 StueyD (590), King’s Lynn, Norfolk, Norfolk, England
Aug 7, 2007
A yellow-orange coloured still cider. Sweet and slightly sour apple fruit nose, with a boiled sweet-like aroma. A tart, yet sweet appley taste, again, with a boiled sweet flavour. (Cask - The Fox & Hounds, Heacham, Norfolk).
Mes_and_Sim (4176), London, Greater London, England
Mar 27, 2008 A Mes rate: Gravicask at the White Horse in Hedgerley.
Amusingly labelled as "Heather Mills" at the White Horse. Bright orange colour. Sweet cooking apples and lovely notes of cinnamon in the nose. Flavour wise this is mad stuff. Very sweet orange and pear with more of the gorgeous cinnamon and hardly any apples to detect. Just very enjoyable and totally downable.
Rastacouere (5258), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Sep 26, 2007 Appearance
Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3 Pale(1)->Dark(5) : 2 Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 1
Aroma
Intensity : 4
Yeast : 4 Bread : XX Hay: 2 Brett : 3 Floral: 2 Wood: 3 Leather: 2 Barnyard : 3 Medicine : XX Phenols: XX Cheese : 2 Vinous: 3
Notes:
Caramel : XX Honey : XX Applesauce: XX Appleskin : 2 Pear : XX Tropical FruitsXX
Flavor
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2 Juicy: 3 Sourness : 3 Bitterness: XX Farmy : 3 Complex: 3 Length : XX
Palate
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3 Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1 Chewy: XX Sharp: 3 Chalk : XX Astringence : 2 Tea tannins : 3 Alcohol : XX
Comments: A rather sharp cider where apple flavours was extracted to the max while the yeast offers lots of various funky notes. What farmhouse cider is all about.
chris_o (4405), London, Greater London, England
Jul 15, 2004 #32 at Dartford Beer Festival with SilkTork and Duff. The fourth Saxon cider sampled at the festival and the best (so far). Straw colour. The aroma was very gueuze-like and farmyardy. It’s dry and sharp, but has a hint of sweetness too at the finish and plenty of fruity flavours. Could do with a bit more body and grip - it’s rather softer than the aroma would suggest. Good stuff though.
duff (5404), Sydney, Australia, Surrey, England
Jul 13, 2004 Cask@Dartford. A nice clean, balanced, pretty tasty cider, some sweetness at the start (some appleskins), tart and dry tpwards the finish, Grassy sourish sort of finish. Not as funky as a lot of English farmhouse ciders i’ve had. Nice clean and balanced, very pleasant, highly drinkable.
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