Cider and beer review — Apple Thiefand Little Brewing Company

Beer review, Cider

Apple Thief William Pear Cider 330ml $4.15
Apple Thief is a Batlow-based brand making apple and pear ciders from local fruit – in this instance William pears. The colour is pale and while the aroma’s light, the slightly sweet palate delivers delicate pear flavour and tart acidity. It’s all-natural, they say, and definitely tastes like pears.

The Little Brewing Company Mad Abbot Dubbel 330ml $8
From Port Macquarie comes this deep brown ale, modelled on a style developed by Belgium’s Trappist monks in the nineteenth century. It’s an opulent, malty, fruity, high-alcohol style (6.9 per cent), with fresh acidity and quite low on bittering.

Copyright Chris Shanahan 2013
First published 11 September 2013 in the Canberra Times

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