Blackthorn Cider

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

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

Can. A dark golden cider with a lazing off-white. The aroma is sweet and acidic with lots of apples. The flavor is sweet apply leading to a slightly tart finish.

50 cL bottle, courtesy of Pauls mom. Pours slight cloudy orange with fully gone head. Dry phenol aroma. Sweet and phenolic flavoured. Distinct. Dry flavoured with a subdued apple fruity sweetness. Ends dry and slight phenolic.

Draught
Skunky cider, very dry mouthfeel, poor and useless. Undrinkable.

Date: 01/19/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

clear yellow, fruity aroma tart with lots of carbonation, sour aftertaste

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Score: *4
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Light, fizzy, overwhelmed by sulphites in both aroma and flavour. Sweetish finish. Would be blandishly acceptable were it not for the sulphites.

(12oz bottle, courtesy of mar) Pours a clear pale yellow body with no head. Aroma of baby diapers, plastic, and apple. Flavor of apple, plastic, and sugar with a somewhat dry finish.

UPDATED: SEP 8, 2006 1. Keg Handpump at the Wheatsheaf, Weaverham 30/08/2001 Golden coloured and sweet on the palate. 2. Keg Handpump at Eros / Elite Club, Edinburgh 29/09/2001 Golden coloured and sweet on the palate. Sharp finish. 3. Keg Handpump at the Woodpecker, Leftwich 28/07/2006 Some fruit aroma. Clear golden coloured and crisp on the palate with a slightly sour and tangy dry finish.

On tap. Orange, almost still, with some white bubbles. Weak aroma with sour apples. Flavor is the same. Thin, lightly dry mouthfeel. Boring. (060711)