Bottle with much thanks to LtDan for saving this. Pours with a clear golden body and fading white legs. Head is pretty large initially, but settles like a fine champagne (or other ciders) to nothingness. Light legs apparent from the alcohol despite the obvious effervesce seen in the glass. Aroma is classic British cider. Dry apple notes, like cork aroma developing with light leather notes. Quite spritzy smelling. Taste is sweet upfront, and very effervescent. Hard to get by the bubbles. Behind them, this cider finishes rather dry, and has the evidence that some extra sugar was added behind the ordinary juice to get up to 11%. Must be around the 1.000 FG mark, making it about average for a British Cider (but seemingly bone dry for a normal beer, or commercial (read Woodchuck) cider drinker). No back sweetening (thank god). A decently tannic finish. Bittersweet apples. Farmhouse and funk yeast notes are at a minimum, suggestion a commercial yeas strain was used (and at Aspall’s production levels, I suspect this would be the most reasonable decision). Carbonation is really intense. Hugely carbonated, with dryness makes this hard to take decent sized sips. Too high for the style, but still within toleration. I respect Aspall for their sheer volume they produce while still sticking to making real cider, unlike many mass produced American (and British) examples. This truly is one of their more extreme, and better products. Unique and delicious.

500 ml bottle, ABV is 7%. Crystal clear and extremely pale yellow colour, pours very fizzy with a big but short-lived head. Moderate carbonation in the glass. Moderate aroma of apples and vegetables, hints of sulphur. The flavour is crisp and dry, hints of oak and sulphur. Okay.

500 ml bottle, as Aspall Classic Organic Suffolk Cyder. ABV is 7.0%. Pours very fizzy with a big but very short-lived head. Moderate carbonation in the glass. Nice aroma of cider apples, hints of oak and sulphur. The flavour is crisp and dry, cider apples of course, again with notes of oak and sulphur. Probably best with food.

500 ml bottle, as Aspall Crisp Draught Suffolk Cyder. ABV is 5.5%. Crystal clear very pale yellow colour, pours sparkling with a very short-lived head. Fresh and pleasant aroma of cider apples, hints of oak and and sulphur. Crisp and dry flavour, cider apples of course, again notes of oak and sulphur, but not too much. Nice one.

Bottle from Sainsburys. Pale gold with moderate carbonation. Straight down the middle between sweet and dryness in both aroma and flavour, with a some juicy apples and a lingering, dryish finish. Ok.

Bottle from Sainsburys. Pale gold with moderate carbonation. Sweet upfront in both aroma and flavour, with a hint of spice and lingering, dryish finish. Ok.

$6.25 for a cute long neck green bottle from New Beer. "BBEMar097085". I think these are about $8-9 at Whole Foods, but they’re probably a little fresher. Sulfites kill good cider, forget what Mother Earth tells you. Oraganic... whatever. Poured into an Allagash tulip after a strong rinsing off of crap beer. Spritzy, excited pour that vanishes just as soon as it came. I’ve probably never had a shinier beverage. Pretty much a clear pale gold that really glows. Constant stream of CO2. I can smell big pear notes from a couple feet away, but that proves to be only temporary. Smell is baked, buttered apples, with a little preservative. Anticipated tartness. Euro carmelized musk. Faint alcohol. Once I begin feeding myself, sulfites seem to establish themselves early. Big white wine-ish notes(& alcohol), macerated apples, resulting in a reserved/muted apple taste. Buttery, but finishes very dry. Watered down ginger ale sweetness. Crisply carbonated, bigger average green tartness, & just a faint note of vinegar. I wouldn’t pay the price for it again. Questionably better the half the generic six pack ciders available around here. Though I do faintly remember some of the other Aspall varieties being much more pleasant. We’ll see.

Bottle, Odd-bins. Clear golden colour, small white head. Nose of sour apple, dry. Flavour is of sour apple, wood. Crisp and dry. Well carbonated. Dry finish. Very nice cider.

500 ml bottle from BevMo Salinas: BB Jul 09. Nose of nicely tart apples with a touch of sweetness mixed in. Pale yellow with a small pale white quick dissipating head. Flavor is light tartness, more sweetness, and apple pie. Pretty good cider.

Bottle Pours with a quick to fade white head over a burnt golden body. Aroma of dry apples and cork. Not very complex. Taste has medium residual sugars, dry (non fruity) flavor with apple character, light barnyard. Very drinkable. Aspall seams to be very good in my book for a mass market cider (beats the pants off of Woodchuck and Strongbow in actually being a real cider). Lively, forced carbonation. Dry mouthfeel.