Blackthorn Cider

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

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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This canned English cider has three strikes against it before you tug the ring-pull: it proudly declares the fact it’s filtered, it demands that it be served "extra chilled" and this one came with 13.5% EXTRA FREE - "500ml for the price of 440ml". Hang on, maybe that’s two strikes. [Takes a sip.] Nah, it’s three strikes. It looks as you’d expect a commercial cider to look, with no legs and a thin rim of washing-up liquid suds. The preservative gives it a nasty stench of burning tyre and rotting couch, with some apple concentrate struggling for air. Thin body for the 5.5% abv. That could be a plus in that they haven’t filled it out with sugars, but the result seems very skinny. Rubbery flavours compete with apple puree and a similar nagging chemical sweetener to whatever soils Diet Coke. Bone-dry finish. Dire. Wrong on so many levels. Run away, don’t walk. (500ml can from Camperdown Cellars, Parramatta Rd)

Exceelent when trying to get burst in a club, but must be mixed with blackcurrant, which makes it taste like peanut butter, never a bad thing, hahaha.

sulpher nose that blows off. light and not much flavor. the miller lite of cider.

Keg. Yellow, highly carbonated. Poor quality sweet cider with little fruit flavour. Oversweetened.

11.2oz? bottle. super pale gold with clear, lifeless appearance. tiny head. aroma of white wine. flavor lightly sour and extremely white winey. ack.

On tap. The absolute worst of the ciders. Sour and bitter and not becoming in any way. It also has these tiny cloudy white spots floating around.

Bottle from Gingerman Fort Worth. Aroma of rotten fruit. Tastes about the same.

Man this stuff is harsh. Yellow pour, not much of a head. Aroma is some nasty apples and flavor is just awful. Old apple vinegar mixed with sparkling wine? Barf.

Yuk! The flavour is dominated by the sugars and sweeteners that have been added, this is supposed to be dry afterall!

So apparently this is the house cider at JD Wetherspoon’s, but you can pass it up. Overly sweet and syrupy, off balance with the rest of the cider. Tastes wet and appley on the lips, but leaves bad taste in mouth. Wouldn’t get it again. Give me Strongbow over this any day.