Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from B&M Bargains, Todmorden. Pinkish-red, clear, with its strawberry dominant, but the lime has a subduing influence here. Still fairly sweet though.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
500ml can from local shop. Clear very pale yellow colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of orange, lemon, citrusy. Taste is sweet, citrus, sugary, with syrupy notes, some lemon and alittle drying acidity. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, sweet citric finish. OK.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
330ml can. STI-urine colour, clear. Buttery toffee coming through in the aroma. Sweet, sickly sweet, toffee-laden taste. Light body, medium to heavy carbonation. I should hate this, it's so sweet and artificial as hell, but for some reason it is hitting the spot well enough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle from Cheers Liquor Store, Todmorden. Purple-pink with a lightly sweetened light red-berry taste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
500ml can from Morrisons Darlington. Clear golden colour, bubbly white foam head that dissipates and aroma of pear, apple, core, sulphur hint. Taste is sweet, pear, apple, fleshy, some skin and core, sugar, with alittle tart acidity. Medium bodied, high carbonation, drying sugary finish. OK
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
500ml can from Morrisons, Darlington. Clear reddish pink-purple colour, fizzy pink foam head that rapidly diminishes and aroma of raspberry & blackberry cordial. Taste is sweet, berry flavours, jammy, cordial-like, syrupy, with sugar, and alittle citric tartness. Light bodied, high carbonation, drying tart & sugary finish. Quite sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
Appearance: Clear gold with a small white frothy head of medium retention. Aroma and taste: Simple clean apples with skin. Medium dry, light to medium sour. Mouth feel: medium minus body, average to lively carbonation. Overall: Pretty basic. Drinkable.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
500 ml bottle. Clear dark amber. Mostly toffee and apple juice, bubble gum, some lemon juice. Toffee apple sweetness. Light bodied, watery texture, soft to low carbonated, dry sweet sticky finish. Liquid tarte tatin, too sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 4.5
Appearance: clear deep gold with a one finger tall off-white airy head of low retention. Aroma: overripe red apple, light funk, pleasant fermentation traces. Taste: quite intense. Light to medium sweet. Different shades of apples, distant funk. Mouth feel: medium plus body, lively carbonation. Summary: the smell promised more than the taste provided.