It’s Perry’s, but it’s not perry. It’s a Redstreak, but it’s not red, nor streaky.
This is Perry’s Redstreak Cider. This 6.1%, Somerset, single variety cider has won the Great Taste Award 2016.
It’s good, with a nice balance and an aromatic something about it. I’m trying to work out what that something is. I think it’s barbecue coal. Maybe some chocolate in there too.
No, I’ve got it – it’s an old waxed jacket. Like licking a Barbour Beaufort, but without the dead pheasant hanging out the pocket. That sounds unpleasant, but don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. I’m inspired by a sudden pastoral vision from the days of yore, when life was simpler and everyone knew their place . . .
I’m not the pheasant plucker
I lick jackets with my tongue
I’m sitting drinking cider
Till I can’t control my bum
It does have a bit of the countryside about it though – a stag beetle on the label. Collector’s Card No 02, but what are the others to collect?
Redstreak is the type of apple, by the way.
Verdict: 4.5/5
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