2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Clear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate sweet apple and sour apple. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (140108)
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
(On tap) NZ version made by Bulmer Harvest in Gisborne. Clear, pinkish with a small, white head. Distinct apple aroma. Medium body, lightly sweet but very clean apple notes with a vague, underlying acidity. A very decent and quaffable cider. 060208
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: AUG 25, 2008 50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a quickly diminishing and lacing white head. Mild phenol apple aroma. Sweet apple flavour with a lot of sugarish notes following. Light acidic to citric touch before the finish. Medium sweet finish, non-artificial - nice.a
Label says Select Vat Matured, a bit more smooth than the normal original - I didn’t find this as sugarish either.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottled. Pale golden, brief head. Sweet red apple aroma.Sweet with clean mouthfeel. Evident but simple flavour of overripe apples. Light bodied and light flavoured. Dull and lifeless.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottled (from K Citymarket Kivihaka, Vaasa). Golden colour, no head. Aroma is rotten apples, earth and some vegetables. Flavour is apples, earth and quite sweet pinewood. Also some slight papery and rubbery notes as it warms up.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle, 4.5%. Citric aroma. Clear golden colour. Stable white head. Sparkling. The flavour is slightly citric. Hint of apple, but not much. Weak and not citric enough.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
568ml bottle from Tesco. They gave me a half price coupon with my Clubcard, so I had to buy it didn’t I? Clear orange gold with no head. Odd tangerine aroma. Rose petal/orange. Carbonated. Just bizarre. No real apple flavour at all. Metallic, over carbonated, rose/orange zest finish. Drinkable but bizarre. Not overly sweet. Bit like drinking diet lilt.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. It’s looking quite good in the glass, with a clear golden body under a small but lasting white head. Sourish apple aroma with some impressions of sweetness. A little touch of yeasty funk too. Quite effervescent medium mouthfeel, lightly astringent, with flavors of yellow, sour apples, fruity sweetness and some yeast. Lemony, apple finish. Quite drinkable, but far from impressing. It feels a bit artificial too. (080812)
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