6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750mL bottle, pours a clear blonde with almost no head. Nose is pure peated whiskey, with some tart apples in the background — that’s pure Islay. Flavour is much the same, with intense peat, smoke, and tart apple core in the background. I don’t think this is exactly cohesive or complex, but it’s a cool experiment.
Tried
from Bottle
from
West Coast Liquor Company (Fraser)
on 12 Apr 2025
at 05:00
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Apple, background diacetyl, lots of guava on the palate but more butter. Too bad about the butter.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2024
at 04:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Medium bitterness, light fruit, not bad apple. Still a bit more sweetness than I’d prefer but it’s okay.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2024
at 04:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle sampled at BC Cider Fest 2024, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is fairly dry, with crisp apple skins and soft toffee. Flavour is crisp and dry, with dry, crisp apple skins — prettt bone dry. Crisp, nicely carbonated. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2024
at 07:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle sampled at BC Cider Fest 2024, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is fairly dry, with crisp apple skins and soft toffee. Flavour is crisp and dry, with dry, crisp apple skins — prettt bone dry. Crisp, nicely carbonated. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2024
at 07:20
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle sampled at BC Cider Fest 2023, pours a cloudy dull blonde with a small white head. Aroma really smells like root beer - any further word would be superfluous. Flavour is a bit different - it's bone dry, with root beer-like notes and a hint of dry apple skins. I guess it's fun for what it is but it's not what I look for in an experimental cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2023
at 03:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
The body of a cider but smells and tastes like Ardbeg. Hard to know what to make of this.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2022
at 04:51
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Poured from the tap. Hazy pale orangey pink with no head. Feint blueberry over the apple. Flavours clash a little here.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Aug 2022
at 23:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from the tap. Clear blonde with small white head. Gentle jalapeño, apple, hint of lime and salt, decent balance.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2022
at 06:38
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Even by Brickers standards, this one is out there. They apparently put passionfruit in it, but you can't taste that. They also put hoisin sauce in it, and you can very much taste that. The aroma is...well...savoury. It tastes the same. The cider gets annihilated by a mystery savoury character (that's the hoisin sauce) and the end product doesn't make a fucking ounce of sense. Of all the things to put in a cider. Why not just dump a bottle of Squid Brand in there next time? It's bigger umami and far more versatile.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2022
at 08:46