Babycham

Brewed by Matthew Clark Cider (C&C Group)
Style: Perry
Bristol, England

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

Pours a little grape juice .. . coasters? .. . has an interesting tang, even for a cider .. . light pear, and acidic paper .. . does not make me happy, catnip mostly...

Minimal smells. Tastes like soap and urine & very off. Pear, apples, nonono!

(20cl bottle best by 2-4-10 thanks to bu11zeye) clear near water color, very few bubbles. Nose of pear, alcohol, apple and mild funk. Taste of sweetened apple, nicely tart and pears.

(20cl bottle) Pours a clear pale yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of apples, mustiness, and plastic. Flavor of apple, tiny little yellow flowers form my childhood, metal pipe, and some yogurt.

Thanks to bu11zeye for sharing this 20cl bottle. Pours a very light yellow - nearly colorless - with some white bubbles. Strong pear aroma and some slight tart pear characteristics in the flavor. There is something off in the flavor, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Nothing special.

Bottle 20cl. @ ChrisOs Pre-GBBF Shindig 2010.

[ Raise The Roof Tasting ]. Clear light yellow almost clear white color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate pear, sweet pear, pear syrup. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20100731]

Bottled@The Chriso rock the roof down pre-GBBF tasting. Quite much watery see-through colour, no head. Aroma is mainly pears and sugar. Flavour is pear and sugar. Extremely sweet and not all too pleasant.

How well I remember the jingle from the 1960’s advertisement: ’Babycham! It’s the genu-wine champagne perry!’ If you had told me then that I would one day be solemnly sitting in a garden in West London sipping it and rolling it round my mouth and taking detailed notes on the experience.... Very pale gold with a white head. Ripe fruity aroma, quite pleasant. Taste is sweet, fizzy and rather nasty.