Burrow Hill Kingston Black Sparkling Dry Cider

Pours similar to the red in that it looks like cava. Aroma is fresh and slightly peppery, dry underripe cooking apples, a bit of lemon and some sort of earyness. Taste is similarly really harshy carbonated in a good way, some nutmeg, the applesseem top have lost somethin in the taste but still a very very good cider.

[Bottle from Peckhams] Aroma of chalky apples, quite and unusual, pungent aroma. Light mouthfeel, dry, slightly tart Not as good as the red.

750ml bottle (bottle fermented) at the RB London gathering, November 2005. A classy little number. And so it should be 7 quid a bottle (which seems to be the going rate for bottle fermented ciders). light fruity aroma with biscuity edges. Reminiscent of a Spanish cava. Reasonably dry, with some light acidity and undoubtedly refreshing. Rather delicate and refined. And that’s the problem really. A lot of the appeal of ciders for me is their rough, farmyard character. And all that is deliberately left out of this one. Quite well done but I think I’d prefer a gallon of Roger Wilkins’ scrumpy straight from his cobwebby barrel for the same price.

Bottle. Not as good as the Stoke Red. This had a harsher, slighlty more acidic edge. Dry, champagny mouthfeel (quite spritzy), with some juicy dry appley acidity. Pretty decent.

Bottle @ London Gatherying, Nov 05. Fruity apple pie aromas. Pale and spicy with off dry flavours. But on the whole does seem slightly sweet and fizzy.

Bottled at the Chris O Beer, Cheese and Curry powwow. A light golden coloured cider with an apply fizzy alcohol aroma which I found to be on the sweet side of medium. The taste is too fizzy and extreme for me and again there’s no real dryness. Not keen.