5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Sampled @ GBBF Day 3 [as New Forest Traditional Cider, a no. 4 cider]. Clear bright yellow color, no head. Smell and taste apples, moderately dry, some tart apple peel in the aroma, but the flavor is initially quite sweet. Rater dry finish though. Hmm ok cider but imo a bit all over the place and not very smooth nor balanced.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2016
at 04:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught (backlog). Pale yellow colour, no head. Aroma is apple juice with some green apple skins as well. Flavour is quite bland, but has some apples, mild toffee and a bit vinegary notes as well.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2015
at 11:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma of apple, apple skins and pips, light yeast. Light sweet flavour, light bitter, bitter apples. Finish apples. Quite like the Kingston Black, it appears.
(from 50cL bottle @ Chris and Ruth’s place, post-RBESG ’14 tasting)
(from 50cL bottle @ Chris and Ruth’s place, post-RBESG ’14 tasting)
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2015
at 16:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared at ChrisO. Clear golden color, virtually no head. Smell and taste apple, quite dry, slightly vinous. Hmm it’s ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2014
at 01:30
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
50 cl bottle. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is zesty and smooth apples. Dry, citric, zesty and solid apples. Lingering dry apple finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2014
at 15:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
500ml bottle from Borough Market. Drank this alongside Sheppy’s Kingston Black to compare. This has the same ABV but appears more orangey and thus more tannic and gum-sucking. The fruitiness is there but teasing you from a distance as you feel your gums rubbing against your tongue like velcro. Aroma is much stronger also, barnyard with a little horse stables, which actually emerges from the taste about 4 sips in. Probably more interesting than Sheppys but also a lot rougher.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2014
at 13:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught @ Borough Market. Not entirely sure if this is the same one described below, but this was pretty rough around the edges verging on Gwatkins territory, some funk and cider cellar dustiness, lacking some fruitiness. Ok for a half but couldn’t manage a pint of this.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2014
at 12:31
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Borough Market. Label states 5.5%. Pours a cloudy yellow, with a typically coarse farmhouse dryness that grips the sides of the mouth. Slight barnyard and cheese, with a tantalising glimpse of fruitiness behind the tannins. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2014
at 12:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bag in box @ The Castle Inn, West Lulworth - The permanent Dorset Cider Festival. Slightly unclear orange body with practically no head. Relatively light apple aroma with hint of perfumed alcohol. Rather robust in flavor, ripe apples, cellar notes, some acidity and hint of alcohol. A bit different cider and quite pleasant.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2013
at 13:02
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Dark yellow colour. Moderate apple aroma. Slightly sour. Moderate dry apple flavor. Some medicine notes. Average finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2013
at 08:05