8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at their stall at Barra Castle. It pours clear pours greenish - gold with a small fluffy white head. The aroma is musty, barnyard, poopy, funky. Fun times, zingy, tangy, bright, juicy, crunchy apple, apple skin, oak and a touch of sherbet. The taste is crisp, snappy, bone dry, oak tannin, bright, zingy, lovely crunchy apple, apple skin, slightly leathery, deep funk, playful acidity, white wine, white grape, gooseberry and lemon sherbet. Finishes up with oak tannin and dries out. Medium body body and fine, spritzy carbonation. Super flavourful, bright, funky and well balanced. Another cracker from Easterton.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2024
at 17:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle picked up from their stall at Barra Castle Fine Fair. It pours crystal clear yellow with a small bubbly white head. The aroma is fresh and bright, sweet crunchy apple, slight sourness, apple skin, light nuttiness, dried apple, hint of melon and earthiness. The taste is crispy, dry, snappy, sweet - sour, tart, tangy, bright, vibrant, lightly puckering, juicy crunchy apple, touch of white wine, gooseberry, hint of acidity, some woody tannin, leather, limited alcohol and dries out through the finish to light tannin. Medium body and fine carbonation. Super drinkable. Bright and zingy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2024
at 17:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Hop Shop Aberdeen. Golden colour, thin white foam head and aroma of apple, vanilla, earthy funk. Taste is tangy, apple, tart, fleshy fruits, some skin & core, wood, leathery, funky, vanilla hint, and with drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tangy tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2024
at 19:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle from Oban Beer Seller. Great label. Yellowy gold colour, thin white foam head and aroma of meaty funk, leather, musty apple. Taste is tangy, tart, apple, fruity, orchardy, with leather, smokey bacon, funky, horseblanket hints, alittle citric acidity and some drying earthy tannins. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tart acidic & tannic finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2024
at 19:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml from Westhill Service Station. It pours clear golden - yellow with a small fizzy white head. The aroma is earthy, apple skin, leafy, crunchy apple, dull funk, lemon zing, damp wood. The taste is crispy, snappy, firmly dry, bitter, oak tannin, apple skin, bright, white wine/champagne character, white grape, gooseberry, crunchy apple, must abs leather with a bone dry finale. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Quite firm and savoury. Perhaps not loads of depth, but it drinks well.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2024
at 16:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle from Westhill Service. It pours clear pale almost greenish gold with a small, fizzy white head. The aroma is bright, zingy, tangy, bright tart apple, crunchy, white wine, gooseberry, funk, muck and barnyard. The taste is crispy, dry, zingy, puckering, bright, nip of acidity, tart apple, gooseberry, white grape, soor plooms, lemon - lime, sherbet, vinous, apple skin, light tannin, dry oak, funk and barnyard with a drying finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Bright zingy and quenching. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2023
at 16:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Hop Shop Aberdeen. Bottle 11/160. Yellow gold colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of apple, mucky funk. Taste is tangy, tart, apple, citric, some farmhouse brett funk and mellow acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying bretty acidic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2023
at 21:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle from Craft Bar, Pitmedden. It pours clear pale yellow - gold with a small fizzy white head. The aroma is zingy and bright, lemon sherbet, crunchy apple, sherbet, appletiser, tangfastics and oak. The taste is crispy, firmly dry, snappy, oak, tannins, apple skin, juicy, crunchy, bright, loads of fresh apple, white grape, twist of lemon, light acidity, dry funk, damp hay and just a touch of alcohol presence in the backdrop with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate, fizzy, effervescent carbonation. A classy cider all round. Love the combo of funk, crunchy apple and tannin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2023
at 15:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Craft Bar, Pitmedden. It pours clear golden yellow with a small fizzy white cap. The aroma is musty, funky, barnyard, apple skin, wood, hay, red fruits and apple pie. The taste is crisp, firmly dry, woody, tannin, apple skin, crunchy, nip of acidity, splash of white wine, underlying barnyard funk, splash of appletiser and sherbet. Finish is firm dry and tannic. Medium body and fine, slightly prickly carbonation kicking about. Interesting combo. Probably need more juiciness or tang to balance out the tannin, but it's quaffable anyhow.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2023
at 14:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
750ml bottle from Hop Shop Aberdeen online. Hazed orangey golden colour, short-lived bubbly head and aroma of apple, wood, funky. Taste is tangy, tart, apple, fruity, woody, orange juicy citric, with some leathery funk and bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying tangy tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2023
at 20:51