Blackthorn Cider

Brewed by Matthew Clark Cider
Style: Cider
Bristol, England

Bottle. Pours a glowing gold with a one finger white head that faded fast. The nose is apples and malt. The taste is green apples, honey and malt. Very wine-like. Lighter sticky body. OK for what it is.

Very little head and very little carbonation. Clear golden color, which indicates that this is very much filtered, which doesn’t seem a good sign to me. The body is slightly better than expected, and the flavor is tart and not too bad. Reminds me of my early 20’s when we used to drink this stuff, so I am probably being overly generous.

11.2 ounce bottle purchased at Total Wine Pembroke Pines, FL for $1.99 Not bad.

Bottle. Pours sparkling yellow gold with a quickly disappearing head. Tart apple aroma. The flavor is like watered down apple juice, with a strange note of apple cider vinegar. Drinkable.

Apple cider, lively at pour with the head gone instantaneously. Aroma of apple peel and vinegar. Taste of apple and an offputting sourness akin to vinegar. Astringent, tart, thin, chewy and undrinkable.

Bottle. Pours aggressively fizzy and quickly dissipates in to a still clear straw color. Aroma is faint apple juice with a dry beer like note. Flavor is light, dry with a sweet apple juice like flavor. Nothing to write home about at all.

(11/4/08) Draught at Hamilton’s in San Diego. Clear yrllow color. Aroma green apples. Sweetish flavor of apples and light sourish hints. Light-bodied.

Bottle poured into a pint glass and consumed and talked about with the girlfriend. This brew is lighter gold, with a whitish head, largely transparent. Aromas are apple juice, must, light alcohol notes. Taste is similar, a dry cider that still remains a little sweet on the palate. A good idea, but a bad execution.