6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
75cl bottle shared with Soph. Hazed orange appearance. Juicy nose. Very dry for a keeved cider, prominent bitter acidity, perhaps a light tang, woody shades.. could be fruitier for a keeved cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2023
at 17:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
6/12/2022. BIAB sample courtesy of Colin, cheers. Pours clear pale amber with a few small bubbles. Aroma is woody, funky, herbal, caramel, medicinal, touch leathery. Light sweetness, medium bitterness, moderate tartness. Very dry, tannic, woody, bitter finish.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2022
at 11:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda 🐼 at home big thanks to Colin. A clear deep orange coloured pour with a lasting fine off white head. Aroma is semi sweet, brown sugars, leather, apple, light tang, Flavour is composed of semi swet, dry apple pips, fizzy apple, bark chew, to drying finish. Palate is semi sweet, crisp dry finish, Good crisp refreshing interesting cider.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2022
at 22:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, from Elston & Son, 06/11/22. Hazed carrot orange to copper with a good sized off white head that clears edgewards, carbonation evident. Nose is tangy apple, light funk, hedgerow, dusty apple skins, wooded notes. Taste comprises bitter sweet apple, tannins, cider lolly, hay bale, caramelised apples. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, drying close. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2022
at 15:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Colin. A mostly clear deep orange coloured pour with a fading halo of white head. Aroma is dry pithy apple, woody bark, decent funk, horsey funk. Flavour is composed of uber dry , woody apple pips, bark, funk. Palate is really dry, fine carbonation. Lingering funk. Cask at gbbf 2022 day 2. A clear dull gold coloured pour with a loose halo of white head. Aroma is nice earthy funk, dry bark, rustic, apple shed, light tart. Palate is semi sweet, to drying finish, tart, prickly low carbonation. Flavour is composed of rustic funk, grass, bruised apple juice, light horsey. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2022
at 19:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample courtesy of Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Orangey amber gold colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, funk, whisky barrel, woody, oak. Taste is apple, juicy, fruity, funky, with wood, oak, phenolic barrel notes, earthy and drying tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, very dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2022
at 17:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, from Elston & Son online, 26/09/22. Clear golden with a fast collapsing white crown, Nose is apple skins, caramel, earthy notes, light barnyard woods. Taste comprises bitter sweet apple, tannins, light funk, orchard wood. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Solid cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2022
at 18:34
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bladder Bag at GBBF '22 day 4, 05/08/22. Reddish amber witha good sized beige head for a cider that dissipates edgewards in time. Nose is earthy, sharp apple skins, nutty, light funk. Taste comprises earthy apple, tannins, apple core, light orchard wood, dusty apples. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, drying close. Not bad ... didn't drink at 8%.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2022
at 10:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle as part of a delivery from Scrattings, Wiveliscombe and drunk at home.deep, clear orange with no head. There is an enticing sourness of capable in the aroma with light barnyardy funk notes. Taste threatens a sweetness that doesn't materialise but instead is replaced by a wall of dry. Light carbonation on the body. It's missing something - I don't know how to describe it but it tastes ust a little empty somehow - otherwise it would be one of my top ciders. There are certainly elements that are very, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2022
at 23:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle, shared with Soph along the river. Pours a clear deep gold. Soft whisky on the nose, caramelised apple fruit. Continues to taste, quite a mild whisky Influence thankfully, nicely dry with grippy tannin on the close. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2021
at 17:30