Crafty Brands (SXOLLIE Xider)
Cidery in Grabouw, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
A now merged brewery came in as being from Nederburg, South Africa but the 'Crafty Brands' located there is permanently closed, according to Google Maps, whereas the website seems quite alive.
Another address that I found is "Wildepaardejacht, Klein Drakenstein, Nederburg", but that's on a different location.
Both locations are in the city of Paarl, but the one I merged into is in Grabouw, where it currently is residing for BV.
The website claims the company to be based in London ( SXOLLIE, 15 Spring Bridge Mews, Ealing, W5 2AB )
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at home split with Sarah. A clear petrol coloured pour with a fading fizz. Aroma is tangy pear, sicky apple, little woody. Flavour is composed of semi sweet and tangy, pinch of salt, pear, prickly, granny smith tartness. Palate is semi sweet tangy, highish carbonation.. Fine. Clean finish. Pinch of acidicity.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle at home, 11/05/19. Clear light golden blonde, carbonation evident, light white cap of bubbles. Nose is straw, crisp apple, sugars, light watermelon. Taste comprises bitter sweet apple, grass, light tannins. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, semi drying close. Ok if a little sweet for me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
330ml bottle. Pours very pale green with medium carbonation. Aroma is cheap, cardboardy apple juice. Taste has tart and sweet apples to start. Tart apple finish with a sugary aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
330ml bottle. Pours pale greeny gold with low carbonation. Aroma is sweet apple juice and honey, definite Golden Delicious. Taste is tart to start. Sweet apple and honey finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
330ml bottle. Pours pale gold with high carbonation. Aroma is apple juuce. Taste has sweet apple juice throughout with a bitter finish. Slightly tart. Pretty simple.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
330ml bottle from Sainsbury's. Pours extremely pale clear yellow, aroma is very sweet commercial apple. Oily palate. Sugary sweet, tart, a touch sticky with a light acidity, drying close. Just way too sweet, clean and polished for me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bittle shared at craft beer Co Covent Garden. 20/11/2018. A clear petrol pale green coloured pour with a a loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, midget gems, pear.. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, pear, light wood, light sharp, bark, little bile. Palate is semi sweet, light tart, moderate carbonation. Ok.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared in London - thanks to Gus. Pours well clear gold with a small, foamy head. Quite sweet, somewhat sugary and artificial. Light bodied with spritzy carbonation. Ripe and meaty apple finish, more sugar, a nip of bitter skin. So so.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at home from Sainsbury's a pale petrol coloured pour small white fizz. Aroma is semi sweeet, clean apple juice, light white sugars. Flavour is nice semi sweet apple juice, light floral notes, elderflower, pear. Palate is semi sweet, lowish carbonation, semi crisp finish. Nice bad.