Addlestones Cider

Brewed by Matthew Clark Cider
Style: Cider
Bristol, England

An unclear yellow cider with no head. The aroma is of apples combined with notes of wood. The flavor is sweet and dominated by apples - and quite dry, but the body is thin.

Cask (handpump) @ Blackfriars, 36 Bell St, Merchant City, Glasgow G1 1LG, Scotland.
Unclear medium yellow color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate apple, wood, light barnyard. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, fresh. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. Very easy to drink and refreshing. [20090410]

Draught. Good acidic apple aroma. Cloudy yellow colour. Good acidic apple aroma. Dry aftertaste.

Draught@Black Door, Helsinki. Slightly hazy yellow colour, no head. Aroma is dry apples, some mild wood and sour notes as well. Flavour is sour apples, some vanilla and quite dry fruity.

Appearance
Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 5   Pale(1)->Dark(5) : 2   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Aroma
Intensity : 4  
Yeast : 4   Bread : XX   Hay: XX   Brett : 3   Floral: 3   Wood: 3   Leather: 3   Barnyard : 4   Medicine : 4   Phenols: 3   Cheese : XX   Vinous: 4  
Notes: Caramel : XX   Honey : XX   Applesauce: XX   Appleskin : 4 Pear : XX   Tropical Fruits3  
Flavor
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2 Juicy: 2   Sourness : 4   Bitterness: XX   Farmy : 3   Complex: 3   Length : XX
Palate
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2 Chewy: XX   Sharp: 4   Chalk : XX   Astringence : 1   Tea tannins : 3   Alcohol : 1
Comments: Not terribly complex, very juicy and skinny, but still better than I thought considering it’s from one of only two cideries which I was trying to avoid.

Blackfriers Draught. Aroma is appley in an apple sauce type way, with a small amount of carbonaton. Taste is appley, lightly sour, dryish finish, very drinkable.

Hazy deep yellow colour with a very small white head. Fresh apple fruity aroma and taste, with a light note of dust in the finish.

Keg at The Lampett Arms, Tadmarton, Oxon. Greenish yellow, carbonated. Semi sweet cider lacking bight but relatively drinkable. Strangely watery, could be the dispense.