Hornsbys Draft Cider

Brewed by Hornsbys Pubdrafts Ltd./E and J Gallo
Style: Cider
Modesto, California USA

I’ve never seen this stuff on tap. It varies from Woodchuck and Ace in that it is more solidly carbonated, which I don’t prefer. The taste is decent though - caramel apple cider taste, opposed to ciders usually tasting like apple juice. I think the effervesence of this cider offsets how sweet and savory cider is compared to apple juice. Thick carbinated head that goes away after pouring - like a light lager would. Good for a few before having a sugar shock.

Pour is a clear gold. Aroma in mine was slightly metallic. Flavor is a slightly sweet and tart apple. Not to bitter and not to sour. My first cider, maybe i will re-rate after I have another to compare it to.

I’ve had this a couple of times now. As I recall, it’s pretty hard and not very sweet. It’s possible to take the sweetness out of fermented apples. I don’t know how they did, but they accomplished that.

Apple juice. A little carbonated. Apples all around. Poor, sweet aftertaste.

Not good. Maybe cider isn’t for me, but anyone who thinks this can compete with beer is not right in the head.

Bottle: Thin/pale golden yellow color with a thick foamy/carbinated head that almost immidiatly disappears into islands of white bubbles. Smells a lot like actual cider. And tastes almost the exact same (less spices/cinimon and more apple juice). Has an after taste of beer which seems to be followed by an after-after taste of sweet candy (I’m stealing this from another post, but after reading it compleatly agreed: its green jolly rancher taste).

Straw color with a smaller covering of off white bubbles. Actually smells a bit like fresh cider. There is a light backdrop of resin that gives the alcohol away. Very sweet apple flavors burst into the scene and later ushered out by a dry alcohol presence. Light floral flavors as well mingle with the crowd. Seems to much like carbonated apple juice with a splash of vodka.

Poured a golden color with fizzy head as expected. Sweet aroma that is full of freshly sliced apple. Flavor is fizzy and has a red apple taste added behind an extremely carbonated body and small notice of alcohol. Not to shabby for a cider.