Tricky Cider Reviews

danlo	3.5 Tricky Cider Dunkertons Late Sweet 500ml bottle from Tricky Cider. Hazy orange colour, short-lived bubbly white foam head and aroma of apple, acetic funk. Taste is tart, sourish, apple, fleshy, fruity with sharp, earthy, funky notes and some biscuity drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, tangy sour & tannic finish. Quite drinkable. Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Theydon_Bois	3.6 Tricky Cider Rainbow Bottle at home, picked up from Elston & Son, 28/10/23. Clear golden to light copper with decent enough off white spotting for a cider, carbonation evident. Nose is crisp apple, caramel, sugars, grains, herb. Taste comprises bitter sweet apple, tannins, straw, vinous notes. Medium bodied, light spritzy carbonation, semi drying close. Decent. Saturday, November 18, 2023
danlo	3.6 Tricky Cider Rainbow Panda courtesy of Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Clear orangey gold colour, bubbly white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of fruity apple, funk notes. Taste is sweetish, apple, ripe fruity, with stone fruit hint, mucky barnyard funk and some drying tannin. Medium bodied, low soft carbonation, dry funky tannic finish. Nicely drinkable. Saturday, November 4, 2023
Scopey	3.6 Tricky Cider Wizard Panda pop from Lowcostbeer. It pours ever so slightly hazy deep orange brown with no head. The aroma is musty, funky, barnyard, apple skin, apple pie, apple cider vinegar, damp oak and chamomile. The taste is firmly dry and tannic upfront, dry oak, bitter - sweet character, juicy apple, tangy, apple skin, crunchy, funk, autumnal spice, damp leaves, forest undergrowth, splash of acidity with apple cider vinegar and some funky barnyard vibes in the backdrop. It finishes as it starts - bone dry and tannic. Medium body and fairly oily mouth feel. Nice depth and interesting flavour profile. Good hearty cider. Saturday, September 23, 2023
Stuu666	3.5 Tricky Cider Wizard Panda pop from low cost beer. Pours clear deep amber, nose is toffee, woody, apple, taste is chewy, caramel, sweet apple. Thursday, September 14, 2023
Stuu666	3.4 Tricky Cider Crimson King Panda pop from low cost beer at home, 7.5%. Pours hazy golden, nose is apple, caramel, taste is juicy apple up front, dry finish. Thursday, September 14, 2023
dragnet101	3.7 Tricky Cider Wizard Growler from LCB. Murky amber, no head. Aroma has a nice deep fruitiness with plenty of funk. Medium bodied, slightly oily, low carbonation. Quite sweet and tangy, nice fruitiness, funk, medium dry. Good. Thursday, August 31, 2023
dragnet101	3.8 Tricky Cider Crimson King Growler from LCB at 7.5%. Hazy gold with no head. Funky barnyard apple aroma with light floral and decent fruitiness. Taste has a nice balance of fleshy apple fruitiness with the funk and moderate sourness. Drying finish with an increasing acidity. Very good. My 100th Somerset cider and 23rd Somerset cidery. Wednesday, August 30, 2023
allmyvinyl	3.4 Tricky Cider Crimson King Growler fill from the Low Cost Beer online shop. Apparently at 7.5% Pours still hazy gold with no head. Aromas are funky and apple skin. Farmhouse vibes. Taste is dry and funky. Not and appley cider. Nice. Saturday, July 15, 2023
minutemat	3.7 Tricky Cider U.F.O Medium Draught Box @ Bailey Head. Misty bright gold appearance. Funky wild aroma. Good furry tannin from the off, pure natural orchard fruit with quite a characterful acidic bite. Interesting, decent. Saturday, June 3, 2023
danlo	3.7 Tricky Cider U.F.O Medium Draught BIAB at Newcastle Beer & Cider Festival 2023. Yellow gold colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fruity, acetic funk. Taste is sweetish, tangy, sourish, apple, fruity, fleshy, with some orchardy funk and drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable Thursday, March 30, 2023
danlo	3.8 Tricky Cider U.F.O. #5 BIAB at York Beer & Cider Festival 2022. Hazy orange gold colour, some bubbles on top and aroma of apple, funk. Taste is sweetish, apple, fruity, funky hints, mellow, some balanced acidity and tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium dry finish. Quite balanced, nicely drinkable Wednesday, September 14, 2022
ITFCfan	3.8 Tricky Cider Crimson King Friday, September 9, 2022
Brugmansia	3.5 Tricky Cider U.F.O. #5 Friday, August 19, 2022
fonefan	3.5 Tricky Cider U.F.O. #5 Cask (handpump) @ Cock Tavern, 🇬🇧 315 Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1EJ Hackney, Greater London, England. [ As Tricky Cider U.F.O. #5 ]. ABV: 5.0%. Clear medium orange colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, horse blanket - barnyard, manure. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, manure, barnyard - farmyard, apple, dry. Body is medium, texture is watery - creamy, carbonation is flat. [20220805] 7-2-7-4-15 Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Grumbo	3.5 Tricky Cider Crimson King 2/6/2022. From BIAB at the 35th Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival. Pours hazy yellow gold with minimal head. Aroma is musty apple, mucky, farmyard, horse blanket, fruity, citrus. Light sweetness, moderate bitterness, tartness and body. Oily and watery, soft carbonation. Dry finish. Quite enjoyed this. Monday, June 13, 2022
harrisoni	3.8 Tricky Cider Wizard At Orchard Inn Bristol . hazy amber copper colour no head. wow that is dry. Yarlington mill apples. very parching. damn that's fun. very good cider. i can't feel my gums Monday, April 18, 2022
Grumbo	3.8 Tricky Cider Wizard 20/2/2022. Bottle sample courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed! Pours hazy golden orange with a bubbly white head. Aroma is apple, slightly musty, funky, citrus. Light sweetness, moderate bitterness, light tartness. Medium body, slightly oily, average carbonation. Dry tannic finish. Nicely done. Monday, February 28, 2022
danlo	3.2 Tricky Cider Elderflower 500ml bottle from Tricky. Golden colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of elderflower, apple, mucky note. Taste is sweet, floral elderflower, fruity apple, zesty, citric, with some tartness and drying tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying zesty finish. Quite drinkable. Sunday, February 6, 2022
danlo	3.4 Tricky Cider Rhubarb 500ml bottle from Tricky Cider. Golden amber colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, rhubarb. Taste is sweetish, apple, funky, leathery, with rhubarb notes and drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable. Thursday, January 27, 2022
DJMonarch	3.4 Tricky Cider Dry (Draught) 1. Plastic Cask Stillage at GBBF 2011, Earl's Court 05/08/2011 Fruity aroma. Golden coloured and fruity with an apple flavour. A little tannin in a dry finish. 2. From the Box at Ye Olde Cyder Bar, Newton Abbot 11/08/2012 Fruity aroma. Golden coloured fruity very dry and strong in alcohol with a tannin finish. Saturday, January 15, 2022
danlo	3.9 Tricky Cider Crimson King 500ml bottle from Tricky. Slightly hazy golden colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, mucky funk hints. Taste is tangy, apple, tart, fleshy, with some funk and citric acidity. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry finish. Nicely drinkable. Wednesday, January 12, 2022
danlo	3.6 Tricky Cider Dabinett Oak Aged 500m bottle from Tricky. Orangey amber gold colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fruity, oak. Taste is fruity, apple, tangy, woody, oak, vanilla hint, with alittle funk and drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable. Saturday, January 8, 2022
danlo	3.9 Tricky Cider Wizard 500ml bottle from Tricky Cider. Orange amber colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of funky apple. Taste is tangy, apple, fruity, with orchardy funk, leathery, solventy hints and spicy tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable. Friday, January 7, 2022
danlo	3.8 Tricky Cider Yes! BIAB at Cider Box, Scrumpy Pumpy Fest 2020, Bristol. Orange gold colour, no head and aroma of barnyard funky apple. Taste is fruity apple, mellow, bittersweet, barnyard funk, with spicy tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable Sunday, August 30, 2020
minutemat	3.2 Tricky Cider Medium (Bottled) 500ml bottle from Dunster Village Deli. Drunk at Wimbleball Lake. Pours clear gold, sparkling. Sulphur, funk on the nose, continuing to taste with additional barnyard, and a fine medium dry fruit character. Not bad. Tuesday, July 9, 2019
danlo	3.2 Tricky Cider Medium (Bottled) 500ml bottle from Crafty Nectar. Sparkling golden colour, fizzy white foam head that quickly dissipates away and aroma of mucky apple, caramel, light funk. Taste is tangy apple, some tartness, with horseblanket, barnyard funk and citric notes. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry citric finish. Quite drinkable Sunday, June 16, 2019
DruncanVeasey	3.2 Tricky Cider Medium Dry (Bottle) 500ml from local (to Ilminster) farm shop- Barley Mow’s, with some evil slivers of Barkham Blue and Ogle Shield. Wow. The Barkham gets an 18/20 on ratecheese.com. The cider has an arresting aroma of mouldering funk, bubblegum yeast and TCP interest. Clean but funky fruit with a tickle of fizz, oak, TCP and calamine. Bit washy to finish. But sound. And the real cider-mouldy cheese thing is filling my world with joy right now. Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Ferris	3.2 Tricky Cider Medium Dry (Bottle) Bottle - Bready sweetness cooked Apple. Clear gold with almost no head. Bready and dry with a decent peel note. Sunday, July 29, 2018
WortMonger2	5 Tricky Cider Dry (Draught) From 20 litre poly bin. I have been drinking this excellent cider for a few years and it is always consistently top quality. The taste varies for batch to batch, so I have always been excited to taste my next delivery. Keep up the good work Friday, September 15, 2017
danlo	3.3 Tricky Cider Medium Dry (Bottle) 500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Clear golden colour with a white foam head that quickly dissipates away. Nose of apple, apple skins, oaky vanilla, funk. Flavour is tangy apples, apple skins, earthy with dry tannin and rubber, leather notes. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, drying tannic finish. Quite drinkable. Saturday, May 2, 2015
minutemat	3.3 Tricky Cider Medium Dry (Bottle) 500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours gold, sparkling, with a light sweet appleade aroma. Taste brings bright apple flavours, medium dry indeed with a soft furriness on the tongue. Decent if a little thin. Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Giochaurand	2.7 Tricky Cider Medium Sweet (Bottle) Bottle. Pours clear golden with low head. Aroma is ripe apple, cinnamon and caramel. Low carbonation. Taste is dry, green apple skin and ripe apple. Wednesday, December 24, 2014
leaparsons	3.2 Tricky Cider Medium Sweet (Bottle) Bottle. Golden with low carbonation. Aromas are ripe apple with earthy, tannin apple skin. Yeasty with light caramel and pepper. Flavours are stewed apple with pithy apple skin and dry tea. Gentle carbonation. Some woody, yeasty notes. Nice. Saturday, July 12, 2014
wyzzywyz22	3.3 Tricky Cider Dry (Draught) Bree Louise, London. So Tricky’s taken time out from his recording career to dip his toe into the cider game ? Fair play to the lad, multi-talented and all that... As for the appley beverage, its actually pretty good stuff. Dry, flat and woody with some decent fruit. Well done son. Monday, December 3, 2012
harrisoni	3 Tricky Cider Dry (Draught) Bag in a box gravity at Planet Thanet Bf 2012. Clear gold smells of apples. Bit thin quite dry. Fine. Ok quite dry. 6.0% Friday, April 6, 2012
chriso	3.3 Tricky Cider Dry (Draught) From polycask (gravity dispense) at Great British Beer Festival, day 4 on 5 August 2011. Noted at 6.0%. Mid-gold colour. Pulpy apple aroma with a touch of farmyard on the nose. Quite dry and tart on the palate, with some woody notes. Designated "5" on the GBBF sweetness scale, which means medium-dry, but it certainly seemed dryer than the designation might suggest. Rather austere but very decent. Wednesday, January 11, 2012
oh6gdx	3 Tricky Cider Dry (Draught) @GBBF2011 (6%, medium dry). Golden colour not much head. Aroma is apples, some slight earthy and nectary notes. Flavour is apples, vinegar, wood, earth and some mild nectary notes. Monday, November 7, 2011
ALLOVATE	3.3 Tricky Cider Medium (Draught) Polypin, room temp. @ The Plough Inn, Taunton, Somerset. Bright, medium gold tinged orange and completely still. With just a touch of apple flesh and core showing on the nose the rest is all funky, dank horse hair and mould, wood, rusted car bodies, doughy white cheese and well used hessian, a whiff that is pleasantly full of character but a bit out there too. Rough, drawing, tannic and very hairy palate, really dries out whatever was there, takes over my once salivating palate. Very light yet oily body, strange combo, and extraordinarily long in the swallow. Lots of cellar must, and hairy to the point I had thoughts of what wirey Jack russel hair would taste and feel like. The fruit notes are of aged, husky apples, the peel and core include, with little in complex esters showing. An interesting Scrumpy, full of life and willing to take it too. Nice!!! Sunday, October 16, 2011
fonefan	3.3 Tricky Cider Dry (Draught) From a plastic barrel @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England. [ As Tricky Medium Dry Cider ]. ABV: 6.0%. Clear medium yellow orange colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate apple, scrupy apples, barnyard. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, tart apples, apple, barnyard. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110805] Sunday, October 2, 2011
Ungstrup	2.9 Abbey Apples Hells Bells Cider Cask at Star Inn, Bath. An unclear red cider with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of apples and red berried. The flavor is a bit sweet with notes of apples, not quite ripe, and red berried, leading to a dry and somewhat tart finish. Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Quack-Duck	3.2 Tricky Cider Sweet (Draught) draught at Honiton Hill Rallye (08/2010). Sweet nose, shy tart apple flavours, rather sweet for my taste. Thursday, October 28, 2010
Quack-Duck	3.5 Tricky Cider Medium (Draught) draught at Honiton Hill Rallye (08/2010). Slightly tart, very fruity. Well-balanced and quaffable. Thursday, October 28, 2010
Quack-Duck	3.3 Tricky Cider Dry (Draught) draught at Honiton Hill Rallye (08/2010). Very dray, tart and slightly acid, woody hints. Very nice. Thursday, October 28, 2010
Oakes	3.4 Abbey Apples Hells Bells Cider At the Farmhouse in Bath, adjacent to the Abbey Ales brewery. Cloudy tan-yellow colour. Soft, apple with light tannins and light sulphur. A basic, easy-drinking cider. Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Beershine	3.2 Abbey Apples Hells Bells Cider @ Farmhouse, Bath. Bright goldenrod. Hazy and flat. Gigantic apple aroma. Really juicy and fruity with hint of wood. Soft, rather thick palate is a tad sticky. A little too sweet but has resin and a good wood funk to balance that out. Interesting. Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Fin	2.1 Tricky Cider Medium (Draught) Polycask at Merton Summer Beer Festival, 17-07-10 Pours orangey/gold, reasonable clarity. The aroma is quite off putting whilst there were some apples on the nose the best that I can describe it was like cow-shit. Thankfully the taste was better and whilst no world beater it was fine, some zingy apples, refreshing and dry at end. Shame about the aroma, a few people commented on the aroma. A2 A3 T6 P2 Ov8 2.1 Sunday, July 25, 2010
fonefan	2.9 Tricky Cider Medium (Draught) Cask (gravity) @ Harlequin, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire England S3 8GG. Clear medium orange color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate apple, rubber. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20100427] Sunday, May 30, 2010
downender	3.2 Abbey Apples Hells Bells Cider Cask-conditioned at the Bank, Bristol 02/01/10. Apparently produced for Abbey Ales of Bath. Pale orange with a slight white head and no carbonation. Decent, dry aroma of tart apple with some yeast and pleasant cheeseiness. Flavour inclined towards dryness, with more tart fruit, a barnyard edge and dry finish. Good. Saturday, January 2, 2010
downender	3.2 Tricky Cider Dry (Draught) From the polycask at the Portcullis, Clifton, Bristol 24/07/09. Hazy yellow in colour. Slightly funky, dry apple aroma with a touch of spice. Flavour was tart, with some barnyard character, spice, a herbal edge and decently dry finish. Enjoyable. Friday, July 24, 2009