Hops & Barley Cider

Brewed by Hausbrauerei Hops & Barley
Style: Cider
Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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On draught at Hausbrauerei Hops & Barley, Berlin, March 2009. Hazy straw colour. Strong, slightly rotting apple aroma. Fresh and clean but a bit soft. Straightforward and pleasant. Not sure what apples they are using for this but there is certainly some residual sweetness and at 4.0% I’m guessing they arrested the fermentation.

On tap at the bar. Pours a clear lemonade coloured with no head. Sweet with aromas of apples. Also notes of baking yeast. Medium bodied. Soft carbonation. Bit like Heintz Ketchup.

UPDATED: FEB 17, 2012 Draught@brewpub. Pours pale yellow citrusy with white head. Aromas yeast, wine, skunk. Palate is water fizzly carbonated with overly sweet sugar taste. Palate is dry and really sweet. Interesteing and still drinkable brew, but a bit too sweet for my taste.

On tap at the site in October. Hazy pale yellow with a small white head. Sweet apple aroma with notes of biscuit and caramel. Sweet but tart fresh apple juice flavour. Very refreshing and clean like sparkling apple juice

Tap @ Brewpub. Murky pale yellow apple white colour, medium fast disappearing head. Aroma is vinegar, sour apple, yeast and vegetables. Flavour is sour apple, vinegar, medium to high carbonation. Sour finish. Odd cider.

Draught. Head as always just a small white ring. Body clear yelllow. Powerful acidic apple aroma and flavour with a nice long aftertaste.

07/03 Draught at the brewpub. Most of the beers here were great, even the fact they’re making a cider makes me happy, but let’s try it first! It poured hazy very pale yellow, I would say ivory body without any head. Apple and woody aroma, sweet and cloying but sharp sour on the other hand. Flavor was around there, fresh apples, woody, more sweet than typical ciders. Medium to thinner body, but very slightly carbonated, so you can taste its flavor better. Long sweetish finish. Different than any other I’ve tried, but very interesting, refreshing but still tasty, so surely I liked it.

Draught at the brewpub. A pale greyish yellow body. Dusty apple nose, quite sweet, slightly sourish. Sweet honeyish, fruity appley taste. Dusty. Odd, very fruity, slightly gluey. Dry, a bit woody. I actually liked it, atypically sweet for a cider and yet nice.

Unclear light gold. Aroma of fresh apples, whie wine and yeast. Flavour is sweet with some dryness in finish.

On tap at the brewpub 30/09/09. Pale, cloudy yellow with no head. Tonnes of sweet apple character and a touch of dryness in the finish. Strange, but oddly drinkable.