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February 28, 2020 · Filed under Cider/Perry Reviews · Tagged Cider Review, Dry Cider, Hampshire Cider
Vital Stats:
Producer: Chalkdown
@ChalkdownCider
Cider Name: 2015 Vintage
Region: Hampshire
ABV: 8.3%
Taste: Dry
Served: Lightly chilled 750ml bottle
Smell: Green Apple
Colour: Golden/Yellow
Clarity: Clear
Carbonation: Sparkling
Review/Tasting Notes:
From: Chalkdown Cider
Date: 28/02/20
As mentioned earlier this month, I am slowly getting into the cider reviews again, after an extended period away. With the emphasis definitely on slow, as I’m frantically typing with one hand due to dislocating a shoulder (AGAIN!). And no not done in an exciting way either; Overstretching on a ladder is apparently all it takes! I could turn to video reviews or voice typing but that aint my thing. First up on the cider reviews this decade is the 2015 Vintage cider from Chalkdown, who won the International Cider Challenge Trophy for best bottle fermented/bottle conditioned cider for two years running in 2017 and 2018.
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August 30, 2017 · Filed under Cider/Perry Reviews · Tagged Cider Review, Medium Cider, Single Variety Cider, Sussex Cider
Vital Stats:
Producer: Bignose & Beardy
Cider Name: Katy Oak SV
Region: Sussex
ABV: 5.6%
Taste: Medium
Served: 330ml bottle at room temperature
Smell: Fresh apples
Colour: Golden/Yellow
Clarity: Lightly cloudy
Carbonation: Still
Review/Tasting Notes:
From: Bignose & Beardy
Date: 30/08/17
Blimey, it’s been a while again hasn’t it since my last review?!?! The year has been extremely event packed for me and I haven’t had a huge amount of time to dedicate to this blog, which I really should do. If there was more than 24 hours in a day then I would be able to write a little more often than I currently do! The ciders looking to kick-start that effort is a cracking trio that has arrived recently from Bignose & Beardy. The first of which is the Katy Oak SV.
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February 22, 2017 · Filed under Cider/Perry Reviews · Tagged Cider Review, Medium Cider, Warwickshire Cider
Vital Stats:
Producer: Hogan’s
Cider Name: Killer Sharp Sour Cider
Region: Warwickshire
ABV: 5.8%
Taste: Medium
Served: 500ml bottle at room temperature
Smell: Sour apples
Colour: Golden
Clarity: Clear
Carbonation: Lightly sparkling
Review/Tasting Notes:
From: Hogan’s
Date: 22/02/17
It’s been a while folks, but thankfully I have got a little time on my hands to get down to reviewing some cider again. In the past few weeks I received a pleasant surprise in the post of 2 brand spanking new ciders from Hogan’s. These were the Killer Sharp cider and a keeved cider called French Revelation. Up first today is the Killer Sharp cider.
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October 4, 2016 · Filed under Cider/Perry Reviews · Tagged Cider Review, Dry Cider, Luxembourg Cider
Vital Stats:
Producer: Ramborn
Cider Name: Farmhouse
Region: Luxembourg
ABV: 7%
Taste: Dry
Served: 500ml bottle at room temperature
Smell: Fresh Apples
Colour: Golden
Clarity: Clear
Carbonation: Lightly sparkling
Review/Tasting Notes:
From: Ramborn
Date: 04/10/16
Hello again all. Remember me? Oh go on, you must do surely? I know, I know, it’s been too long since the last review and I did promise to be a bit more regular with them previously. Unfortunately work and a social life has got in the way keeping this blog up to date, but I’m back again now. Up today is something I never expected to be saying on the blog and that is I have a cider or 3 to try from a small producer in Luxembourg.
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February 11, 2016 · Filed under Cider/Perry Reviews · Tagged Cider Review, Dry Cider, Gloucestershire Cider
Vital Stats:
Producer: Beard & Sabre
Cider Name: Bubbly Shipment
Region: Gloucestershire
ABV: 5.5%
Taste: Dry
Served: 330ml bottle at room temperature
Smell: Wine-like/Tart Apples
Colour: Yellow/Straw
Clarity: Lightly cloudy
Carbonation: Light natural fizz
Review/Tasting Notes:
From: Beard & Sabre
Date: 11/02/16
Good evening all and welcome back to my cider reviews. Remember me? I know, I know, it’s been over 6 months since my last review, but it’s good to be back. Unfortunately life got in the way before with the reviewing side of things, but thankfully I’m back now to do this a bit more regularly. Up first tonight is a new kid on the block in the cider world in the form of a Bubbly Shipment from Beard & Sabre.
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