Subsidiaries
2.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Dinky little can from a Kroger. Pours a clear pale amber color with a fizzy head that instantly fades. Aroma of tart artificial apples. The taste is the same. Thin-medium bodied, artificial. As expected. 8400th rating. Oops.
Earlier Rating: 7/5/2013 Total Score: 1.9
Bottle from a Kroger. Pours a clear amber color with a fizzy white head that fades quickly. Aroma of sweet, grainy apples and a faint sweaty sock thing. The taste is sweet and tart apples, not quite artificial but very candy-like. Thin bodied. Not a good cider, even by the macro cider standards.
Earlier Rating: 7/5/2013 Total Score: 1.9
Bottle from a Kroger. Pours a clear amber color with a fizzy white head that fades quickly. Aroma of sweet, grainy apples and a faint sweaty sock thing. The taste is sweet and tart apples, not quite artificial but very candy-like. Thin bodied. Not a good cider, even by the macro cider standards.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Aug 2014
at 20:43
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Well, it seems to be that time of the year to try this kind of stuff.
Into a pint glass, the appearance has a clear golden orange to amber color with a fast rising carbonation seen throughout. There isn’t any head and there isn’t any lacing.
The smell had alcohol and apple, more so like green apple.
The taste was slightly tart from the green apple that lead to a dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly sharp carbonation that lead to a drying effect.
Overall, well, it’s a cider, what else were you looking for?
Into a pint glass, the appearance has a clear golden orange to amber color with a fast rising carbonation seen throughout. There isn’t any head and there isn’t any lacing.
The smell had alcohol and apple, more so like green apple.
The taste was slightly tart from the green apple that lead to a dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly sharp carbonation that lead to a drying effect.
Overall, well, it’s a cider, what else were you looking for?
Tried
on 09 Jul 2014
at 23:45
5.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
8 oz baby can. Aroma is cidery, perfumy. Pours clear pale golden with a vanishing white crackly head. Taste is mostly sweet, a little tart. Tastes like a cider, not really tasting beer. No complexity at all, but it tastes good.
Earlier Rating: 7/2/2013 Total Score: 3.4
16 oz can bought from the discount cooler in a local convenience store. Never thought I’d be rating a Mike’s product on here! Pours clear golden with a collapsing white head; leaves a ring of foam. Aroma is basic apple cider with no offnotes or surprises. Taste is sweet, quite tart and even a little savory. Carbonation is average, slick mouthfeel. It’s not all that bad, really.
Earlier Rating: 7/2/2013 Total Score: 3.4
16 oz can bought from the discount cooler in a local convenience store. Never thought I’d be rating a Mike’s product on here! Pours clear golden with a collapsing white head; leaves a ring of foam. Aroma is basic apple cider with no offnotes or surprises. Taste is sweet, quite tart and even a little savory. Carbonation is average, slick mouthfeel. It’s not all that bad, really.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Apr 2014
at 18:54
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
11.2oz bottle picked up at the state store
Pours clear golden with a small white ring, no lacing. Mild aroma of ripe apples. Tastes like apple sauce and cinnamon
Not bad but it tasted like old apples, not crisp fresh ones.
Pours clear golden with a small white ring, no lacing. Mild aroma of ripe apples. Tastes like apple sauce and cinnamon
Not bad but it tasted like old apples, not crisp fresh ones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2014
at 18:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours gold with a slight white head. Smell of apple skins and a little cooked apple. Med minus body. Flavor is fairly sweet . Nice apple flavors. Just a bit of tart skin hanging around. Quite drinkable.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2014
at 17:17
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
12 oz bottle. Aroma consists of wet dog, lemonade. Pours super pale yellow with a quickly disappearing white head. Taste is sweet and tart. More Mike’s Lemonade than lager, although there is a beery element in here, even if it’s really faint. Thin-bodied and highly carbonated. Pretty much what you’d expect.
-- rated with beerbasher/winphone
-- rated with beerbasher/winphone
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 19:46
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle, and don’t ask me why. Always great to see a laundry list of ingredients on the side of a label that are not apples and yeast. Pours with a perfectly clear deep golden yellow (food coloring?) hued body with a few large bubbles. Aromas are of jolly ranchers, candied apple, tons of sugar and artificial acid. Cloyingly sweet. Lightly spicy character. Flavors are equally sweet, artificial tangy acidity but yet not enough to even come close to balancing the sweetness. Next to no tannic structure. Medium full bodied, lively carbonation. I might be a bit harsh, as this is not nearly the worst cider I have, but this is still pretty much the definition of an alcopop, and it really bothers me that most of the "ciders" one finds on shelves are like this. Cloyingly sweet and mind numbingly dumbed down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2013
at 18:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
From a twist off brown bottle. Smell is like lite lemon pledge. No head. Taste is much better. Looks like lemon ade with a tad of orange inthere. . Taste is like an alky pop, but not artificial on the lemons. Pretty good overall experience, glad I picked this up. Good sizzling co2. Seems like a natural for mike. Goes down way too easy, could drink a few of these babies. Good overall ’beer’ experience, one of the better shandies I’ve tasted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2013
at 13:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Sweet commercial apple juice aroma. Clear gold, no head per usual for cider. Sweet tart commercial apple juice flavor. Light body, moderate carbonation. Not bad for a macro, but not really all that dry, as the label claims.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2013
at 15:31
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a clear light gold with no head. Aroma is mostly sour green apples. Taste is light sour. Green apples and slightly dry. This is more like apple juice than a hard cider. Light bodied with a slightly sticky texture. Lively carbonation and a decently long finish. Overall, not bad. Enjoyable but nothing special
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2013
at 20:59