Strongbow Cider

Brewed by Bulmers Cider (Heineken UK)
Style: Cider
Hereford, England

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

Pours clear yellow, almost no head. Very sweet fruity aroma. Sugar sugar sugar! Very dry and tart with a mellow apple flavour. Not bad, but i’m not really a cider fan.

( 500ml can) pours medium yellow with spare ring of bubbles. Nose of chalk, dry apples, and white wine-style grapes. Taste of alcohol, white wine, mildly sour grapes and Braeburn apples. Undercarbonated finish and not complex but not half bad.

Smell is sweet, drank it from a can so i really can’t account for the appearance. Taste is citrusy and apple, and you can taste the alcohol in this one. Not all that impressed

Date: November 16, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Summits - Woodstock
Appearance: clear gold, frothy white head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet apple aroma with a touch of apple crispness
Flavor: starts off with a sweet apple flavor but quickly dries out, hint of sulphur character, light tartness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4

(draft at McCabes in Colorado Springs). Clear amber color. Spare white head. Very light apple aroma. Light apple and alcohol flavors. Avg duration. Dry finish. Thin texture. Soft carbonation. Spare lacing.

Clear yellow with small mousse. aroma is like limonade, appel and some hop ? Taste is good and refreshing with a nice balance betweet the sweet and the sour. It is fruité but the cidre de Normandie is far better.

Can. Golden colour with a small white head. Aroma and flavour of nice sweet apples.

Smells a lot like apples and sugar. Tastes a lot like apples and sugar. Alcohol is not very noticeable, but it’s almost too sweet to drink. Nonetheless, it finishes much dryer than, say, Woodchuck cider. So, I guess the situation could be worse. To recap: very sweet, but not the sweetest on the market. If that’s your thing, step right up. If it’s not, I suggest buying a beer instead.