I really enjoyed last years cider advent calendar, but I didn’t want to order it again if the ciders were going to be the same. So instead Scott made me one himself! What a good egg. He put together a great mix, many of which I had never tried before.

Here are my thoughts, again mostly for my own reference.

• Mercury Draught Cider – 8/10 – better than I expected, pretty normal tasting, not too sweet
• Pipsqueak Apple Cider – 9/10 – dry, tart, natural taste, great
• Rekorderlig Apple Cider – 1/10 – smells like nail polish remover and doesn’t taste any better, couldn’t finish
• Saxton Apple Cider – 8/10 – a bit funky like French cider
• Montague Cider House – can’t remember
• Monteith’s Crushed Apple Cider – 7/10 – a bit sweet

• 5 Seeds Crisp Apple Cider – 8/10 – fine
• The Cider Lab Pink Lady Apple – 6.5/10 – ok. a little sweet, a little artificial tasting
• Orchard Thieves Apple Cider – can’t remember
• Spring Cider Co Apple & Pomegranate – 5/10 – this is cider watered down 50% with soda water, tastes fine but gets a half score for only being half cider
• Strongbow Dry – 8/10 – fine
• Pressman’s Original All Australian Apple Cider – 8/10 – very apple juice-y, nice

• Little Green Apple Cider – 3/10 – nooooo, fake apple flavour, sweet, like Sommersby (my least favourite cider ever)
• Bonamy’s Apple Cider – 6/10 – don’t like it that much, don’t know why exactly
• Willie Smith Bone Dry Apple Cider – 7/10 – dry but not sure about fermented flavour

• Twisted Sister Apple Cider – can’t remember
• Batlow Cloudy Cider – 8/10 – good
• James Squire Orchard Crush Apple – 8/10 – tart, has chunks, I still like it

• Cheeky Rascal Passionfruit Cider – 6/10 – fine I guess, a little passionfruit flavour, sweet
• Sunshack Feijoa Elderflower Cider – 6/10 – i just don’t think i really like feijoa or elderflower
• Dr. Pilkington’s Miracle Cider – 9/10 – light taste, refreshing AF
• Renberg Apple – 7/10 – Aldi version of Rekordelig, tastes ok
• Cheeky Rascal Apple Lime Mint Chilli – 6/10 – not as spicy as i hoped