Tempted Irish Craft Cider Reviews

Grumbo	3.5 Tempted Sweet 5/7/2023. Bottle shared by Colin, cheers. Pours clear dark golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of sweet apple, caramel, brown sugar, baked apple, slight funky horsey edge. Medium sweetness and light to moderate tartness. Moderate body, spritzy carbonation. Quite enjoyable. Wednesday, July 5, 2023
mR_fr0g	3.4 Tempted Sweet Panda a t home thanks to Colin. A very clear deep golden orange coloured pour with a a big fizz that fades. Aroma is semi sweet, clean apple juice, light tang, fizz, some white sugars. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, light tang, clean apple, white sugars, hint of toffee apple, fizzy apple chews. Palate is semi swet, and fizzy, light tang. Decent. pretty clean and easy drinking. Sunday, June 25, 2023
Theydon_Bois	3 Tempted Sweet Bottle at home, rain delay in the Ashes, picked up from either a beer store or a supermarket in the Newry area, 18/06/23. Clear golden copper with a fast collapsing white head formed of bubbles. Nose is crisp apple, sugars, straw, caramel. Taste comprises sugar coated apples, straw, tannins, sugars. Medium bodied, light spritzy carbonation, semi drying close. Okay cider for a hot day ... sweet as stated but not OTT on that front, however on the uninspiring and pedestrian side of things. Sunday, June 18, 2023
mR_fr0g	3.6 Tempted Medium Dry Bottle at home with mum and dad. Picked up from Crumlin Tesco. A clear deep orange coloured pour with red hues and a decent off white fizz that fades to a whisp. Aroma is semi sweet, juicy apple, some brown sugars, woody bark. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, tangy apple, bark, lemon twist, brown sugars. Palate is semi sweet, tangy, fizzy carbonation, good. Sunday, March 12, 2023
mR_fr0g	3.6 Tempted Dry Bottle at home picked up from Crumlin Tesco. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a short lived fizz. Aroma is light tart, tangy green apple, woody apple pips, light plastic, fresh juicy tart apple. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, light tart juicy apple, light apple tart, some white sugars. Midget gems. Palate is semi sweet, tart, crisp finish. Highish carbonation. Solid all rounder easy drinking. Friday, March 10, 2023
Theydon_Bois	3.4 Tempted Medium Dry Bottle at mum and dads, picked up from Tesco Extra Newry, 25/01/23. Clear golden copper with a just off white head that clears to the edge of the glass. Nose is crisp apple, sugars, hint of caramel, straw. Taste comprises Medium bodied, light spritzy carbonation, light drying close. Not bad. Wednesday, January 25, 2023
daniele	3.2 Tempted Dry bottle dorato limpido abbastanza gasato mela matura con nota aspra buona secchezza un filo di nota acidula buccia tannica Sunday, April 24, 2022
DJMonarch	3.6 Tempted Medium Sweet Cask Handpump at Penny Black, Northwich 11/07/2013 Big fruit aroma. Light golden coloured a little hazy in appearance fruity and sweet apple with a hint of tannin in the finish. Tuesday, April 12, 2022
rumore	3.3 Tempted Dry 50cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours loaded yellow, crisp transparent, with medium-gross white foam. Aroma is of apples indeed, but particular, recalling prosecco, probably because of the yeast used. Body is average, like carbonation. Taste is medium sweet, with a hint of acidity. Final is average. Wednesday, December 22, 2021
rumore	3.5 Tempted Strawberry 50cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours loaded gold with no foam. Aroma is intense of strawberries, when pouring, later some oxidation/wood and apples. Body is average, with good carbonation. Taste is medium sweet. Final is average. Sunday, October 27, 2019
berkshirejohn	3.1 Tempted Dry [50cl bottle from Morrison’s, Bracknell.] A straw coloured pour with a fast fizz; sweet dessert apple aroma; sweet apple taste with a spritzy mouth feel; then a drier finish with some tannins. A decent cider. Thursday, September 12, 2019
BearBurgerBeer	4.5 Tempted Medium Dry Mega cider. Had it in Nandos in Cork. Straight from the bottle Easier than contemporary dry ciders, and a beautiful smooth flavour Wednesday, July 24, 2019
minutemat	3.7 Tempted Medium Dry 500ml bottle via Pilango online. Pours gold with a light mist, sparkling. Nice fruity nose. Taste is largely pure fruit with good woody tannic shades, nice bitterness, nice fleshy lightly stewed elements. Pretty good bottled medium dry. Sunday, July 21, 2019
minutemat	3.2 Tempted Dry 500ml bottle from Pilango, shared with Soph watching the Soundgarden documentary Motorvision. Pours clear gold, sparkling. Aroma is light sulphur, distant apple funk. Taste presents a light apple sweetness, clean with a noticeably drying close, perhaps too much for me. Would've liked more of a fruity linger. Generally decent. Sunday, July 14, 2019
Theydon_Bois	3.7 Tempted Dry Bottle at home, 09/06/19. Pale yellow with a fast collapsing white cap of bubbles. Nose is funky apple, farmyard esters, grains, straw. Taste comprises sharp apple, tannins, barnyard notes, apple skin, orchard wood, tangy funky apple shizz. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent stuff. Sunday, June 9, 2019
mr_h	3.5 Tempted Dry 500ml bottle (5.7%) shared with mother at home on 2 Jun 2019 (bb 19 Feb 2021): apple, meadow aroma, pale golden, very thin short-lived head, apple, bit barnyard, some tannins, gentle fizz, quite a dry finish. Sunday, June 2, 2019
tommann	3.8 Tempted Dry 500ml bottle. Pours light gold with medium carbonation. Aroma is cheesy sour dry apples. Taste has sharp and sour apples. Touch of cheese. Fizzy. Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Iznogud	3 Tempted Medium Dry Bottle at Tribal Burger, Belfast. Clear golden, almost no head. Apples, quite sweet, just a bit tart. Light bodied. Wednesday, February 13, 2019
DruncanVeasey	3 Tempted Elderflower BoH, 20/03/18. Good. Sweet but sneakily complex. Flat lager looks. Icing sugar front retreating into calamine, windfall and a good chew of yeasty peel. Hint of rubber for dessert. Too sweet but I’m not arsed. Calamine and furring peel nose. No elderflower. Thursday, January 24, 2019
rumore	3 Tempted Elderflower 50cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours crisp Canary yellow with practically no foam. Aroma is not so much of apple. The elderflower is evident instead. Body is average with good carbonation. Taste is fairly sweet. Finish is average. Sunday, July 15, 2018
danlo	2.9 Tempted Strawberry 500ml bottle. Golden color, white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of strawberry, jammy. Taste is tangy apple & fruity strawberry, sweet, strawberry jam, with a funky barnyard note. Medium bodied, soft to medium carbonation, some residual strawberry flavour at the finish. Quite OK. Sunday, April 15, 2018
MD11	3.7 Tempted Strawberry Bevuto in bottiglia Belfast. Colore tra oro e amaro ci leggera schiuma, carbonazione perfetta. Al naso l'aroma di mela viene equilibrato con quello della fragola. In bocca dolce ma non stucchevole con un bel finale medio persistente che ti invoglia la bevuta. Thursday, April 12, 2018
mR_fr0g	3.4 Tempted Elderflower Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A translucent pale golden coloured pour with a fading loose white head. Aroma is tangy green apple, white sugar, low wood. Palate is semi sweet, low tang light prickly carbonation. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, apple fruit, low floral notes. Very drinkable. Saturday, March 24, 2018
mr_h	3.9 Tempted Elderflower From bag-in-box (4%; festival cider), 1/2 pint at Society Room, Glasgow on 20 Mar 2018: apple, tannin aroma, very pale yellow, minimal bubbly head, apple, elderflower flavour, medium dry, very refreshing and easy drinking Thursday, March 22, 2018
cgarvieuk	3 Tempted Elderflower Poly pin at the AGBELL... Light Amber.. Thin white lacing.. Dry tanin apple nose.. Soft bitter artificial apple... oh maybe elderflower Thursday, March 22, 2018
minutemat	3.1 Tempted Elderflower Box @ Montgomery's Tower. Pours clear pale gold, floral nose. Taste is strong floral, with sweet apple juice, generally clean and light with low tannic presence. Simple, floral sweet cider. Monday, March 19, 2018
danlo	3.1 Tempted Elderflower BIAB at Tanners Hall Darlington JDW Fest 2018. Yellowy-green golden colour, no head and aroma of tart apple & elderflower cordial. Taste is sweetish lemon-lime cordial with elderflower and tart appley notes. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying acidic & light tannic finish. OK. Sunday, March 18, 2018
harrisoni	3.5 Tempted Elderflower Cask handpull at The Crosse Keys Gracechurch Street. Hazy gold no head. Apple juice aroma. Slightly acidic apple juice in the mouth. It has some tannin. Good enough cider Saturday, March 17, 2018
Stuu666	3.7 Tempted Elderflower Bag in box at the Alexander graham bell. Pours clear golden, nose is herbal, floral, apple, taste is juicy, sweet apple, refreshing. Bit like juice, not getting much of the elderflower. Thursday, March 15, 2018
rumore	3 Tempted Medium Dry 50cl bottle at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours rather pale with no foam. Aroma is moderately of apples. Body is somehow thin with moderate carbonation. Taste is moderate sweet with an interesting acidity. Finish is average. Thursday, March 15, 2018
BineTeam3	4 Tempted Medium Dry Saturday, January 6, 2018
ManVsBeer	3.2 Tempted Festival Scrumpy Box @ Turls Green, Bradford. Paler yellow cider. Dry with a stated tangy apple flavour, but not too much of this evident in its aroma. Friday, September 1, 2017
danlo	3.6 Tempted Dry 500ml bottle from Home Bargains, Darlington. Pours a sparkling golden colour with a white foamy head that quickly dissipates away. Aroma of mellow apple and alittle funk. Taste is fruity apple with apple skins, woody oak, leathery barnyard and drying tannins. Light to medium bodied, fine spritzy carbonation, dry tangy finish. Nicely drinkable. Friday, August 25, 2017
danlo	3.5 Tempted Medium Dry 500ml bottle from Home Bargains, Darlington. 5.4%. Sparkling golden colour, white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of fruity tangy apple. Taste is juicy & slightly tart apple, alittle apple skin, with oak, leathery barnyard and light tannins. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, semi-dry finish. Well balanced, nicely drinkable. Friday, August 25, 2017
saxo	3.1 Tempted Festival Scrumpy Cask @ Last Plantagenet (JDW), Leicester. No head. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are apples, fruits, citrus and has a semi dry finish. Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Rasmus40	3.3 Tempted Festival Scrumpy Cask @ Last Plantagenet, Leicester. Cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is sweet apples, fruity and green apples. Flavor is medium sweet. Light dry finish. 260717 Wednesday, July 26, 2017
minutemat	3.4 Tempted Festival Scrumpy Box @ JDW Shrewsbury Hotel. Pours a misty gold. Aroma presents a fruity sweet nose, taste moderately sweet with nice fruit presence, fairly soft and light with fleeting dusty tannins. Not bad. Monday, July 17, 2017
AshtonMcCobb	3.8 Tempted Festival Scrumpy On tap @ SRAF. Golden. Dry apple skin and wood on the nose. The taste is sweeter yet still fresher apple. Sweeter generally, but the finish is dry and elegant. Good. Sunday, July 16, 2017
AshtonMcCobb	3.6 Tempted Medium Sweet On tap @ SRAF. Golden. The nose is dry apples while the taste has more luscious apples and is generally sweeter. Very, very tan-able. Sunday, July 16, 2017
Towey1989	3.1 Tempted Festival Scrumpy Bag in a box at The Green Dragon, Leek (JDW) A clear straw colour with no head. Aroma of apple, some funk, slight barnyard and subtle plastic. Taste of apple, some funk, slight barnyard, a little wood and a hint of red fruit. Medium bodied and an oily texture. A bittersweet, funky apple finish. An interesting cider, not much on the nose but the taste is quite funky with a bittersweet finish. Decent. Monday, July 10, 2017
ManVsBeer	3.5 Tempted Medium Dry Bottle from Booths Supermarket, Media City. Lighter golden with a carbonation. Has a dryness, but has a good sweetness about it too with plenty of apple aroma, and a fair amount in its taste too. Sunday, July 9, 2017
Stuu666	3.2 Tempted Medium Sweet Bag in box at SRAF 2017. Pours clear golden, nose is apple, floral, taste is sweet, apple, light toffee. Saturday, July 8, 2017
danlo	3 Tempted Festival Scrumpy BIAB 5.7% at Tanners Hall Darlington JDW 2017 cider fest. Golden colour, afew bubbles on top and apple aroma. Taste is apple, bittersweet with band-aid, detol, antiseptic notes. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry finish. OK. Friday, July 7, 2017
Stuu666	3.4 Tempted Festival Scrumpy Bag in box sraf 2017. Pours golden, nose is apple, lemon, taste is sweet, juicy apple. Thursday, July 6, 2017
Stuu666	3.4 Tempted Strawberry Bag in box at sraf 2017. Pours golden amber, nose is strawberry, light apple, taste is sickly sweet strawberry, apple. Thursday, July 6, 2017
nihtila	3.5 Tempted Strawberry Cask at SRAF. Pours light clear orange. Nose is medium sweet strawberry, tart apples. Tastes medium sweet, strawberry sauce, green apples, short and a bit bland finish. Good. Thursday, July 6, 2017
AshtonMcCobb	3.7 Tempted Strawberry On cask at SRAF. Appearance - deep amber red. Nose - strawberry sauce. Taste - strawberry sauce in fact fresh strawberry too. Palate - light bodied with a tangy texture. Dry but elegant tangy finish. Overall - this is good. Thursday, July 6, 2017
cgarvieuk	3.8 Tempted Strawberry Poly pin at SRAF 2017... Copper.. Thin white lacing.. Big strawberry fruit nose... Juicy big sweet apple.. Big sweet strawberry juice.. Strawberry juice Thursday, July 6, 2017
gegwilson	3.3 Tempted Sweet Bottle from Booths in Kirkby Stephen. Golden with a rim of white froth. Nice sweet apple with lemon and sherbet. Good easy drinking. Tuesday, July 4, 2017
gegwilson	3.2 Tempted Dry Bottle from Booths. Golden with no head. The taste is fruity crisp apple with a dry finish. Nice and refreshing. Pretty decent. Friday, June 23, 2017