4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
On tap (gravity) at Ebenezers, Crewe. Pours a slightly hazy brownish gold with virtually no head. Not much of an aroma either just some vague hints of apple and alcohol. In the mouth it is pretty tasteless too – there is a lrge amount of wetness, some traces of rum and apples and not much else. Very disappointing.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Dec 2023
at 22:11
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draft @ Cromwell's Tap House. Pours a deep purple, clear. Vibrant aroma of myriad hedgerow berries, dark fruit. Taste follows suit. Syrupy, doesn't necessarily taste weak, very fruity in an artificial way. Fine.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Dec 2023
at 17:46
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Beer Central, Sheffield. Golden colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple. Taste is sweet, apple, some core, sugary, and drying, tangy. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium sweet finish. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2023
at 17:34
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Sandy Balls Holiday Village farm shop. Drunk on Christmas week. Pours a clear deep caramel. Aroma of caramelised fruit. Expected things to take a cinnamon / gingerbread direction but seems to remain within a caramelised toffee mould. Artificial sweetness, aged notes. Not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2023
at 20:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity pour from a box on 6th October 2023: Anvil, Shifnal. Brown and chocolatey, too sweet even for me!
Tried
on 06 Oct 2023
at 21:45
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bladder bag at the George, Sutton Courtenay Oxon, 01/10/23. Pale almost translucent yellow with no head. Nose is sweet apple, sugars, hint of pear. Taste comprises sweet pear, apple pie filling, tannins, sugars. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Sweet and sugary but better than the usual Lilleys nonsense as not going too off piste from traditional flavours.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2023
at 13:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Cask at Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak, London, 18 May 2023) Hazy pale yellow colour with no head. Fruity nose with grass, honey, pears and yellow apples. Fruity, swet taste with notes of pears, yellow apples, grass, honey, a touch of orange and a finish with a mild acidity. Medium body, quite sweet. Tasty, refreshing and moreish. Very nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2023
at 18:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask. Reddish amber colour with mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is raspberries, some pear, mild wood and some toffee. Flavour is toffee, raspberries some black currant and mild wooden tones.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Sep 2023
at 19:20
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask. Amber colour with a minor head, which vanishes quickly. Aroma is sweet apples, sugar, some apple juice and mild toffee tones. Flavour is very sweet apples along with some toffee and mild wood. Also a wee bit of alcohol flavours to it.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Sep 2023
at 19:19
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Box @ Lilley's Cider, Frome. Pours clear golden orange. Decent mango fruit definition on the nose. Continues to taste, doesn't really taste alcohol-free, in fact much like the original. Juicy mango. Doesn't really come across as a cider. Light to medium bodied.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2023
at 18:50