The Cider Diaries-22/2/09
Without further preamble lets get on with things...
70. Aspell's Premier Cru
We started today's cider drinking with another Aspell's cider in its distinctively shaped bottle. This one was a fair bit stronger than the other Aspell's ciders and you could taste it. I much preferred the other Aspell's ciders but Fog and Ceri got stuck in. "Oh, lovely," was Fog's considered opinion, "beautiful!"
71. Gwatkin Golden Valley Cider
Our friend Owen provided this cider this cider on his safe return from a trip to deepest, darkest mid Wales. He'd only managed to escape with one bottle of the stuff, which we divided between ourselves but nonetheless we were suitably grateful. God knows we don't want to venture up into that wilderness if we don't have to. It was a strong tasting cider, the sort of drink that would put off some sort of fly by night, cider casual poseur but Fog and I are hardened cider drinkers and we've learned to appreciate ciders beyond the mass produced Strongbows and Magners of this world. As such we really quite enjoyed this cider and would welcome a second bottle sometime.
72. Taunton Old Somerset Medium Cider
This was a particularly bland and uninspiring cider, barely worthy of the few words I have devoted to it here.
73. The Orchard Pig Lightly Sparkling Dry Cider
There have been ciders before, and there will be ciders again, that have the word dry on their label and yet taste fairly sweet and mild. This however was a dry cider. Really dry. How can pouring a liquid into your mouth actually make you feel parched? It's a clever trick but not really a good one.
Fog and Ceri both agreed this was too dry to really enjoy it. It was even dryer than the Tillington Hills we had tried in January. Despite this we had a feeling we might enjoy the next cider...
74. The Orchard Pig Lightly Sparkling Medium Cider
Although The Orchard Pig dry cider was too dry there was a quality to the underlying flavour. Collectively we felt the the medium version was going to be something pretty special. Unfortunatly it didn't quite live up to our expectations. It was nice enough but in fact it was a bit too sweet. I guess we're just impossible to please.
75. Sainsbury's Original Somerset Cider
This cider is the big brother of the Sainsbury's low alcohol cider we tried a few weeks ago. That one turned out to taste pretty much like apple juice but I was hoping for a little more from this, given the higher alcohol content. Sadly it was just as bad as the low alcohol cider. Very disapointing.
70. Aspell's Premier Cru
We started today's cider drinking with another Aspell's cider in its distinctively shaped bottle. This one was a fair bit stronger than the other Aspell's ciders and you could taste it. I much preferred the other Aspell's ciders but Fog and Ceri got stuck in. "Oh, lovely," was Fog's considered opinion, "beautiful!"
71. Gwatkin Golden Valley Cider
Our friend Owen provided this cider this cider on his safe return from a trip to deepest, darkest mid Wales. He'd only managed to escape with one bottle of the stuff, which we divided between ourselves but nonetheless we were suitably grateful. God knows we don't want to venture up into that wilderness if we don't have to. It was a strong tasting cider, the sort of drink that would put off some sort of fly by night, cider casual poseur but Fog and I are hardened cider drinkers and we've learned to appreciate ciders beyond the mass produced Strongbows and Magners of this world. As such we really quite enjoyed this cider and would welcome a second bottle sometime.
72. Taunton Old Somerset Medium Cider
This was a particularly bland and uninspiring cider, barely worthy of the few words I have devoted to it here.
73. The Orchard Pig Lightly Sparkling Dry Cider
There have been ciders before, and there will be ciders again, that have the word dry on their label and yet taste fairly sweet and mild. This however was a dry cider. Really dry. How can pouring a liquid into your mouth actually make you feel parched? It's a clever trick but not really a good one.
Fog and Ceri both agreed this was too dry to really enjoy it. It was even dryer than the Tillington Hills we had tried in January. Despite this we had a feeling we might enjoy the next cider...
74. The Orchard Pig Lightly Sparkling Medium Cider
Although The Orchard Pig dry cider was too dry there was a quality to the underlying flavour. Collectively we felt the the medium version was going to be something pretty special. Unfortunatly it didn't quite live up to our expectations. It was nice enough but in fact it was a bit too sweet. I guess we're just impossible to please.
75. Sainsbury's Original Somerset Cider
This cider is the big brother of the Sainsbury's low alcohol cider we tried a few weeks ago. That one turned out to taste pretty much like apple juice but I was hoping for a little more from this, given the higher alcohol content. Sadly it was just as bad as the low alcohol cider. Very disapointing.
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