The Marlborough Cider Co

Tried in Auckland. Has a very pale yellow colour like a white wine and a very light apple bouquet. Taste initially tart that finishes with a very light tart apple flavour. 5.9% ABV. My rating 7/10.

Zeffer Green Apple

Tried at the Leuven Belgian Beer Cafe in Wellington, New Zealand. Zeffer Cidery is located in Hawke’s Bay. Pale yellow-green clour with a light fresh green apple bouquet. Semi-sweet with an up front green apple taste that finishes with a light tartness. Light and refreshing. 5.0% ABV. My rating 9/10.

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Frank’s Summer Pear

Tried in Hobart. Very pale amber colour with a light and sharp pear bouquet. Semi-sweet with a light pear taste that finishes a little drier, exceptional for a perry. 5.0% ABV. My rating 6.5/10.

Pagan (250)

My 250th cider is a pear and apple cider from Tasmania that I tried in Hobart, made by Pagan Produce Pty of Cradoc, Tasmania. They note that this is barrel aged. Pale yellow colour with a sharp pear and apple bouquet. Semi-sweet taste with pear slightly over apple with a skooth finish. Good for its type. 4.5% ABV. My rating 6.5/10.

Bruny Island Apple & Pear

Tried in Hobart. The blend is made from pears from the Tasman Peninsula and apples from Bruny Island. light yellow colour with a barely perceptable pear/apple bouquet. Very light pear taste and not that sweet for a pear cider, even though this is a blend and not a perry. Least pear flavour of any perry I've had. 5.1% ABV. My rating 6.5/10.

Bruny Island

Tried this in Hobart. Made in Alonnah on Bruny Island, they note this sparkling cider is made from fruit from Bruny Island and Huon Valley. Pale yellow colour with a light fresh apple bouquet. Light fresh apple taste that slightly semi-sweet throughout. 5.3% ABV. My rating 7/10.

Frank’s Summer

Tried in Hobart. This maker from Franklin, Tasmania is a sixth generation cider maker beginning in the 1830s. Pale yellow colour with a light fresh apple bouquet. Semi-sweet with a good combination of fresh and old apple taste that holds through to the finish. 5.0% ABV. My rating 7.5/10.

Mercury Double

Tried in Hobart, this cider comes in a small 250ml probably because of its high alcohol content at 10.0%! Dark amber colour with a light apple bouquet. Taste is thicker than any cider I've tried and the alcohol noticable, almost overpowering the light old apple taste. 10% ABV. My rating 6/10.

Mercury Dry

Tried in Hobart and they note that they are the oldest cider maker in Australia. Medium-light amber colour with very light apple bouquet. Very light apple flavour with a touch of astringency on the finish. 5.2% ABV. My rating 7/10.

Plenty

Tried in Hobart but made in Plenty, Tasmania. Medium amber ginger ale colour with a light fresh apple bouquet. Light apple taste just off-dry with a fresh apple finish. 5.0% ABV. My rating 7.5/10.

Mr Bridges Cloudy

Tried in Hobart, made from 100% Tasmanian apples with headquarters in Kettering, Tasmania. As the name states, it is cloudy - a cloudy yellow-amber with a distinct old apple bouquet. Taste has more body than most. It is semi-sweet with an odd aftertaste, almost like sour pear. 5.0% ABV. My rating 6/10.

Willie Smith’s ciders

Willie Smith’s is a large cider maker in Tasmania making a wide range of ciders, pure apple as well as flavored. They have been making ciders since 1888. I tried three: Gold, Organic and Bone Dry. Gold is made from Royal Gala, Pink Lady and Southern Bliss apples. Organic and Bone Dry are made from Royal Gala, Pink Lady and Fuji apples. Non-alc is made with water, apple juice, cider and lemon juice.

Gold - slightly cloudy pale amber with a light old apple bouquet. Initial astringent and dry mouth feel with a light old apple finish. Easy drinking. The best low alcohol cider I have had. 3.5% ABV. My rating 7.5/10.

Organic - cloudy with a pale amber colour and old apple bouquet. taste is off-dry with a pleasnt smooth apple taste and finishes with fruit forward. 5.0% ABV. My rating 7/10.

Bone Dry - slightly cloudy light amber colour with a light fresh apple bouquet. taste is definietly dry, bone dry! On second taste not as dry but a very light taste that then finishes less dry. 6.5% ABV. My rating 6/10.

Non-alc (non-alcoholic) - Pale yellow-amber colour with a faint apple bouquet, slightly artificial. Taste is mostly of light apple juice with a very slight "cider" flavour. Not unpleasant but not much different from diluted apple juice which is not surprising given the ingredients. 0.5% ABV. My rating 6.5/10.

5 Seeds Lower Sugar

Made by Lion Beer Spirits & Wine Pty, Sydney. Made of imported and local apples. Very light colour and bouquet. Light fresh apple taste just off-dry. Light and refreshing if not a lot of apple taste. 5.0% ABV. My rating 7.5/10

Strongbow Hard Cider

A variety of Strongbow I hadn’t seen until I found this in Perth, Australia. It is made in Australia. It looks like the regular Strongbow and seems to have the light bouquet of the original. Taste is a little lighter than the original. 8.2% ABV. My rating 7/10.

Bertie

By the CBCo Brewing of Margaret River, WA, Australia. They note that they use no artificial colours or flavours, nor do they use concentrates. Light yellow colour with a very light apple bouquet. Taste is very light taste that is initially semi-sweet but finishes lightly tart. 4.6% ABV. My rating 7/10. º

Monteith’s Crushed Apple

Tried this cider at the Belgian Beer Cafe, corner of King and Murray Streets in Perth, Australia, but it’s actually the cider is from New Zealand. It’s made by DB Breweries of Auckland. It was on tap; the only local cider they had was in the can. $14 for a pint! Very light colour like a vino verde and extremely with a light bouquet. Taste is light semi-sweet fresh apple with a slightly less sweet aftertaste. 4.5% ABV. My rating 7.5/10.

Val de Rance Cidre Bouché

From the Côtes d'Armor region of France. Deep amber colour with a heady old apple bouquet. Taste is intense old apple, semi-sweet balanced with a light astringency. 4% ABV. My rating 9/10. I usually like drier ciders but this one is one of the best quaffers I have tried!