2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Mes rate:
Polypin at GBBF. A bit oily and fatty I thought but just before it was verging on the unpleasant there was a lovely smoky note that really sorted it out. Not dry enough for me to be honest. Oily again in the finish. Not fantastic.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Barrel at GBBF 2007. A golden cider with no head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of apples with a weak underlying note of acidity. The flavor is dominated by apples on a weak acidic background, leading to a dry woody finish.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Appearance
Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2 Pale(1)->Dark(5) : 3 Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 1
Aroma
Intensity : 3
Yeast : 4 Bread : 2 Hay: 3 Brett : 2 Floral: 3 Wood: 4 Leather: 3 Barnyard : 3 Medicine : 2 Phenols: 3 Cheese : XX Vinous: 2
Notes:
Caramel : XX Honey : 2 Applesauce: XX Appleskin : 2 Pear : XX Tropical FruitsXX
Flavor
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Juicy: 3 Sourness : 3 Bitterness: 1 Farmy : 2 Complex: 4 Length : 3
Palate
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3 Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1 Chewy: XX Sharp: 2 Chalk : XX Astringence : 2 Tea tannins : 3 Alcohol : 1
Comments: Pretty complex this. Lots of yeast character, sometimes bordering plastic, leather, higher alcohols or phenols, but multi-faceted, woody cider.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From barrel at GBBF 2007. Some nail polish and apple on aroma. More thin in mouth, some apple flesh, bit of wood smoke. Some rubber and nail varnish on finish.
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