Sainsbury's

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33 Holborn, Holborn, EC1N 2HT, England

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
75 cL bottle. Pours cloudy yellow to orange with a bubbly white head. Aroma is dry and sulphorish apple. Dry apple and mild acidic. Vague sulphorish. Ends bone dry.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2010 at 08:54

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear golden with a small and fizzy white head. Good, sweet apple aroma. Medium body, bubbly, dry apple notes yet with an underlying sweetness. Some tannic astringency in the finish. Authentic and drinkable. 210810
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2010 at 08:44

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s. Pale yellow colour, fast disappearing white bubbles. Aroma of pears, some sweetness, dust, yeast. Flavour is sweet pears, followed by some nail polish or plastic. Medium carbonation. Fairly sour finish. Actually quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2010 at 09:52

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Can from Sainsbury’s. Dark golden colour, off-white head. Nose of caramel malts, bit metallic. Flavour is caramel malts, metallic, hint of hops. A bit harsh.
Tried from Can on 22 May 2010 at 12:57

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Golden coloured with some decent fizz. Aroma of dryish apples, oak and a hint of core and skin. Flavour was similar, with plenty of semi-tart, juice, wood and a dryish finish. Not a bad effort for a supermarket cider.
Tried on 15 May 2010 at 10:09

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
750ml bottle. Gold with plenty of fizz. Sweet, dessert apples, a hint of spice and medium dry finish. Forgettable.
Tried from Bottle on 07 May 2010 at 23:22

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
500ml can from Sainsburys. Clear light golden colour, large frothy head. Aroma is soft malty. Flavour is soft malty, hint of dry biscuit, hint of hop, medium carbonation.
Tried from Can on 06 May 2010 at 13:36

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Sainsbury’s, Kidlington, Oxon, 02-05-10 Pours lemony gold, soft in the mouth apples are a little tart but most sweet, touch of oak. Fine. A6 A4 F6 P3 Ov12 3.1
Tried from Bottle on 02 May 2010 at 23:04

3.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Clear light golden colour, small white head. Aroma is grassy, bit metallic. Flavour is grassy, watery, not skunked. Ok drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2010 at 02:35

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Can from Sainsbury. Amber colour, off-white head. Aroma is grassy. Flavour is metallic, faint malts, highly carbonated. Watery.
Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2010 at 15:39