6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Polycask at The Royal Oak, Wantage, Oxon, 03-01-10 I had plenty to choose from with real ciders/perries at this place, there were at least 6 from Hecks and then a further 6-7 from other producers and if anything I’m playing the numbers down, it must be one of the biggest real cider/perry pubs in the country, anyway back to the drink. Pours pale gold, nice and clear. This is very dry in the mouth, though the dryness quickly subsides and the sour appley/lemony tang takes over, this stuff is quite a challenge but I have to say one that I enjoyed, great stuff. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jan 2010
at 09:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Black Door, Helsinki. Pale yellow colour, no head. Aroma is sweet pear along with some honey as well as bluecheese. Also some mild wooden notes. Flavour is pear, honey, some rather sweet spicyness as well as mild syrupy notes.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Dec 2009
at 12:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bag in a box at 2nd Thanet Cider and Perry festival, Churchill Tavern, Ramsgate. Cloudy orange gold. Cheesy cider. Quite dry on finish plus some nougat on the flavour which is rather pleasant. Kind of medium sweetness in mouth, drys out on finish. Pleasant apple juice aroma. Bit of film developer. Decent apple flesh. Good
Tried
on 15 Nov 2009
at 01:53
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ 3 Judges. Hazy golden colour, no head. Aroma of sour apple, cheese and yeast. Flavour: sour and dry apple, plasticizer.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2009
at 11:32
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Very pale yellow with no head. Apple juice and apple candy aroma. Very sour apple flavour
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2009
at 03:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Polycask at the Portcullis, Clifton, Bristol 24/07/09. Reddish-gold in colour with no carbonation. Sweetish aroma with plenty of apple fruit and a hint of wine. Flavour was also sweet, with a balancing tart finish. Unusual and good.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2009
at 19:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Polycask at Merton Summer Beer and Cider Festival, Merton, Oxon 18-07-09 Pours mid yellow in colour some spritzy white bubble’s show then swiftly fade. As one would expect this is another decent cider from Hecks but despite its rarity providing the allure for me I never found it to be quite the equal of the ’Port Wine of Glastonbury’ or the Blakeney Red Perry’ which we also had on at Merton. Its tasty very appley and with a good bitterswet tang but nothing else really to excite me, found this to be firmly in the med-dry category. A6 A3 F6 P3 Ov12 3.0
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jul 2009
at 08:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Polycask at Banbury Beer Festival, Oxon, 07-05-09 Pours straw colour gloriously sweet after I’d had a slew of dry or med dry ciders. Nose is a little waxy but the sweetness is there also, little bit shallow on depth of flavour, but really very nice although that sweetness lingers. A6 A4 F7 P3 Ov14 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 09 May 2009
at 04:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Polycask at Banbury Beer Festival, Oxon, 07-05-09 Pours Pours mid gold with a nice farmy waft. This is refreshing with a good earthiness about it, touch of sweetness initially but nicely dry at the end, most enjoyable. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 08 May 2009
at 01:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Polycask at Banbury Beer Festival, Oxon, 07-05-09 Pours light gold touch of haze. This had a lazy appley feel about it, in that the zingy apple and woody tastes that were always present only really started to come through after a while. There is a touch of wood on the nose the cider is quite dry though not as dry as I expected, good stuff. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 08 May 2009
at 01:22