New Forest Snake-Catcher Scrumpy Medium

Brewed by New Forest Cider
Style: Cider
Ringwood, England

Serve in Bowl, Flute, Lager glass

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Polycask @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

ABV: 7.0%. Hazy medium orange to yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apples, rubbery apples, herbal. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet with a average to long duration, sweet apple, rubber, phenol - aceton sharp, red apples. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20120810]

Canister (7%)@GBBF2012. Slightly hazy golden colour, no head. Aroma is tart apples, mild toffee, some spices and yeast. Flavouri s apples, mild nectary sweetness as well as some yeasty and slightly herbal/spicy notes.

From the barrel at Chelmsford Beer Festival on 15 July 2011. Noted at 7.0%. Considering this is made in Hampshire and presumably does not make heavy use of traditional cider apple varieties, this had a surprisingly farmyardy aroma. Firm and fruity on the palate with moderate tannin. A very decent drop.

Bag in box at The Castle Inn, West Lulworth, Dorset. Clouded orange gold with no head. Quite a peppery apple flavour with a perfumed brandy note. Some skinny bitterness. Not great.

Cask at the stall in Borough market. Alround rating: I generally have a half of this when im feeling poor in the morning. Aroma is funky apples, big tart apple acidiy, woodyness is key. I really really like this stuff and its an excellent hangover cure!

Stillage at The Wenlock, october 07. Turbid, pale yellow color with a small white rim. Rancid, geuze like aroma. Musty, fruity, lemony flavor with some green apple notes. Medium to light palate, packs a punch of flavor. Nice, deceiving medium real cider.

A Mes rate: Barrel at the Wenlock
Almost opaque cloudy golden yellow. Light apple juice with a nice sweetness and delicately dry on the finish. Very drinkable and pleasant flavours. Good stuff.

From the barrel at the Farm (10/07/05). Similar to the dry with an up front fruity toffee aspect. I didn’t like as much as the dry (I normally don’t) but pleasingly balanced and not artificial.

Barrel. Touch of appley sweetness at the start, but i found this dry for the most part. Juicy, with a wonderful country flavour. Refreshing acidity. Balanced.

From the barrel @ Borough Market, London. Much like the dry and is indeed quite dry but this has a touch of sweetness and some nail polish (in a good way). Really nice traditional cider. Lovely fresh tasting sample.