Lambourn Valley Cider Reviews

fonefan	3.3 Lambourn Valley Swansong Cider Gravity dispense (bag-in-box) @ GBBF 2016, [ Great British Beer Festival 2016 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Lambourn Valley Swansong Cider (5) ]. ABV: 6.8%. Light unclear light to medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy apple, sweet apples, tart apples, celery, green apples, apple skin. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, apple, tart apple, apple skin, green apples. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20160809] 7-2-7-3-14 Thursday, March 29, 2018
Beerhunter111	3.1 Lambourn Valley Swansong Cider Gbbf. Leicht trübe hell goldgelbe Farbe. Geruch nach reifen trockenen mild säuerlichen Äpfel. Geschmack säuerlich fruchtig, reife Äpfel, leicht holzig. Friday, August 26, 2016
Benzai	3.2 Lambourn Valley Swansong Cider Sampled @ GBBF day 1. Clear almost fluorescent yellow-ish color, no head. Smell and taste apples, sweet, quite dry apple peel finish. Ok. Thursday, August 25, 2016
fonefan	3.2 Lambourn Valley Bishopstone Perry Polycask @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England. Unclear medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate pear, apple, sweet pear, cheesy notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, tart pear - apple, soft. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20120503] Friday, May 17, 2013
oh6gdx	3.7 Lambourn Valley Bishopstone Perry Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Hazy yellow colour, no head. Aroma is pear, mild cheesy notes with some wooden notes. Flavour is pear, wood, yeast, vanilla and turns into a very big wooden and vanillaish thing as for the finish. Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Radek Kliber	2.7 Lambourn Valley Old Berkshire Dry Perry Bottle 750 ml at Mr. Goodbar Aroma fruity, mint, chamomile. Fruity yet very different. 6+ Appearance clear, maybe slightest haze. Short lived light white top. Flavor and Palate : strong acidic tartness, thin bodied. Grainy mid. Very dry finish. Not that good. Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Fin	3.1 Lambourn Valley Old Berkshire Dry Perry Bottle courtesy of Peter Fowler, landlord of The Shoulder of Mutton, Wantage, Oxon, consumed at home w/c 07.11.11 Looks like Robinsons Barley Water. Little eggy on nose, very lemony not unlike jiffy lemon. Dry with some peary sweetness showing, but in an instant the lemony flavours come back through. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1 Monday, November 14, 2011
harrisoni	3.2 Lambourn Valley Old Berkshire Dry Perry Cask gravity at Reading BF 2011. Very pale green gold. Cheesy vinegar aroma. Touch of fart. Very light pear tart flavour. Light tartness. Would be a gorgeous dessert if this was on pastry. Ok perry. Really quite tart. Friday, April 29, 2011
harrisoni	2.7 Lambourn Valley Bishopstone Perry Cask gravity at Reading BF 2011. Hazy gold with green tinge. Pretty plain perry. Yes some heat from alcohol. Not too sweet but definite sweetness. Not great to be honest Friday, April 29, 2011
chriso	2.8 Lambourn Valley King Johns Perry From the barrel at Reading Beer Festival, April 2006. Roy Bailey, the owner of Lambourn Valley Cider had announced just before the festival that he had decided to discontinue the business, so I was keen to take this last opportunity to try this Perry. Pale colour. Rather dubious aroma - seemed a bit "dirty" with rather strong acetone notes. Much better flavour. Clean and fruity with enough firm tannin and a slightly sharp bite on the finish. Bone dry. The good news is that Roy has now decided to soldier on, although this years Perry will be a blend rather than from the fruit of a single tree, as the King John’s is. Monday, January 1, 2007
Nekronos	3.1 Lambourn Valley King Johns Perry That one had this blend name on it, more than Perry, but supposedly must be the same. It has a good dark colour. Thursday, September 14, 2006
Nekronos	3.1 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider NICe in flavour, it says it was blend, so probably is not the same one. IT was sweet but not too dry. Very good taste. Thursday, September 14, 2006
Mungo	2.3 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider Gravity cask @ Reading Beer Festivalk 2006. Lots of fruity apple. Tart with some sweetness. Didnt do anything for me. Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Mungo	2.5 Lambourn Valley King Johns Perry Gravity cask @ Reading Beer Festival 2006. Acidic almost vinegary. Sweet with a light body. So-so. Tuesday, May 2, 2006
maeib	3.4 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Reading BF. A hazy greeny yellow coloured cider. The aroma is sweetish with decent apple. The taste has good apple fruits and is mouth-filling. Medium dry apples. Good stuff. Monday, May 1, 2006
maeib	3.3 Lambourn Valley King Johns Perry Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Reading BF. I wish I had total recall because my notes on this one do not match my highish marks at all, but I’m sure I knew what I meant at the time! A very pale green coloured perry with a slightly artificially sweet and flowery aroma. The taste reminds me of pickled egg water; a little disturbing, but intriguingly nice. Make of that what you will??? Monday, May 1, 2006
Joeh	2.9 Lambourn Valley King Johns Perry Cask Conditioned at Reading BF 2006. Harsh acetone aroma. Sweet, juicy flavour with some tannins and astringency. Monday, May 1, 2006
harrisoni	2.7 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider Bag in the box at Reading BF 06. Cloudy gold with thin white head. Sour apple aroma, really tart. Bit too much for me. Very apple piey Sunday, April 30, 2006
harrisoni	2.4 Lambourn Valley King Johns Perry Bag in the box at Reading BF 06. Hazy silver/gold, no head. That is a weird aroma. Bit of bread, bit odd. Some nice pear on the end. Sunday, April 30, 2006
kook	2.9 Lambourn Valley King Johns Perry Cask @ Reading 06: Simple apples, pears and grapes. Tasty but a little astringent. Sunday, April 30, 2006
Fin	1.9 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider Merton Beer Festival Sept 2004. A fairly bland and frankly dissapointing cider very dry nothing special at all. Sunday, April 16, 2006
Hildigöltur	3.1 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider Cask conditioned. Sulphury aroma. Nice pineapplle flavour. Very dry finish. Not too bad. Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Ungstrup	3.4 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider [Cask at GBBF 2005] A hazy orange cider with no head. The aroma is primarily of apples, but also contains strong notes of wood. The flavor is of apples combined with wood, and so sour, that the mouthwater is drawn, like a good lambic. It is very dry. Sunday, August 7, 2005
kook	3.1 Lambourn Valley Kings Ransom Cider Cloudy amber colour. Mild suphuric farmyard aroma. Some apple peel in the background. Big sour tart apple flavour, with a medium body. Juicy stuff, not bad! (Reading BF 05) Thursday, June 9, 2005
chriso	3.2 Lambourn Valley Kings Ransom Cider Hazy, mid amber colour. Farty farmyard aroma. Quite sharp and with some residual sweetness. Not bad. Reading Beer Festival, 2005. Tuesday, June 7, 2005
duff	1.4 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider Cask@The Wenlock Arms, London. Not very good. Tasted like cheap white wine. Quite acidic apple flesh and not much else. Sunday, December 12, 2004
chriso	2.5 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider I can understand why others didn’t like this, but, although not the greatest cider, I didn’t think it was too bad. The aroma didn’t have too much barnyard, but there was some fruit in there. The mouthfeel, however, was very austere and dry, with not much in the way of flavours coming through. Rather astringent. Cask (handpump) at the Wenlock Arms, London. Wednesday, December 8, 2004
kook	2.3 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider Rotten apples and grapes in aroma along with a slight vinegar character. Lemon in colour with no head. Sweet apple start with a sour cheap white wine taste to finish. Thin-medium bodied. Crap. Wednesday, December 8, 2004
imdownthepub	1.9 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider Cask at Merton Beer Festival ’04. Watery clear. A cider with little apple taste, dry and sharp but lacks any body. Couldn’t get on with this one at all. Sunday, September 19, 2004
Joeh	1.8 Lambourn Valley Royal County Cider Draught, White Horse, Hedgerley (South Bucks). Gravity dispense, poured by me. Lately I have been trying proper cider, but I really did not like this. I don’t think it’s because it’s dry, as I have found medium cider’s to be too sweet. I guess it’s just this one. Rerate @ The Wenlock: GOD THIS IS SHIT. Thursday, June 17, 2004