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Bottled. Hazy yellow colour with a minor fastly disappearing white head. Aroma is sweet apples with some slight tartish tones. Flavour is green apples, some apple puré as well as some apple juice with a wee bit of tart wood in the finish. Somewhat dry.
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The resurgence in craft makers is a revolution against the commercial producers' drive for efficiency, which inevitably leads to a detriment of diversity in aroma and flavour that real ciders can provide,” she says. However, Claypole, adds that the clamour to see friends and loved ones this summer could drive a trend for sharing options in the on-trade as pub goers seek to maximise time spent socialising, rather than trying to get the attention of staff. Can @ DØE. Appearance: pours hazy yellow with ok white soapy head and lacing. Aroma/taste: red apples, green apples, lemons and floral notes. Palette: strong lemon aroma, medium body, medium sweetness, balanced by a light to medium acidity, average carbonization, average duration, light sweet finish and a watery texture. Overall: enjoyable cider
Rachel Knowles of Sussex cidermaker Silly Moo believes that the “most exciting” trend in cider is the revolves around local producers, transparency and what she refers to as “discerning drinking”.
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The scores I’ve given are more internal to the Thatchers range rather than the scoring I normally use outside of content like this.Clear pale golden pour, no head to sepak of. Aromas of sweet apples, hints of oak and vanilla. First taste was pear, but then apple, oak, vanilla. Not bad and distictively different from apple juice, but also not as tart/flavourfull as alcoholic ciders. A third of UK adults moderating their alcohol intake and two-thirds (65%) proactively trying to lead a healthier lifestyle offers a unique opportunity for cider brands and publicans to tap into, according to John Gemmell of Heineken UK - whose cider brands include Strongbow and Old Mout. While apple cider continues to represent the majority of draught serves, the fast-growing fruit cider category currently accounts for a third of all cider sales on tap in the on-trade (29.9%).