Hecks Portwine Of Glastonbury SV (Draught)

Brewed by Hecks Farmhouse Cider
Style: Cider
Street, England

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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Appearance
Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3   Pale(1)->Dark(5) : 3   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 1
Aroma
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 3   Bread : XX   Hay: XX   Brett : XX   Floral: 3   Wood: 1   Leather: XX   Barnyard : XX   Medicine : 1   Phenols: XX   Cheese : XX   Vinous: 3  
Notes: Caramel : XX   Honey : XX   Applesauce: XX   Appleskin : 2 Pear : XX   Tropical Fruits2  
Flavor
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2 Juicy: 3   Sourness : 2   Bitterness: 1   Farmy : XX   Complex: 2   Length : XX
Palate
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1 Chewy: XX   Sharp: 1   Chalk : XX   Astringence : 2   Tea tannins : 2   Alcohol : XX
Comments: Fruity beyond apples, fresh and juicy, lively cider with a well-balanced palate.

A hazy pinkish cider. The aroma has notes of apples and vinegar. The flavor has notes of apples, vinegar, and wood, leading to a dry and tart finish.

UPDATED: AUG 26, 2011 On tap at Wellington Arms, Bedford, in 1st Welly Summer Cider Festival ’11. Bright Lucozade orange. Faint sweet aroma. Taste has sweetness up front, followed by a pervasive sharp artificial sweetener dryness. Didn’t like this much.

Polypin @ The 3rd Stortford Beer Festival, British Legion Club, 28 Windhill, Bishops Stortford, England CM23 2NG.

ABV: 6.5%. Light unclear medium orange colour with a pink note, virtually none head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, tart apple, barnyard. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average to long duration, acetone, tart, apples, barnyard, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110729]

Polypin @ 3 Judges. Orange colour, no head. Aroma is fruit, apple, medium sweet. Flavour isvery sweet apple juice, sugary, little sourness. This cider is way to sweet.

Cask at the Alma, London, Oktoberfest Beer Festival. Pours a glowing, ruby-pink, with basically no head. Really, this hue is remarkable. Otherworldy even! Has an apple and light funk aroma. Flavor is dank, sweet, dry. Hintsof sweaty gym socks and dirt. Medium bodied with no carbonation. Has a very dry, sweet finish with light must, earth, apple and more dankness. Super cider.

Cack@The Southampton Arms. Slightly hazy golden colour with a small white head. Aroma apples, fruits, wood and some mild cheesy and spicy notes. Flavour is quite much the same. Nice spicy and applu finish.

Planet Thanet Festival 2010, Margate. Poured a thick and dark ruddy orange with no head, a slight haze and not much carbonation. Full and juicy, spicey apples on the nose. Thick and lightly warming, quite heavy with lots of sweetness a mild tart balance and some woodiness on the finish. Quite dense on the palate, soft and oily texture.

Polypin, Cow and Plough, Oadby. Orange, pink rose in colour. Aromas are earthy and spicy with hints of honey. Some ripe apple. Flavours are sweet apple with some woody notes. Lightly floral and quite floral. Dry on the finish. Decent.

Polycask at the Portcullis, Clifton, Bristol 24/07/09. Reddish-gold in colour with no carbonation. Sweetish aroma with plenty of apple fruit and a hint of wine. Flavour was also sweet, with a balancing tart finish. Unusual and good.

Polycask at Banbury Beer Festival, Oxon, 07-05-09 Pours Pours mid gold with a nice farmy waft. This is refreshing with a good earthiness about it, touch of sweetness initially but nicely dry at the end, most enjoyable. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov13 3.4