Kinglet Bitter

Clear dark golden pour. Moderate to heavy carbonation. Moderate tannic apple aroma. Woody and slightly dusky flavor. Light bitterness. Moderate tannins and slightly leathery mouthfeel. Semi-dry.

Notable culinary apple flavor with subtle strawberry, red cherry, red currant. There is a mild acid and higher tannin balance, that is a bit grippy in the finish, like fresh ginger. Very easy drinking, if you like drier cider. There is a bit of sweetness, semi-dry IMO.

Overly bitter for my liking. It was also completely still, and tasted literally flat, like it had once had some carbonation but sat out. Tastes like really young bittersweet cider fermented completely dry, backsweetend with juice. I like the idea of it (and am usually a big bittersweet cider fan), but I think the execution was a bit off.

Pleasant enough, but it's hard to rate a cider when virtually all you can taste is the juice that's used to back sweeten the 'hard' stuff.