Olivers Rabbit Foot and Toby Time Perry

Brewed by Olivers Cider
Style: Perry
Ocle Pychard, England

Bottle, pleasant enough dry Perry doesn’t have bags of aroma or taste for that matter but decent enough .

Not bad, very clear, almost white wine like, soft pear aroma and a very dry finish.

A still, medium dry perry from a perry specialist. Cute name. I assumed it came from the pear varieties used but, as it uses five types, that doesn’t appear so. The only other reference I could find to "Rabbit Foot and Toby Time" is an instrumental track by Mott the Hoople. Whether the band are perry drinkers, or the Olivers are Mott the Hoople fans, I don’t know. Back to the perry. Very pale straw colour. Fruity aroma, with a whiff of sulphur and just a hint of bubblegum. Clean aroma, but not that fruity. In fact, a little short of flavour, I would say. Slightly sharp, acidic finish. Not bad though. About time we had a separate category for perry on the site. 750ml bottle (filtered) from Hop Pocket Wine Company. No BBE date.