Gillow Tom Putt Cider

Brewed by Gillow Cider
Style: Cider
Hereford, England

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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From a plastic barrel at Battersea Beer Festival on 10 February 2011. 2009 vintage. Straw colour. Very dry and quite tannic. Apple skin prominent on the palate. Maybe a touch thin in the mouth but I like these dry, tannic, austere ciders so I’m happy to forgive it that.

Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 3. Pours clear yellow with a few bubbles. Good apple aroma. Sweet and musty flavor, quite tart, almost like vinegar (which I like in ciders, as opposed to cloying sweetness). Mild apple character. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Dry, tart finish, some must and faintly sweet apples. Nice cider.

From a plastic barrel @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

ABV: 6.0%. Light unclear medium yellow golden colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate apple, barnyard notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average to long duration, apple, tart, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110804]

Cask@GBBF2011 (6.0 % ABV). Yellowish golden colour, no head. Aroma is apples, some apple juice, mild vanilla and some slight resiny notes. Flavour is apples, alcohol, rather sweet with a thin palate.