Strongbow Cider

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

Stærk cider, fået på fad i Luxembourg. Ligner æblesaft og smager overhovedet ikke af øl.

I’ve had it both on tap and in the can. On tap is by far better. Nice cider with a sweet fruity aroma. Thin body with a nice aftertaste.

On tap. Yellow-orange with a small white head. Mashed apples, yeast and a citric sourness in the aroma. The flavor is fruity, with apples dominating, along with yeast and cellar. Thin to medium body. (060225)

I’ve only had draft strongbow in ireland, never the U.S. can variety. Not sure about difference, but found it dry and on the sour side rather than Woodchuck’s sugary sweetness. Mild ammounts of carbonation. It’s a decent cider.

Can sampled at Issac Newtons. I didn’t know i was ordering a cider when i order this, I figured it would be a bitter or an English Strong. Pours golden no head what so ever. Aroma of sours apples. The flavor is sweet, apples, with a dry finish.

The Crown, Charlton-on-Otmoor, Oxon, 04-08-06. Oh no new tennants come in and the new beer stocks have yet to arrive leaving me to choose between Guiness, Strongbow, and Stella amongst others. Yellow very fizzy, refreshing for a bit but quickly tired of it and struggled to finish my pint, not great at all.

Not sure why Strongbow cider is on a BEER web page. Strongbow to me tastes like sickly sweet apple juice. Friends and I used to drink Strongbow and other ciders when we were younger, but just lost all taste for it. I will say that I occasionally buy a can of Strongbow to make black velvets with, but that’s it.

With a name like ‘Strongbow’ you might get the idea that this is a somewhat formidable potion. But in fact, it’s rather bland, lacking any real taste distinction. Elsewhere in the same bottle, the aroma is sort of petite, the palate not real noticeable one way or the other and the appearance, like the name, is a bushwhack waiting for the unsuspecting neophyte.