Butford Farm Nimbus (Bottle)

Brewed by Butford Farm Cider
Style: Cider
Hereford, England

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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Lovely apples and cheese aroma. Smoky woodiness in the mouth big apples. This is a really tasty still cider. I could drink a lot of this and at 6.9% who could complain? Sweet with a great dryness that comes right at the end of the finish.

Appearance
Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4   Pale(1)->Dark(5) : 2   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 1
Aroma
Intensity : 4  
Yeast : 4   Bread : 2   Hay: 2   Brett : 2   Floral: 5   Wood: 3   Leather: 2   Barnyard : XX   Medicine : XX   Phenols: XX   Cheese : XX   Vinous: 3  
Notes: Caramel : XX   Honey : XX   Applesauce: XX   Appleskin : 1 Pear : 1   Tropical FruitsXX  
Flavor
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Juicy: 3   Sourness : 2   Bitterness: XX   Farmy : 3   Complex: 4   Length : 2
Palate
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1 Chewy: 1   Sharp: XX   Chalk : XX   Astringence : 2   Tea tannins : 2   Alcohol : 1
Comments: A superbly balanced, complex, vinous and highly floral cider. Top effort.

750ml bottle from ciderstore.com, July 2007. Hazy gold appearance. Sharp fruity aroma, with woody touches. Rather tart flavour, with plenty of residual fruit and a distinctly acidic finish (not in a bad way). Tannins are quite restrained but sufficient to provide some muscle. On the dry side of medium. A decent and tasty cider. Don’t know whether this is a regular product or a one-off as their website does not appear to be regularly updated.