7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle from their cider club @home. NB goblet. Golden Heineken pour, quick-hitting head. Smell is earthy, bitter, yeasty, green banana, subtle sharpness keeping it interesting. Initial splash of acid & tartness, but overall creamy, very bitter, earthy, calcified, salt, light sweetness, more hidden acid, & dust on the trail. Very soft, but thorough carbonation, lots of multivitamin texture that isn't my fav, abv is a touch big, but warming. Solid to good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2022
at 01:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from their cider club. Goblet @home. Drank more than half this before I remembered to rate it. Clear, medium golden, bubbly. Looks like Heineken. Starchy, bitter, dry grass, dried apples, onion, aerosol. Taste is tart apple skins, lots of floral, juicy acidity, noticeable & lingering white grapefruit sort of pith, slight oxidation, minerally aspirin finish. Good acidity throughout, on point abv, rounded & ample carbonation. It doesn't have many highs or lows, but plays the middle really well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2022
at 22:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from their bottle club. Goblet @home. Clear, MGD gold, the tiniest bit opaque. Flash in the pan head. Smell is faint funk, flour, veg, pepper, CLR harshess, something wet & floral. Bittersweet, low tart, iron/blood, high acid, yeast, light lemon & booze on the finish. Thin, sud-y, very well carbed, mostly but not absolutely dry, a little hot. Twas just okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2022
at 19:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle from their cider club. Mojito glass @home. Clear, chill hazed, fizzed out head, still active. Very faint earthy, chalk, very mild browned apple, French cidre scent. Maybe a hair brighter than that. Bittersweet; earthy. Dry funk, unripe cantaloupe, old apples, low tart but something's there, salt, popsicle sticks, super chalky. No sulfites added, but I feel something. Low tart/acidity ciders are not always my go to. Solid carbonation, very dusty, obviously close to zero in residual sugar. Okay to good. I just like them sharper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2022
at 23:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from their cider club. Hazy, orange, frothy. Banana, cherry pit, brown apple nose. Yeasty, banana, juicy, grape, apple pith, papaya, yeasty finish. Medium acid, low but developed tartness. Lingering bittersweet, hard water, French notions. Chewy, tannic, natural macerated/browned, indifferent abv. Pretty good, would appreciate more acidity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2022
at 02:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from their cider club. NB goblet @home. Not quite clear, honey gold pour. Juicy, fresh apple, slightly malted & twangy nose. Semi-sweet, rich, bitter skin, lemon tea, veg, cream, yeasty finish. Prickly carbonation, honeyed, juicy, kinda easy, suspect abv. Okay. Have had better keeved, but it's such a rarity these days.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2022
at 23:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from their cider club. A month or so on the fridge door to settle(it never really did). Lo-ball glass @home. Hazy, dull, ruby & peach pour. Quick fizzle out head. Constant bubble stream. Soft, minerally, rounded, earthy, mature, dark plum/cherry nose. A sweet Negroni is a good comparison(thank you bottle description). Earthy, super floral, sweet spice, fruit punch, tight & lingering bitter finish that drags you in for another sip. Very inoffensive & approachable(not wild) for a pet-nat. Earthy/yeasty aspect builds as it warms up & dissolves the notion of negroni. Carbonation is a little low, expected sediment, chewy, flavors could be bolder around 9%, but drinkability is solid as is. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2022
at 21:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
750ml bottle from their cider club. 0.0RS, yesssss. Stemless wine glass @home. Opaque, orange-brown, like simple Lipton tea. Farmhouse fresh nose. Really earthy, greasy, sharp, vinous. Tart, drying, building acid, sharp, grape, lots of lemon, a little oily, soft oxidation. Dry, sulfite-y, not thin, kinda boozy. Okay, rough, on-par for South Hill.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2022
at 22:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours slightly hazed light gold into a shaker. White head with little retention recedes to nothing. Tart apple and dirty apple skin aromas. Soft and dry with earthy, dusty apple skin and pith upfront turning to a lasting tart apple finish. Strange journey this one.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2022
at 21:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Revisited 6/9/24. Long sleep on the basement shelves, a couple days in the fridge. Mojito glass. Half hazy, dull gold, nice froth. Aromatic floral, sharp citrus rind, warm pineapple nose. Bittersweet leaning sweet, pineapple, lemon, nice tannins, mellow spice, moderate acidity, still yeasty, boozy, drying finish. Much better. 3.9 5/17/22, 3.4 original score. Bottle from South Hill direct. Free shipping on 6 bitches. Lo-ball glass @home. Lathery head, hazy but not too cloudy pale gold. Yeasty, airy, soft musk, weak pineapple, milk. More aromatic as it settles & warms. Pith & yeast upfront, soft melon, somewhat acidic, lightly salinic, moderately sharp. Drying, like quince mixed with French bittersweets. Earthy, thick skin finish. Frothy, hidden acidity, not at all tart, strong & pretty dry. Okay. Needs more cowbell.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2022
at 22:04