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Blaengawney Heartbreaker Cider (Draught)

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Brewed by Blaengawney Cider
Style: Cider
Newport, Wales

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RATINGS: 10   MEAN: 3.45/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.31   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Draught only. Previously also available bottled.
A dry, still cider made from a blend of apple varieties.
This is our dry cider which is a traditional dry with a smooth finish and proves to be very popular with seasoned cider drinkers. Andy’s favourite!


3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
FatPhil (11547) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - SEP 8, 2015
Draught (Cambridge Blue, Cambridge) as "Hallets Heartbreaker" at 7%
Lovely rich orange, quite still. Very watery palate. Some gentle apple in aroma. Dry, some apple skins. No sign of 7% at all, in fact it’s almost weak. Toffee comes into the aroma late. Tanniny dryness in the mouth, but lots of apples remain in the taste. At least as medium as dry in my book. Which is one of my favourite places for a cider to be - nice one.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Stuu666 (7343) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - JAN 10, 2015
Poly pin/box at SRAF 2012. Pours cloudy copper, nose is apple, yeasty, taste is similar.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Benzai (11072) - Oirschot, THE NETHERLANDS, NETHERLANDS - AUG 17, 2014
Sampled at Brighton Beer Dispensary. A bit hazy yellow color, small white head. Smell and taste lightly sour apple, lightly green apple, vinous, very dry. Average to medium body, soft carbonation.

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
minutemat (2787) - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, ENGLAND - JUL 30, 2013
Cask at The Jolly Butchers, Stoke Newington - great to see good Welsh cider on draft in London. Has a very soothing cool pure apple taste, very refreshing and tastes like I’ve just consumed about 25 apples by the end of it. That’s a good thing by the way.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
Benjii (3049) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - JUN 29, 2012
Bag in a box at the Scottish Real Ale Festival, 2012. Pours a cloudy dark golden colour with an aroma of apples, yeast and alcohol. Similar flavours with a little tar also. Fairly dry with lingering smoke, tar and alcohol again.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
dantheman278 (1361) - SCOTLAND - JUN 28, 2012
Box at SRAF. Shared with cgarvieuk- cheers! Hazy vivid orange, no head. Touch of cheese, green apple skin, balsamic vinegar nose. Bone dry, sherbet, very drinkable, slightly thin, green apple skin tannin on the finish. OK.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
cgarvieuk (18120) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - JUN 28, 2012
poly pin at SRAF ... big hazy copper ... dry tanin apple nose ... sweet apple ... big soft apple ... juicy fruits ... mlllow apple ... massive tannin apple linger ... quite dry

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
jfb (4776) - Freising, GERMANY - JUN 11, 2012
(draught) pours a murky yellow colour with a very small white head. aroma of apple crumble and brown sugar, with a hint of green olives and a touch of onions. flavour is quite sweet, with lots of fresh apple juice, some light hints of oranges and cashew nuts. medium-bodied with very soft carbonation. could be drier.

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
Oakes (13660) - Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA - SEP 10, 2010
Cloudy dark straw. This could not smell any farmier - fresh cow shit for all. If you though you smelled stables in lambic, you’ve not smelled anything. Tastes like cheese -good farmhouse stuff. Light fruit, lots of tart. It’s like roasting mushrooms over dried cow patties, dripping disgusting stank gooey farmhouse cheese all over the mushrooms, and then eating it beside a cow.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Beershine (5218) - The Sunshine State, Florida, USA - SEP 2, 2010
Cask @ Swansea Bay Beer Festival 2010. Totally hazed and flat. I’m driving down a country road and the ripe smell of manure is seeping in through the windows. That is what this smells like. Really farmy and strangely romantic. Smooth mouthfeel. The blend of astringency and funk is remarkable. There is spice as well as funk. There is foot and very little apple character, actually. It has transcended the known parameters of cider. Could not drink a lot of it, but this was a memorable experience if only because this cider made Josh so very happy.


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