3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Appearance
Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3 Pale(1)->Dark(5) : 2 Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 1
Aroma
Intensity : 4
Yeast : 4 Bread : XX Hay: 2 Brett : 3 Floral: 2 Wood: 4 Leather: 4 Barnyard : 3 Medicine : 2 Phenols: 2 Cheese : 2 Vinous: 3
Notes:
Caramel : XX Honey : XX Applesauce: XX Appleskin : 2 Pear : XX Tropical FruitsXX
Flavor
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2 Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2 Juicy: 2 Sourness : 2 Bitterness: XX Farmy : 2 Complex: 2 Length : XX
Palate
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2 Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1 Chewy: XX Sharp: 3 Chalk : XX Astringence : 2 Tea tannins : 3 Alcohol : 2
Comments: A remarkable cider, dark, still, stoney, leathery and not too sour, but sharp and dry.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask@Southampton Arms. Yellowish golden colour, small head. Aroma is tart apples, wood, mild fruits as well. Flavour is quite the same with a quite strong dry acidity to it. Nice and dry.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: NOV 21, 2010 Bottle from Peckhams. Hazy golden colour, no head. Aroma of medium sweet, medium sour apple. Flavour is fairly sour, some vinegar, wood.
Rerate, bottle from Peckhams. Nose is strong leather, woody. Very dry. This is good stuff. +.4
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On train on way back to glasgow. Almost entirly flat but a slight pluckering intreges the palate. Aroma is sweaty dry apples, hints at tartness but generally balanced. Taste is similar dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
rbesg07, bottle on the train to glasgow. pretty good for a train beer - zesty apple rind, lightly salty with a pleasingly acidic finish
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Straw coloured and hazy. Aromas are sweet, sour and earthy with apples and wood. Flavours are dry with some sweet apple and woodiness. Very dry on the palate. Contains Sheeps Nose and Brown Snout - what a selling point.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, train from Edinburgh to Glasgow, RBESG 07. Just woke up when tasting this one, and what a way to wake up! Sharp nose, and initial taste, quite sour. Heavy on the tannins. Rather quenching.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bubbly dark yellow, no head to speak of. Aroma of tart apples, old barrels, grass. Taste is very dry, moving to a tart, astringent finish. Alcohol is concealed. Good cider.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cl bottle @ O’Hara’s Freehouse, Tampere.
Pours hazy pale golden color with no head. Aroma of sour apples, herbal notes, wood and lemon. Flavour of apples, sweetish lemon notes, grass and mild pear notes. Dry and crisp palate. Decent.
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3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500ml bottle from Waitrose. Well what a strange day when the best thing that I drink is in fact a cider. What has happened to me? Hazy gold/green colour with disppearing white head. Apple juice aroma with a bit of rubber. Very drinkable. Very dry on end. Apples throughout are good. Bit of herb or apple blossom on aroma and finish. Not much puckering of gums but tongue is left dry as a bone. I liked it.
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