Hogan's Cider Reviews

danlo	3.3 Hogan's Hazy Daisy Cider (Draught / Box) Draught at Mean Eyed Cat, Newcastle. Hazy golden colour, no head and aroma of fruity apple. Taste is sweet, fruit, apple, with some acidity and mellow tannin. Medium bodied, low soft carbonation, medium finish. Quite drinkable Thursday, April 11, 2024
ERB92	3.6 Hogan's Medium Cider (Bottle) Aroma of apples and a hint of leeather. Golden with a white head. Medium sweet and medium acidity. Medium body with average carbonation. Overall a nice Cider. Saturday, March 30, 2024
daniele	3.3 Hogan's Keeved Cider on tap oro quasi limpido media gasatura mela matura media seccheza finale piuttosto acidulo leggero tannico Thursday, February 29, 2024
Marduk	2.7 Hogan's Hip Hop Bottle (Zmogsala 2024, Vilnius). Clear dark amber color. Chilli, spicy, apples, woody in aroma/taste. Monday, February 26, 2024
Holmen2	3.7 Hogan's Lonely Partridge From tap at Euston Tap West, London, 12.02.24. Cloudy pale pear colour. Not much head. Fine taste of slightly bitter pears, fine cider, white wine and pear peel. Good! Monday, February 12, 2024
ERB92	3.3 Hogan's Classic Perry Aroma of pear, yeast and green apples. Pale golden. Medium sweet and nice acidity. Medium body with average carbonation. Dry finish. Overall a decent Perry. Sunday, January 28, 2024
ManVsBeer	3.1 Hogan's Libertine Bottle from Booths Supermarket, Clitheroe. Golden with a glow. Lesser in aroma but certainly bitter-sweet with a more stated apple here. Slightly dry texture. Thursday, January 11, 2024
minutemat	4.1 Hogan's / Big Smoke Country Mile Box @ The Boot Micropub as part of our pre-Christmas tasting walkabout. Slightly unclear golden yellow pour. Aroma of fleshy eating apple fruit, vibrant apple skin. Good characterful flavour profile.. nicely fleshy crunchy apple nuances, nice natural sweetness, bitter apple skin finish. Lovely cider with good definition. Wednesday, December 20, 2023
BlackHaddock	3 Hogan's Killer Sharp Cider 500ml bottle from Virgin Wines: BBE March 2026, drank at home on 19th December 2023. Sour edge to this one. Wednesday, December 20, 2023
BlackHaddock	3 Hogan's Wild Elder 500ml bottle from Virgin Wines: BBE April 2026, drank at home on 19th December 2023. Definite Elderflower influence in this floral cider. Wednesday, December 20, 2023
FatPhil	2.8 Hogan's Killer Sharp Cider 500ml bottle (Vingiu non-existent webshop, Kaunas - thanks Tomas!) (6:4:5:2:11=2.8) Bright orange, small fizzy head. Sweetish apple cider aroma. Extremely spine-tingling sharpness, woh, that'll put hairs on Anna's chest. Dry woody cider taste. Fairly high carbonation accentuates the acidity. Seems more brewed for shock value than for enjoyment. It's cold and wet - it'll do. Wednesday, December 6, 2023
mcberko	3.6 Hogan's Keeved Cider On tap at Tiny Rebel - Cardiff, pours a mostly clear pale golden blonde with a tiny white head. Aroma has a nice farmhouse character, light hay, apple skins, and gentle sugars. Flavour is moderately sweet upfront, which quickly transitions to the farmhouse and hay notes, leaving some crisp apple skins and moderate residual sugars. Nice use of the keeving process — I like the farmhouse character, although I’d prefer it a lot drier. Very good. Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Cheeseboard	3.7 Hogan's / Ross On Wye Wild Sider Keg at IMBC 2023. Pours deep gold with a white cap. Aroma: fruity apple, tangy. Taste: moderate sweet, towards dry, tangy, light tartness, some funk, wood, moderate tannins. Medium body with light spritzy carbonation. Monday, October 16, 2023
Cheeseboard	3.5 Hogan's Wild Elder Bag in box pour at IMBC 2018. Pours light hazed pale gold with a small white cap. Aroma: elderflower, citrus, green apple, light funk. Taste: moderate sweet & tart with some elderflower dryness. Medium body with spritzy carbonation. Nice! Tuesday, September 26, 2023
melush	3.4 Hogan's Draught Cider (Keg / Cask) Tap @ Stockbridge Tap, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Golden colour with a thin white head. Aroma is apples. Taste is apples, sweet, slightly tart. Medium body, average carbonation. Thursday, September 21, 2023
solidfunk	3.4 Hogan's Keeved Cider Very smokey. Plenty of sweet apple behind that. Golden pour. Sweet finish with something oily, amongst like suntan oil, that hangs around on the tongue. Tap at Tiny Rebel. Sunday, August 20, 2023
FatPhil	2.5 Hogan's High Sobriety 500ml bottle (Vingiu non-existent webshop - thanks Tomas and new gal!) (5:3:5:2:10=2.5) Pale gold, sparkling, brief fizzy head. Slightly vinegary tart apple juice aroma. Watery palate, acidic, fizzy carbonation. Vague cidery taste, some skins, not much flesh, just a bit of vinegar pokes through too. Well, it's cold and wet. Not doing it for me, but it's sauna night, so it's all getting drunk. I much prefer the Normandie cidres doux at 2%. Thursday, August 17, 2023
FatPhil	3.3 Hogan's Wild Elder 500ml bottle (Vingiu non-existent webshop - thanks Tomas and new gal!) (7-:3:7-:3:13=3.3--) Pale yellowish clear cider, petilent carbonation. Huge elderflower aroma as I pour, really perfumey, but with the apple it's a very sweet perfume. Sweet but crisp palate, pleasant carbonation. Pleasant apple cider taste, on the sweet side, tannins quite low, as is the acidity, and the elderflower remains subtle (compared to the aroma). Very easy quaffer - absolutely perfect on a hot summer record-breaking heatwave day. Alas it's a cold and pissing down summer day, but that's not going to interfere with my enjoyment of the cider. Seems like a possible overrate, as it's lacking something. Thursday, August 10, 2023
Theydon_Bois	3.6 Hogan's / Bundobust Imli Cider Keg at Bundoboost Bingohame, Bingo-Cotts Convention, post lash up Xhitl out 08/07/23. Pale golden blonde with a decent white head. Nose is crisp clean apples, light herb, straw, orchard fruits. Taste comprises apple skin, tannins, light root ginger, herb. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent. Friday, August 4, 2023
Theydon_Bois	3.5 Hogan's French Revelation Keg at the Glasshouse taproom, Bingo-Cotts Convention, 08/07/23. Clear golden with a white cap that thins edgewards. Nose is tangy apple, hay bale, herb, dusty orchards. Taste comprises apple peel, hint of caramel, tannins, straw. Medium bodied, light spritzy carbonation, drying close. Not bad. Friday, August 4, 2023
danlo	3.6 Hogan's Breadboard Series #2 - Brett your Whistle 750m bottle from Holy GrAle, Durham. Golden colour, thin white foam head and aroma of apple, funk, wood. Taste is tangy, apple, funky, bready, yeasty, with wine-like notes, acetic hints, sourness and drying woody tannins. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tangy sourish & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable. Sunday, July 9, 2023
harrisoni	3.3 Hogan's French Revelation On tap at Glasshouse 2023 trip. Clear orange gold colour no head. Some dryness to it. Some character. Some sweetness. Yes decent enough. Carbonated. OK Saturday, July 8, 2023
mR_fr0g	3.7 Hogan's French Revelation Tap at glasshouse. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a small fizz. Aroma is semi sweet, juicy apple, nutty apple, brown sugars, clean, apple juice. Flavour is composed of semi sweet juicy apple, light apple bark,, light tang, clean apple, some sugar. Palate is semi sweet, juicy, highish carbonation. Very easy drinking. Saturday, July 8, 2023
Cheeseboard	3.5 Hogan's Hip Hop BIAB at Indy Man 2016. Poured clear gold with a dissipating white cap. Aroma: apples, floral, hoppy. Taste: light to moderate sweet, light dry, tart apple, tangy apple, light funk. Light to medium body, spritzy carbonation. Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Cheeseboard	3.7 Hogan's Lonely Partridge BIAB at Indy Man 2016. Poured hazed pale gold with a smidge of a white cap. Aroma: mild funk, pear flesh, baked pear, some caramel. Moderate sweet & bitter with light tartness. Medium body with low carbonation. Good one. Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Cheeseboard	3.7 Hogan's Hazy Rays BIAB at London Inn, Torquay. Sept 2015. Poured light hazed golden with minimal cappage. Apples, apple pulp, apple skins, straw. Bittersweet taste, semi-dry finish. Medium body with low carbonation. Tidy. Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Marduk	3.1 Hogan's Classic Perry 500ml bottle. Clear golden color. Sweet, sugary, fizzy, watery in aroma/taste. Thursday, June 1, 2023
Rune	3.2 Hogan's / Fierce County Bourbon Cider 150ml, draught, from a sample tray at RØØR. Clear golden body, bare naked surface, poor lacing. Quite nice smell of mid-dry apples and toffee sweetness. Flavoured with mid-sweet and mid-dry apples, added by a a subdued touch of bourbon. Woody. Lingering finish, bittersweet. Pretty decent cider. (Oslo, 17.04.2023). Monday, April 24, 2023
delphers	5 Hogan's Killer Sharp Cider This was a real joy to drink. Monday, April 24, 2023
Rune	3.1 Hogan's French Revelation 150ml, draught, from a sample tray at RØØR. Clear late straw coloured body, a bubbly ring on the surface, no lacing. Moderate smell of apple skins and farmyard. Slightly spice apples to the taste profile, hints of pears and farmyard. Mid-sweet apples to the finish. Oily palate. Pretty good. (Oslo 17.04.2024). Monday, April 24, 2023
Seanstav	3.6 Hogan's Draught Cider (Keg / Cask) Sunday, March 19, 2023
allmyvinyl	3.6 Hogan's / Fierce Got Anything Fruity? Keg at Drygate. Pours clear red with a thin white head. Aromas of vimto, not much else. Taste is berries and light dry funk. Dry finish. Friday, March 10, 2023
Stuu666	3.8 Hogan's / Fierce Got Anything Fruity? Keg at drygate. Pours clear pale red, nose is funk, earthy, apple, berries, taste is tart berries, sharp funk, toffee apple. Friday, March 10, 2023
cgarvieuk	3.6 Hogan's / Fierce Got Anything Fruity? Keg at drygate... Copper... Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet earthy berries.. Soft dry fruity apple Friday, March 10, 2023
ITFCfan	3.3 Hogan's Gose Against The Grain Friday, February 24, 2023
arsol	3.4 Hogan's Libertine Tåkete brun farge med noe hvitt skum. Lukter eple. Medium karbonert. Smak av søte epler. Noe bittersøt avslutning. Saturday, February 18, 2023
Grumbo	3.4 Hogan's Gose Against The Grain 26/1/2023. Bottle shared at the 14th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Pours clear golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is sweet apple, slightly woody/funky, vanilla, caramel, touch of solvent, mild salty edge. Quite sweet, with some tartness. Medium body, oily, average carbonation. Light dryness to finish. Nice but hides the gose element a little too much. Saturday, February 18, 2023
Travlr	3.2 Hogan's Gose Against The Grain Bottle at Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Clear yellow color, some bubbles. Aroma of lightly earthy apple. Taste is fruity with an earthy edge. The gose component is very subtle, I would have missed it had I not known about it in advance. Friday, January 27, 2023
dragnet101	3.7 Hogan's Medium Cider (Bottle) Bottle from Beers of Europe. Clear gold, brief bubbled retention. Aroma of earthy apple juice, light leather, skins, wood. Taste of slightly sour apple, wood, earthy and smokey in character with a semi-drying close. Its been a while since I have had a proper characterful cider and this hit the spot. Sunday, January 8, 2023
delphers	4 Hogan's Libertine Saturday, January 7, 2023
jamesie1857	2.9 Hogan's High Sobriety Saturday, December 10, 2022
danlo	3.2 Hogan's Classic Perry 500ml bottle. Sparking, clear pale gold colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of fruity pear, fleshy, woody. Taste is sweet, perry pear, fruity, floral notes, with some funk and tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying peary woody finish. Quite drinkable. Monday, November 28, 2022
Marduk	3.4 Hogan's Libertine 500ml bottle (thanks FatPhil). Clear dark amber color. Sweet, apples, juicy, fruity, crisp in aroma/taste. Thursday, November 24, 2022
danlo	3.8 Hogan's Gose Against The Grain 500ml bottle from Caps and Taps. Golden colour, white foam head that quickly dissipates to a thin layer and aroma of apple, funky, salt. Taste is apple, fruity, caramel hint, woody, acetic funk, yeasty, with some sour & salty notes. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying soured salty finish. Nicely drinkable. Friday, November 18, 2022
madnorwegian	2.9 Hogan's Medium Cider (Bottle) Delicious stuff Saturday, November 12, 2022
wheresthepath	3.4 Hogan's Harvest Press Bag-in-a-box at the Fell Bar, Kendal. Hazy yellow. Tangy tart apples with an earthy hint. Generally sweet but with a hint of dry apple skins in the finish. Pretty enjoyable and quite more-ish. Monday, October 10, 2022
minutemat	3.9 Hogan's Gose Against The Grain 500ml bottle shared with Soph listening to 6 Music. Pours clear gold. Aroma of fisherman's ropes, salt. Curious swirls of flavour on initial sip, salt, vinegar, wild yeast, acetic apple skin with deep caramelised apple fruit emerging on the finish. These start to settle, with a sandy salty linger and desert apple sweetness carrying through. Entertaining and different. Sunday, October 2, 2022
Travlr	4.2 Hogan's Lonely Partridge Draft at IMBC 22. Perry in a box. Hazy to cloudy golden yellow color, still. Pear skin aroma. Taste is fresh pear flesh with a bit of skins. subtle tartness dry finish. Very tasty Thursday, September 29, 2022
Travlr	3.5 Hogan's / Bundobust Imli Cider Draft at Bundobust in Leeds. Clear golden yellow color, occasional bubble. Aroma of light mixed masala spice. Taste is fresh apple skins, subtle spice, mellow fruit, dry finish. Tasty. Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Theydon_Bois	3.6 Hogan's Libertine Bladder bag, Thatched Cottage Honeybourne, 04/09/22. Dirty orange copper coloured with little in the way of a head. Nose is sharp apple, barnyard, tannins, toffee apple, light funk. Taste comprises bitter sweet apple pulp, caramel, tannins, light acidic ripple, barnyard twang. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Not bad. Tuesday, September 27, 2022