Blackthorn (U.S. Import Version)

The pour is a clear gold with light carbonation. The aroma is apple and slightly farmhouse. The taste is semi dry apple and tart. The finish is short astringent and acidic. It has a light to medium mouthfeel. It’s okay but nothing special and not something I would actively seek out.

Definitely tastes like a mass-produced commercial cider. However, much less sweet than the mass produced American ciders sitting next to it on the shelves. So I would still choose it over those.

I agree with cidersays' review

Blackthorn (in a can) isn't horrible and it's definitely preferable to the disgustingly sweet Angry Orchard. I wouldn't choose this particular cider if others were available, especially Ace Joker, Samuel Smiths, or even Magners.

I like the draught version in UK a lot more than this US canned version. It's sweeter than I prefer with a sort of "Mike's" beverages kind of falseness to the overall flavour.

Supplied in a four pack of 16oz cans. Ingredients: cider, glucose-fructose syrup, citric acid, ascorbic acid, colour, contains sulphites So, like most commercial products, this isn’t “real” cider. Not very complex of a flavor. Slightly rich syrupy taste. I find it interesting they import so many of these “fake” ciders. This is an easy to drink cider which went well with pizza. Most similar to Crispin Browns Lane, which I prefer, and seemed more flavorful and “real” (although it also has added ingredients, sucrose, ascorbic acid, & sulphites). This is a fairly solid commercial cider that I would choose over Angry Orchard, Strongbow, etc, if it was offered while I was out. I probably wouldn’t however choose to buy this, in contrast to Crispin Browns Lane.