6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draft @ Beer in Hand, Hereford. I hope this is the same as the bottled version rated below. This is uncharacteristic Olivers to me, its flavour presenting a very thin and dry blend with a coarse woodiness and gum-sucking dryness without any of the trademark fruitiness that Tom has perfected over the years. Mind you, in this kind of place that’s precisely what the locals want I expect.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Apr 2014
at 14:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Plastic jug sample at a tasting at kerenmk’s place. Filled from cask at Beer In Hand, Hereford, England. Thanks Dagan. Golden-colored. Aroma is sulphuric, medicinal and a bit funky, with apples and light citric hints. Dry flavor, has some bitterness and a tart green apple peels finish with some astringency. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2014
at 09:37
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Polycask @ NWAF 2013, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Light unclear medium yellow color with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate apple, sweet apples, sharp, acetone notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light light acidic with a average to long duration, green apples, sweet apples, sharp, dry, light "chicken butt". Body is medium, texture is oily - watery, carbonation is flat. [20130124]
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2014
at 08:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask / Bag in a Box @ Euston Cider Tap. Fairly dry one this, with plenty of tannins, nice and rough around the edges with a nice farmhouse feel and a little straw here & there. Bit too acidic, although the oak balances that out. Wouldn’t mind trying a bottle of this.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Dec 2013
at 16:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
I hope I’m entering this rating in the right place, since the word "medium" does not appear anywhere on the bottle. However the abv, description and flavor (sorry, flavour) match quite nicely. I hope I’m right, since I uploaded the photo and added the bar code. Bottle. Cork tries to fly across the room with just two twists of the cage. Hazy bright golden yellow color, large white coca cola head that settles to champagne bubbles. Aroma is dusty fruit skins. Taste is full bodied, slightly sweet fruit at first with a bit of dryness at the very latest part of the finish. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2013
at 13:46
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
750ml bottle from Les Crepes de Sophie, Shrewsbury. The aroma of cider barrels wafts out from the off. Has a great fruitiness with a delicious sweetness and soft tannins that captures this apple very well. Another great cider from Oliver’s.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2013
at 02:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
750ml bottle from Oliver’s cider shop. Pours a cloudy River Severn brown. Taste is flat with a sharp, complex scrumpy taste, a hint of vanilla coming through from time to time with a spicy character becoming more prominent as you go on. Proper cider, this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2013
at 12:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
How: I suppose bottle, but kind of remember it on cask.
Where: Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), 2013.
Appearance: Light yellow colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Apple, manure.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Apple, acidic, some citrus.
Where: Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), 2013.
Appearance: Light yellow colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Apple, manure.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Apple, acidic, some citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2013
at 22:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle from Olivers Farm shop. Contains hazy tannins but essentially very sweet with plenty of apple flavour. An exceptionally nice blend.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2013
at 02:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
RE-RATE 375ml bottle 5.0%, from Olivers. Pours very pale straw, clear. Light and a litlte oily on the palate, white wine like in feel with a light perry sweetness. Very good. 75cl bottle from Oliver’s Farm shop. Marketed as ’champagne perry’ but just seems like a normal sweet perry to me. That said, it is a good one.. fruity, juicy and great with a desert.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2013
at 02:25