5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Single via Appalachian after a couple years of stagnant six-packs not selling on the fridge. Pint glass @home. Faintly hazy, not opaque, pale straw, soda pour. Sour Sidra, lemon-orange, strong epoxy, gum, straw nose. Simple, twangy-sour Sidra with a very slight grapefruit edge on the varnish-y, off-dry finish. Hops add a bit of tropical but actual definition is long gone. Soda sizzle, acidy, kinda boozy, sulfite headache. This stuff sucks. Maybe I can mix it into something.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

355ml can from Bill's Liquor Market, Los Angeles. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of apple, citrusy hop. Taste is tart, funky, apple, grapefruit citrus, hoppy, sourish. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying hoppy sour finish. Nicely drinkable

7

A hazed yellow blonde cider with aroma of sweet guava pulp, light chili, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity cider with guava paste, chili peppers, nice and rich. Cask Days 2019

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draft - Bright Sour Guava. Hazy yellow. Soured Guava and a light finish. Bit one sided.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

22oz bottle thanks to Eric. Pours out a dish water color topped with a fizzy white head. Nose is passion fruit notes lemon guava some sour tart funk and cider. Taste is more of the nice tart pucker tropical fruit notes.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at Cap Hop. Pours hazy deep rosé with a very slight white smear. Aroma is rather sour red grape. Med body or so. Flavor is moderately sour, rather woody, red grapes - more cab than Concord for sure. The sour moderates with time, and an actual cider aspect becomes detectable. I tend to fear 101 ciders, but this isn’t all that dangerous. Making me think cider and sour can work together.

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Cap Hop. Pours sort of champagne blush. Light sourish aroma. Med body. Flavor is mildly sour, maybe a bit tart. Clearly somewhat musty wood and fruit notes that are surely red grape. I vote for port barrels being involved. The sour/tart mellows away nicely. Good stuff.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(Cask) hazy lavender colour with a small white head; aroma of sourness; medium sour flavour with a long medium sour finish

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cloudy and quite pale. Big hop nose, some phenol funk. Tart, hoppy, light apples. Intense, but I’m a fan.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bomber from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours perry color with a few bubbles. Aroma is perry with some fruits. Med minus body. Flavor is dry, tart, fruitily hoppy. Certainly drinkable. A bit acetic.