head Aroma of fresh dessert apples, quite floral, sweet and dry hints, orchard funk. Good depth on the nose. Taste is more mellow than expected, bittersweet fruity apple, caramel, floral notes, dry close, somewhat tangy. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Micro Beer Crate, online. Pours a dark clear gold, brief fizz. Aroma of apple skins, funk, some stewed caramelised apple. Bittersweet apples in the taste, apple skins, brown sugar, light funkiness, dry and tangy finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Micro Beer Crate. Dark clear gold pour with a fizzy white head which recedes fairly slow for a cider. Aroma had a deep bittersweet apple fruitiness, wood, vanilla, brown sugars, funk, light caramelisation. Taste starts quite sweet with vanilla and wood and then more bitter notes comes in to offset with brown sugar, quite floral and dry in the finish. The contrasting elements make it quite a rich cider but a very interesting one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Sandy Balls Holiday Village farm shop. Pours a pale clear gold. Aroma brings juicy sweet apple fruit. Crisp, moderately sweet cider with a nice juicy side. Some fleeting vanilla moments. Quite light flavoured overall, but decent enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2023
at 20:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers Mat! Clear pale gold colour, short-lived thin white foam head and aroma of apple, fruity, wood barrel, oaky, vanilla. Taste is sweet, apple, fleshy, with woody barrel notes, vanilla, oak, some acidity and tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying spicy wood barrel oaky finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2023
at 19:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
75cl bottle. Clear gold appearance. Aroma bears a natural wine-like apple fruitiness. Nice natural cider to taste, moderate apple fruitiness with a wonderfully subtle Sauterne influence which really complements this variety well. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2022
at 22:23
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Slightly hazy golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of apple, fruity, alittle spice hint. Taste is sweetish, apple, fleshy fruity, slightly tart, with solventy funk hints, some acidity and soft tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2022
at 20:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
29/7/2022. From BIAB at The Harwich Redoubt Beer Festival 2022. Pours clear pale golden orange with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet apples, citrus, light spice, caramel, funky notes. Medium sweetness, moderate tartness. Moderate body, oily, soft to flat carbonation. Light dry and tart finish. Very nice.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2022
at 12:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Panda courtesy of Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Golden colour, bubbly white foam head that quickly dissipates way and aroma of apple, caramel, slight funk hint. Taste is sweetish, apple, fruity, caramel note, with drying bittersweet tanins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2022
at 17:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Third of a pint on cask. No head. Hazy apricot coloured pour. A bit sweet. Quite smooth
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2022
at 16:22