Day 13 – Gladiator Morning Yesterday I asked, and today my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar delivered. A whopping 8.4% still medium Gladiator cider. I’m expecting this to be really nice, hopefully leaning towards dry rather than sweet, and packing a bit of a punch. Evening Considering this was 8.4%, I was really tasty and smooth.…
Advent calendar – day 12
Day 12 – Peach Cider Morning Unfortunately today’s Lilley’s Cider advent calendar offering is another fruity number – this team it’s a 4% lightly sparkled Peach cider. I may be pleasantly surprised, like I was with the Mango cider, but we’ll see this evening. Evening This was actually surprisingly similar to the Mango cider from…
Advent calendar – day 11
Day 11 – Elderflower Morning Another day, another door to open on my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar. And today was a 4% lightly sparkled Elderflower kind of a day. I’m pretty happy with this, as I usually like Elderflower, and I’ve never tried an Elderflower cider. I’m looking forward to this being really light and…
Advent calendar – day 10
Day 10 – Cheeky Pig Morning Oh yes, it’s a Cheeky Pig! My first Lilley’s experience was trying a pint of Crazy Goat in a local pub, and that is a 6.8% blend of cider and perry, just like this 7.5% Cheeky Pig in front of me. So I’m really keen to try this one,…
Advent calendar – day 9
Day 9 – Mango Cider Morning Today I discover it’s actually much easier to push the door on my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar in and twist, than it is to try and get my fat finger into the notch to pull it out. Never stop learning! Anyway, today has yielded a bottle of 4% Lilley’s…
Advent calendar – day 8
Day 8 – Lilley’s Select Morning Today’s door on my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar was hiding a bottle of 4.8% medium dry, lightly sparkled, Lilley’s Select cider. I’m definitely looking forward to trying this one, as I do generally prefer a dry cider over a sweet one, and this should be a really nice apple…