Ralphs Medium Cider

Brewed by Ralphs Cider & Perry
Style: Cider
Presteigne, Powys, Wales

From bottle, The Good Food Show 01-12-07 Wonderful cider that was really rather refreshing, ok so it was maybe a touch on the sweet side, but lovely, appley, fresh and moreish.

Cask (Gallows Bird, Espoo, Real Ale Festival 2006) Sweet, good conversion-cider (converting cider-cows, that is). Nothing stands out as objectionable or particularly excellent.

Appearance
Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4   Pale(1)->Dark(5) : 5   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 1
Aroma
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 3   Bread : 3   Hay: XX   Brett : 4   Floral: 2   Wood: 4   Leather: 3   Barnyard : 3   Medicine : 2   Phenols: 4   Cheese : 2   Vinous: 3  
Notes: Caramel : 3   Honey : XX   Applesauce: 2   Appleskin : 3 Pear : XX   Tropical Fruits2  
Flavor
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2 Juicy: 3   Sourness : 3   Bitterness: XX   Farmy : 3   Complex: 4   Length : 3
Palate
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1 Chewy: XX   Sharp: 2   Chalk : XX   Astringence : 2   Tea tannins : 3   Alcohol : 1
Comments: Excellently balanced, yeasty, dark and kinda caramelly, just cooked apples. Dries a lot on the tongue and shows lots of alternative fruits. Brilliant.

From barrel @ GBBF 2007, London. Hazy orange green grey color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate apple, sour, horse stable. Flavor is light to moderate sweet with some sourness and with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.

From the barrel - GBBF2007. An olive coloured cider. The apples in the aroma smell like they have just started cooking. The taste has nice apples with tannin. Smooth tasty and well balanced. Nice.