Gwatkin Blakeney Red Perry

Brewed by Gwatkin Cider
Style: Perry
Hereford, England

Bottle from Tanners of Hereford. Deep gold in colour with slight carbonation. Woody pear aroma, with a touch of sweetness followed by some savoury funkiness. Easy drinking for the strength with some juicy, refreshing fruit and a dryish finish. Enjoyable.

Bottle. Cardinal, Stavanger. Golden / orange colour with a white head. Aroma is sweet, sour, yeast, pears, oak. Flavour is sweet, acid, yeast, pears, oak. Nice perry.

I don’t know about this one. I don’t have a lot of experience with the style. Had a funky sour aroma, an aroma of pears and wood, perhaps pears still hanging from the tree in effect, with the combination of the two. Very rough mouthfeel, slightly chalky, tastes like fruit skins and seeds and no actual fruit. Horrible.

500 ml clear bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. ABV is 7.5%. Cloudy yellowish grey to golden colour with a reddish hue. Fizzy head disappears instantly. Moderate carbonation in the glass. Lovely aroma of pears and oak, notes of fruit vinegar and farmhouse kitchen. The flavour is medium sweet, pears galore, oaky notes, hints of sulphur, slightly astringent finish. Not bad.

Appearance
Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2   Pale(1)->Dark(5) : 4   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 1
Aroma
Intensity : 4  
Yeast : 3   Bread : XX   Hay: 4   Brett : 2   Floral: 5   Wood: 4   Leather: 2   Barnyard : 2   Medicine : XX   Phenols: XX   Cheese : 1   Vinous: 3  
Notes: Caramel : XX   Honey : XX   Applesauce: XX   Appleskin : XX Pear : 4   Tropical Fruits3  
Flavor
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2 Juicy: 4   Sourness : 3   Bitterness: XX   Farmy : 3   Complex: 2   Length : 3
Palate
Light(1)->Full(5) : 5   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1 Chewy: 3   Sharp: XX   Chalk : XX   Astringence : 2   Tea tannins : 4   Alcohol : XX
Comments: Dark for a perry, yet a superbly fresh one with a generous pear flesh nose, juicy and balanced whose peaks are reached in its flowery, fragrant nose and soft-edged palate despite heavy tannins.

(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a clear, deep golden with no head whatsoever. Lovely almost perfumy aroma. Medium body, quite sweet with this extreme Gwathin astringency. Does it come from the peel? Not really acidic or bitter - just horribly astringent. 130507

Bottled. A light yellow perry with no head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of pears, and so is the flavor, leading to a dry end.

Very plae lightly clowded, sharp cider nose, very sweet, quite peary little zingy with slow deminish.