Blakeney Red Perry

Another variety from Gwatkin Cider, Herefordshire - and this time one that is going to seriously confuse the scoring system.

It's a perry, otherwise known as pear cider. Yep, that's right, it's made from pears, not apples.

Worst of all, I didn't actually realise this until after I had initially scored the drink thinking it was an apple cider, and it scored 10 out of 20 for having a too sweet, slightly strange taste. Now I understand why.

So, fair's fair, I decided to re-taste and re-score the Blakeney Red Perry bearing in mind that it quite rightly should taste different to an apple cider.

The label is clearly up there with the best (horse, farmer, old fashioned machinery, etc etc), and the rest is kind of ok... not bad, but not great. Far too sweet for my own tastes, although once you remember it's produced from pears then the taste does explain itself, the texture is also a bit light and fizzy.

Still, an easy to drink beverage for those who prefer something sweet, and let's not forget that it is 7.5% so you won't need many! (Um, drink responsibly ok course)

Name: Blakeney Red Perry, (7.5%)
Label: 4/5
Looks: 3/5
Flavour: 3/5
Texture: 3/5
Total: 13/20

So, the league table now looks like this.