Sweeter than I would like - but I don’t want to be too fussy. The nose on this cider is very eventful - hints of brown sugar and your childhood favourites from the sweet shop on the corner. There’s a very faint hint of earth and cinnamon but on the whole it’s a pleasant fruitiness.
It’s medium in terms of fizz and golden in colour, this cider just looks great, not only in the bottle but in your glass too. It’s medium bodied in my opinion and more of a medium than dry cider.
The fizz helps the flavour along which is fairly sharp to begin with and then mellows pretty quickly with a medium finish - it certainly has a bite I’ll give it that. There’s hints of cinnamon - which I like, lingering as a mellow spread of liquid spice.
At 6.0%ABV you wouldn’t want to go too crazy but I could easily accompany this cider with a salty snack or vintage cheddar and pickle/chutney/relish.
I’ve been drinking this cider for a good 12 years but this is the first time I’ve written a review of it.
As a dry cider it’s certainly drinkable - but it’s just a tad on the sweet side, but tart and acidic. I’d definitely buy it again - and note that in Aldi in the UK the dry version is sometimes sold with a purple cap (usually on the ‘sweet’ version of this cider) so I don’t know if that’s an error in the factory or deliberate.
Drinking this makes me want to try the ‘still’ and ‘sweet’ versions again. And - the ‘Classic’ with the purple crown bottle cap to see how different it is from the ‘Dry’.
This cider is a real solid effort and I’d certainly recommend it. 4/5
Reviewed on 01 May 2025
