Gaymers Original Cider

Brewed by Matthew Clark Cider (C&C Group)
Style: Cider
Bristol, England

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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A Mes rate. Drunk from a freezing cold plastic 33cl bottle at Dingwalls during the Camden Crawl.
Dingwalls was actually the catering venue for volunteers and workers during the event to come and get fed and watered. Somehow Kenny and I utilised the force and walked straight in and helped ourselves to free food and booze. Bloody good job this was free. It’s a crap, cheap commercial cider. Very fruity and synthetic. But free all the same.

Fizzy, yellow gold colour with no head. A sweetish smell of apples and a hint of toffee. Fizzy mouthfeel. The sweet apple element comes through in the taste, alongside a sharp tartness. Refreshing, but not spectacular.

Thin medium yellow with a thin off-white average head. Smells like candy apples and apple skin but fairly faint. Medium thin carbonated body. Sweet taste of apples, crisp tart finish and bubbly. Quite weak. Very commercial

500ml can. yellow color. Caramel is listed in the ingredients so I’m assuming this would be lighter without it? Damn. top two ingredients are water and apple juice. Not expecting much. minimal white fizzy head with a white rim. active carbonation. Tart aroma of apples, slight barnyard notes that save what would otherwise be a terrible cider. finish is abrupt. Bought this one can on sale and given that nice tart barnyard bit, this one’s not a complete write off.

Can, 500 ml, purchased from the LCBO, savoured on November 22 2011; eye: golden, clear, light effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: sugar, apple, unknown unpleasant odour; mouth: thin, apple, sugar, sweet finale with presence of apple, light body, not much carbonation, rather sweet; overall: disappointing FRANÇAIS Canette, 500 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 22 novembre 2011; œil : dorée, limpide, légère effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : sucre, pomme, odeur inconnue déplaisante; bouche : mince, pomme, sucre, finale sucrée avec présence de pomme, corps léger, très peu carbonatée, plutôt sucrée; en résumé : déçu

Bottle from Thai supermarket. Golden orange body, small white head. Nose is yeast, dry grapes and only hints of apples. Taste is sweet yellow apples with hints of sugar and tart yeasty apple notes. Pretty decent, I may not "get" cider, but I feel this is slightly underrated.

500 ml can from LCBO. Pours a clear, light golden yellow with tiny white cap. Aroma is basically just grainy apple juice. Taste is a little tarter but still much of the same. Fairly dry, tart finish. Not bad but unmemorable.

Originally rated December 2008. Cider of the month at the LCBO, I guess ??!? Pours a light golden colour with heavy carbonation. Its head is white, has no lacing, disappears fast (like pretty much all ciders), but a little coating tops the brew (because of the carbonation). The aromas are made of apple juice and grain, with a mild cider vinegar scent in the back. The mouthfeel is surprisingly not carbonated, but watery. The flavours are pretty dull. Just a tad of watered-down apple juice and hardly any finish. Really, nothing to taste. Not an interesting cider.

De botella. Golden clear. Apple fruity aroma. Good mouthfeel. Apple fruity citric like pleasant flavour. Dry fruity apple finish. Good.

33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is dry apple fruity and slight citric note. Citrusy and apple fruity. Light sulphorish note. Citric and dry apple fruity finish.

Bottle from giftpack in Netto. Dark yellow colour. Moderate nice apple aroma. Some barnyrad notes. Moderate apple flavor. Dry. Average finish. OIly palate. OK cider.