6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 750mL bottle (2022 harvest). Hazy blonde with small white head. Quince, dull funk, old grape skins. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2023
at 06:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750mL bottle, pours a hazy pale golden with a small white head. Aroma is very earthy, with armpits, barnyard funk, crisp apple skins, no hint of the grape. Flavour is grainy and seltzery, with crisp quince skins, toasted grains, sweaty notes, and dry earthiness. Doesn't have the funk or complexity that I expect from Twin Island. Decent but far from what I've come to expect from Twin Island.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2023
at 06:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pale, hazy, thin head. Quite vinous on the aroma, but on the palate it's fairly thin. Light quince, a bit of grape, light body. It's not bad, but I think the grapey character comes across well on the nose and less so on the palate.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2023
at 06:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
750ml shared with Phill @ Matt's new place. Appearance: clear blonde with a wheak white head. Aroma: dry, crispy, apples. Taste: along the same lines with some funky notes, quite bubbly. Overall: good one.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2023
at 04:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750mL bottle, pours a clear blonde with a quickly-dissipating, large white head. Aroma is very bright, with lots of champagne-like effervescence, wild yeast, and very crisp, dry pear skins. Flavour is very pungent, bright and crisp, with lots of crisp pear skins, champagne-like effervescence, light lemon zest, and a touch of barnyard funk. Bright, champagne-like, a bit boozy on the finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2023
at 04:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750mL bottle, pours a hazy blonde with a tiny white head. Nose is bone dry, with lots of barnyard funk, crisp apple skins, and hay. Flavour is dry and funky, with lots of hay, barnyard funk, and crisp apple skins. Funky, dry and hay-like. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2023
at 04:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750mL bottle, pours a clear golden with a quickly-dissipating white head. Aroma is wonderfully fragrant, with intense barnyard funk, crisp apple skins, and some earthy core. Flavour is nicely funky and nearly bone dry, with lots of barnyard funk, crisp apple skins, and some earthy core. Carb is below average for the style and the cider suffers a bit because of it. Good funk and dryness but doesn't have the complexity of some of their others. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2023
at 06:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle, pours a gorgeous dark mahogany with a quickly-dissipating pink head. Aroma is wonderfully funky, with musty grape skins, barnyard funk, and a touch of leather. Flavour is bone dry, with lots of red grape skins, lots of wine must, barnyard funk, and a touch of apple skins. Champagne-like effervescence finishes this off with an assertive but fitting carbonation. Maybe not as excellent as previous Grape Friends versions, but it's very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2023
at 07:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml @ Ryan's. Appearance: light straw, almost like unfiltered apple juice, quickly disappearing white head. Aroma: some sweetness, funk, some manure. Taste: quite sweet, but almost bone dry at the same time. Overall: pretty pleasant.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2023
at 03:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazy gold with extremely quickly dissipating white head. Gentle red apple mix, some apple core, dry-ish with an underlying sweetness, hint of barnyard in the background.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2023
at 03:31