Burrow Hill Draught Medium Dry Cider

Tap (Black Door, Helsinki, Cider Festival 2009)
Perhaps a candifloss aroma. Slightly sacchariney palate. Quite drying but also very sweet. No hint of alcohol. At all. Wonderfully drinkable, but a bit sweet.

Barrel, GBBF 2005: Sweet aroma. Very soft and sweet in the mouth. A great thirst quencher. Well-matured apples used in this cider.

From the barrel at GBBF, August 2005. Burrow Hill has put a lot of effort into upmarket bottle conditioned ciders and cider brandy and its products rarely fall into the more rustic cider category. This one certainly has some traditional elements but still has a quite refined feel to it. Distinctly appley aroma, with just a hint of farmyard. A little on the sweet isde for a medium dry cider and there’s quite intense fruit on the palate. There’s just enough tannic grip to prevent it becoming too smooth and mellow. Quite classy stuff.

Strong organic, acetic apple aroma suggests pickled onions. Hazy yellow-golden body. Sweet, honey-like apple flavour. Lightly dry with plenty of residual sweetness. Very easy to drink and not nearly as acidic in flavour as the aroma seemed. Barrel sampled at GBBF 2005.