c0axial (8164) ticked Smoking Barrels from Blue Barrel Cider 4 years ago
minutemat (16258) reviewed Clifton Beauty from Blue Barrel Cider 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle. Hazy gold appearance. Strong musty aroma, teasingly tangy with a natural farmhouse feel and great flavourful character. Vanilla oak on the finish. Nice.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Clifton Beauty from Blue Barrel Cider 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
19/4/2021. Bottle sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers! Pours slightly hazy pale golden with a very small bubbly white head. Aroma is sweet apple, woody, funky. Medium sweetness and tart edge. Moderate body, very soft carbonation. Enjoyed this.
danlo (13133) reviewed Clifton Beauty from Blue Barrel Cider 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Golden colour, no head and aroma of wood barrel, oak, mellow apple. Taste is sweetish, tangy, mellow, vanilla, apple, woody oak barrel, alittle anty funk and some tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium oaky finish. Quite drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed Smoking Barrels from Blue Barrel Cider 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle. Slightly hazy golden colour, no head and aroma of fruity apple. Taste is wood barrel, apple, oak, vanilla, some tartness, and slightly buttery with a formic acid hint. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-dry finish. Quite OK
danlo (13133) reviewed Colwick Perry from Blue Barrel Cider 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
BIAB sample from the Leicester Beer Festival 2020 thanks to Grumbo, cheers Graham! Yellow gold colour, some bubbles on top and aroma of molasses, musty pears & apples, leafy. Taste is sweet, sugary, mellow pear, fruity, with alittle tartness. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying finish. Quite OK, abit sweet
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Colwick Perry from Blue Barrel Cider 5 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
28/2/2020. From BIAB at the Leicester Beer Festival 2020. Pours very pale yellow gold with a bubbly white head. Aroma of apples and baked pears, light citrus and slightly twiggy. Slight sugary sweetness, light tartness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Sherwood Blend from Blue Barrel Cider 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
BIAB at GBBF: Poured a hazy yellow with no head. Aroma is pungent apple. Taste is crab apples with sliced mixed. Not horrible.
danlo (13133) reviewed Sherwood Blend from Blue Barrel Cider 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
BIAB sample from GBBF 2019 courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Golden colour, no head and aroma of gluey apple. Taste is mellow, sweetish, apple core and skin, light barnyard funk, with some drying acidity. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry acidic finish. Quite drinkable.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Sherwood Blend from Blue Barrel Cider 6 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Gravity (bag-in-a-box) @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, Greater London, England W14 8UX.
[ As Blue Barrel Cider Sherwood Blend ].
ABV: 6.5%. Light unclear medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apple, light tannins, farmyard notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, apple, sweet apples, apple skin, apple core, red apples. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20190808]
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