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Whisky Cask from Thistly Cross 500ml bottle. Clear yellow gold colour, bubbly white head that dissipates away, and aroma of honey & sourish apple. Taste is sweet, honey, toffee, fruity, plus hints of wood & whisky, along with sour apple notes. Slightly syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, dryish & sweet appley finish. Quite drinkable. Reviewed on 23 Jul 2017 5 likes

Premium Somerset Redstreak Cider from Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry Co 500ml bottle from Scrattings. As Ross on Wye Premium Somerset Redstreak Cider 8.0% Batch C58 18. Hazy golden colour with a white foam head that rapidly dissipates away. Aroma of peat, phenolic, salty, islay whisky. Taste is woody, apple, astringent, earthy, ashy, peaty, with some underlying fruity notes and soft drying tannins. Medium bodied, slightly spritzy carbonation, dry phenolic whisky finish. Interesting, lots of islay whisky notes from the barrel, nicely drinkable. Reviewed on 05 Feb 2019 4 likes

Special Reserve English Keeved Cider from Worley's 750ml corked bottle. Sparkling, orangey amber gold colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and mucky, apple aroma. Taste is tangy apple, fruity, with lots of leathery barnyard funk and drying tannins. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, very dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable. Reviewed on 24 Jun 2018 4 likes

Cidre de Kerniel Demi-Sec from Cidre de Kerniel 750ml wired cork bottle from Real Cider Co stall at Bishop Auckland Food Festival 14Apr19. Opened with a pop. Orange golden colour, short-lived foamy white foam head and aroma of tangy apple, spicy tannins, light funk. Taste is sweetish, woody, apple, funky, with some fleshy apple notes, orchardy, leathery, barnyard, vanilla hints, and drying tannin. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tart tannic finish. Very drinkable. Reviewed on 14 Apr 2019 3 likes

Vintage Dry from Sprywood Cross 750ml bottle with wired cork from Scrattings. Sparkling, amber gold colour, fizzy white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of fruity apple with cooked apple & caramel hints. Taste is tart, fruity, apple, some apple skin, citric, bittersweet with some drying tannins, and slight wood & caramel notes. Spiky mouthfeel, medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tart finish. Nicely drinkable. Reviewed on 17 Feb 2019 3 likes

Soul Trader from Hawkes Cidery 750ml bottle from Brewdog online store. 5.4%. Single Variety Discovery, 71B white wine yeast. Pressed September 2017. Sparkling pale golden golour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of juicy apple, green apple, apple core. Taste is green apple, juicy, some tartness, apple core, with slight woody and white wine notes, plus some vanilla hints. Light bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry apple skin finish. Nicely drinkable. Reviewed on 03 Jun 2018 3 likes

Cider kir from Peckham's Cidery & Orchard 500ml bottle. Dark red colour, short-lived fizzy pink foam head and fruity blackcurrant aroma. Taste is sweet, blackcurrant, apple, tart, formic acid, citric, woody, drying. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tart finish. Nicely drinkable. Reviewed on 13 May 2018 3 likes

IPA India pressed Apple from Bold Rock Hard Cider 1 pint can. Sparkling very pale yellow-gold colour, short-lived white foam head and floral citric hop aroma. Taste is crisp, fruity apple, sweetish, melon, white wine, with resiny citrus hop notes. Light bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry finish. Nicely drinkable hopped cider. Reviewed on 05 May 2018 3 likes

Black Dragon Welsh Cider from Gwynt y Ddraig Cider 500ml bottle. Golden amber colour, foam white head that diminishes and aroma of apple skin, woody oak. Sweetish fruity apple flavour well balanced with a dry tartish edge and oaky notes. Slightly oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, clean dry finish. Very drinkable cider. Reviewed on 31 Oct 2017 3 likes

Samuel Smith Organic Cider from Samuel Smith Quite OK cider. Clear pale yellow colour, fizzy white head that quickly dissipates away and aroma of apples, spice, alittle woody. Taste is slightly tart apple with some spice and an earthy note. Light bodied, high carbonation, dry & tart at the finish. 500ml bottle. Reviewed on 24 Sep 2017 3 likes