Gwatkin Oldfield Perry

Brewed by Gwatkin Cider
Style: Perry
Hereford, England

At the cider festival, the Royal Oak, Bath 13/06/09. Cloudy, pale green/yellow in colour. Aroma of sweet pears and lemon dryness. Very refreshing to drink, with plenty more fruit and a decent dry finish. Excellent.

Appearance
Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4   Pale(1)->Dark(5) : 2   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 1
Aroma
Intensity : 5  
Yeast : 4   Bread : XX   Hay: 3   Brett : 2   Floral: 3   Wood: 4   Leather: 3   Barnyard : 2   Medicine : XX   Phenols: XX   Cheese : 2   Vinous: 3  
Notes: Caramel : XX   Honey : 2   Applesauce: XX   Appleskin : XX Pear : 4   Tropical FruitsXX  
Flavor
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Juicy: 3   Sourness : 4   Bitterness: XX   Farmy : 4   Complex: 2   Length : XX
Palate
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2 Chewy: XX   Sharp: 3   Chalk : XX   Astringence : 2   Tea tannins : 2   Alcohol : XX
Comments: Gwatkin’s absolute masterpiece in my mind and probably my favourite perry. Extremely fresh, very aromatic and well balanced.

Bottle from garden centre, near Wellington, Herefordshire Poured light golden, nice peary nose but also a bit wine like in character. Wonderfully juicy and given a little time in the mouth this really had quite a good depth of flavour. Not as good as the Rathays which was a stunner but very nice all the same. Polypin at Banbury Beer Festival 09-05-08 Cloudy lemon colour looks like Robinsons barley water. Very slightly sour nose but with some overipe pears. The taste is just superb, this i sweet admiitedly but those pears just feel like that oozing ripeness and oh bugger it this is one you just have to drink and forget about words, I loved it, little tangy bite back at the end, my beer/cider/perry of the fetival and this has now been updated to a 4.1