3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From the barrel at GBBF, August 2005. Curiously, while the Hecks perry was very traditional and uncompromising compared to other perries, the cider was decidedly on the sweet side, soft and easy drinking. Not one of Hecks’ more distictive offerings. More confusion about the name as the programme listed two single varietals - Balls Seedling and Loyal Drain, but neither those was in evidence and this was just marked "Medium" so best put it here.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Wellington Arms, Bedford in 1st Welly Summer Cider Festival ’11. Hazy gold, with a little sourness in the aroma. Taste is an attractive combination of sweet fruit with a hint of intense dryness in the background.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On polycask at Banbury Beer Festival, 07.05.11 Soft juicy and fruity with plenty of flavour, touch sweet maybe, warm gold in colour. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Box@Bishops Stortford Beer Festival 2010. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is tart apple, blue cheese, mild zest as well as some spices. Flavour is tart apples, blue cheese, spices, some acidity and quite mouthdrying.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Black Door, Helsinki (6.5%). Hazy yellow color, no head. Firm ripe apple aroma with notes of farmhouse. Sweetish ripe apple flavor with perfumed tropical fruits, some phenols and hint of sulfur. Oily yet tannic mouthfeel, quite full bodied. Very artisanal and complex cider,but not very drinkable.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bon Accord. Hazy light orange colour, no head. Aroma is phenolic, with medicine. Flavour of sour, ripe, rotten apple. Strong phenolic. Dry finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
3 Judges. Aroma is green apple skins, hints of sweet and sour vinigar. Taste is similar quite a bit of vinigar, alright however too much vinigar.
2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask 3 Judges Ultimate Glasgow tasting afters pub crawl: Poured a hazy blonde with white head. Sour apple aroma. The taste was Alkaseltzers and apples.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle: Pretty solid ’apples in a barn’ aromas coming form this. I really liked it. Lots of funky straw, some heady estery stuff, and a lovely autumnal apple background that smelt like crisp weak sunshine. Yummm. In the mouth there were initially some slightly harsh mineral notes. These dissipated after a couple of minutes though. After that I was left with very gentle, cooling apple flavours, some volotile alcohols, and a pleasant sourness. Very pleasant.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: FEB 12, 2006 Good, but a little pale, it was 6.5%, but anyway. It was sweet but a little alcoholic. BUt not tiring at all.
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