6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from To Øl Webshop, 7% alc. Dark red, almost no head, red wine nose with some sour notes. The flavor is blackcurrant, pretty dry, a bit thin on body. Interesting experiment I'd say, across between wine, beer, and cider.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle picked up from HOTM. A hazed plummy red coloured pour with a fine pinkish white head. Aroma is nice big bretty funk, horse, rosehip, petals, funky woodland berries, light musty funk. Flavour is composed of tart pickily berries, raspberry, sharp quince, floral notes, elderflower and lavender. Nice delicate funk, brett. Palate is tart and crisp, fine highish carbonation massages the tongue, prickly finish. Nice depth and flavour in delicate balance.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml Bottle from HOTM. A hazed plummy red coloured pour with a lasting pink frothy head. Aroma is lovely horsey funk, brett, red apple, dusty funk, some vinous notes, some red berries. Flavour is composed of tart tangy apple, bretty funk, pithy funk, wine lees, . Pithy dry finish. Palate is semi sweet, tangy, pithy dry finish, spritzy carbonation. Really nice funk depth of flavour.

7

On tap at Taphouse CPH. Cloudy orange with a small white head. Funky aroma with hints of apple, wood and sulphur. Dry fruity and funky flavour with a pretty good bitterness for a Danish cider.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda 🐼 at home big thanks to Danlo. A light hazed deep amber red coloured pour with a lasting loose off white halo of head. Aroma is semi sweet, fresh apple, toffee, midgert gems, nice floral notes, plastic hockey puck. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, and sour, green apple, brown sugars, lemon rind, floury apple, twist of acid, pinch of acid. apple sourz. Palate is sharp, mild pucker, highish carbonation. Good fun.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda at home, thanks to Danlo ... cheers Ed, 04/10/22. Lightly hazed golden copper with a light reddish hue and topped with a modest white crown that veers edgewards. Nose is toffee apple, caramel, stewed apples, light orchard woods. Taste comprises sharp apples, light funk, farmyard notes, tannins, orchard wood, bitter sweet apples. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Tidy drop.

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

14/9/2022. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear amber copper with minimal head. Aroma of apple juice, caramel, baked apple, light funky edge. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness, moderate tartness and body. Low carbonation. Dry tannic finish. Very nice.

6.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

The ancient cider, though technically more a kind of wine to me, has been enjoying a remarkable revival in the wake of the craft beer movement, mostly due to its association with beer in English pubs; there have even been crossover effects, like applying the ‘eisbocking’ technique to them or, as in this case, (dry-)hopping them. Thanks to tderoeck for sharing the can. Some very thin strings of tiny bubbles are present in a hazy peach-hued orange blonde drink, obviously without a head. Aroma of dried and wrinkled apples, a very odd smell of liverwurst (not kidding!), moldy old apple peel, dust and old cardboard, old bread, unripe mandarin. Softly tart onset, stale apple juice effects, sweet apple-y core; no carb, soft and slick body, a tad vinous. Old white wine-like effects turn up further on, paired with this oniony, again liverwurst-like retronasal aroma which I can only ascribe to the hops that were added; bitterness remains very limited (after all only dry-hopping was applied here) so that the flavour as such remains quite juicy and sweet-sourish, with a kind of dustiness trailing behind I would personally associate with (stress?) ageing. Interesting to have a dry-hopped cider for once even if cider will never be my cup of tea, but difficult to judge, not only because I do not know how to rate cider but also because this one feels as if it tastes and smells very different from what the makers intended. Should revisit one in better condition if I ever come across it again…

5.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

18/VIII/22 - 33cl can from De Caigny shop at Billie’s Bierfestival, shared @ Alengrin’s place, BB: XI/2026 (2022-1010)

A little cloudy orange blond cider, no head. Aroma: very musty, moldy, dirty, cheesy, rather off, a hint of apple, dry, funky, dirty, some solvents, meh. Don’t like it very much. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: weird, bitter, tannins, lots of dry apple skin, weird acidity, bitter kiwi, meh. Aftertaste: soapy, dry, hoppy, nice and hoppy character at the end, lots of tannins, weird, dry.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2022.
Appearance: Red colour with a small head.
Aroma: >Fruit, acidic, apples, sour, vinous.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, acidic, apples, sour, vinous.