Bottle from their spring cider club. Duvel glass @home. Loud pop on a slightly leaky cork. Significant fizz in the neck, but not a bottle bomb. Clear, amber gold. Quick hitting head & added activity courtesy of the Duvel & unintended secondary fermentation! Nose is a little muted, maybe it's just too cold. Minerally, river rock, light licorice, steel, seltzer, aresol. Warmth brings out a wet wool, barn-y addition. Sweet-tart, turning bitter-sharp. Sour peach, plum, becoming more like Sweet Tarts & mild ginger ale. I agree with the black tea tannic description, it fades back into minerally sparkling wine. Bubbly, strong, more lappy & not really thin. Semi-sweet, tannic, tart, sharp. Big cider, full meal. Good.

Dark gold and still. Complex apple aroma. On the palate, it's balanced. Some dry tannic character but also some sweetness. It's also complex, the majority cider varietals is great but then that sweetness adds a dimension that I actually quite like.

New 2019 batch from the cidery. 8.5% ABV. Mojito glass @home. A bit lighter & duller in color then their usual macerated apple visual. Still acceptably, brown. Faint berry, woody/fall leaves, watery whiskey nose. Taste is lime, sour strawberry, popsicle stick, stone, accidentally biting into apple seed astringency. Maybe a touch of cream at the end? Could just be texture. Not as horribly bitter & unruly as older batches. Fruitier, less astringent, not as potent/hot despite the ABV change. More accessible/drinkable & reminds me a little of what Albee Hill use to be. Good.

Bottle from cider club. Two days of fridge settling. Duvel glass @ home. An oily, not quite clear gold; strong head. Smells of booze, bitter greens, yeast & core. Very tannic, very dry, with a minty edge. Pith & sharp, unripe fruit linger throughout. Strong bubbles; parching. Minerally, yeasty, if slightly wild finish(this also could come off as sweet onion if you keep rolling it around). Needs some air first. Too yeasty. Not as good as its original parts.

27/11/2020. Bottle sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers! Pours clear very pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of green apple, white wine, touch of sulphur. Light to moderate sweetness and medium tart. Moderate body, oily texture, quite fizzy. Nice tart finish.

75cl bottle (2018) from Scrattings. Shared with Soph on a wet, windy Autumn lockdown Saturday night. Clear gold, spritzy bubbles. Aroma brings a soft green apple sweetness. Taste bears an extremely fine spritzy carbonation, dry, the wild-foraged pears seem to bring welcome delicate oily perry fruit shades that complement the apple blend. The fruitiness blossoms somewhat with additional mild gooseberry and white grape notes. Pleasant overall with a light, breezy character, mild acidity.

Bottle from the cider club. Low-ball glass @ home. Clear, dark amber, glossy with a quick-hitting fizz. Smell is boozy, macerated, peppery, burnt sugar nose. Taste is tannic, watery, zingy acidy, bitter fruit rind, slight oxidation, arugula. Good bubbles, very dry, but with a slight resin on the end if that makes sense. Pretty good. Quaffable.