Strongbow Cider

Brewed by Bulmers Cider (S&N, Heineken)
Style: Cider
Hereford, England

Bottle. 12 oz. Pours lightey honey gold with a thin, wispy head. Aroma of apples, wheat, raisins, and hints of barley. Light body with a smooth, dry finish. Average English cider.

can. Poured clear very pale straw coloured. No head. Sour apple aroma. Light texture. Watery carbonated green applejuice with a little malt flavour.

I drank this shit outta a brown papper bag GHETTO STYLE . I vomited all over a homeless tramp and started a riot ,then purchased more cans. Subtle hints of radoactive generic apples. Raw booze and death.BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

Bottle thanks to sean. Golden pour with some white head. Apple aroma, well what else? Apple champagne ish flavor, not sure how a cider really should be rated but against good beers this does not stand up.

16.9 oz. can. Dry, champagne-like aroma (but I didn’t say good champagne). Apple juice, yellow raisin, and salt scents. Floral sweetness. Smell reminiscent of light white wine and white grape juice. It’s a pleasant enough aroma, I guess. Pours a clear, very pale gold with some effervescence. A bit of short-lasting, near-white foam at the top. Tastes like a lightly fizzy apple juice. Sweeter than the aroma implies. Gets tiresome and almost sickly sweet after multiple sips. Like a bad, excessively sweet white wine. So much for "dry" cider! Weird, not gross but not particularly appetizing, aftertaste. Light body. Limited carbonation. Easy to drink (in palate, not taste). This can was a couple years old, but I don’t think it suffered for that reason. It’s hard for me to rate this since I’m not a big cider guy, but I can tell this isn’t good for the genre or overall.

Draft. 16 oz. This poured a light golden color with no head. It was quite effervescent and "pretty." It had a nice sweet apple aroma. This is the first Cider that I have ever tasted, and my choice cider when out and having that kind of beverage. It is dry, but still retains a sweet taste. I’m not huge on ciders, but this one is nice.

Can. Pours clear straw golden with no head. Aroma is tart apple. Flavor is semi-dry without a whole lot of flavor. Slightly sugary upfront, with a dry finish. Just not very interesting.

50cl can. Pale yellow colour, no head. Aroma of sweet apples and citrus. Surprisingly dry in taste (I remember the cask Strongbow somewhat differently), closer to Granny-Smith-like citiric notes. Dry finish. One of the better mainstream ciders.