Day 25 – Summary That’s not another cider, there were just the 24. I’m also writing this one on Christmas eve, but I thought if I did it now, I can take tomorrow off without breaking the chain. List in order Here are all the Lilley’s Cider advent calendar ciders in order: Raspberry Mojito (4%…
Day 24 – Tropical Morning The last day of my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar has revealed a Tropical cider, lightly sparkled and 4%. The picture on the bottle looks like pineapple, pink grapefruit, passion fruit and mango, but the back lists lime instead of passion fruit. There’s quite a bit of sediment, so this one…
Day 23 – Star Gazer Morning My Lilley’s Cider advent calendar bottle today describes itself as dry and crisp, which sounds very promising. It’s another lightly sparkled one, this time it’s 4.5%. Not much more on the website, nothing that explains the name, but it says that it’s a “slowly matured dry cider” and the…
Day 22 – Piña Colada Morning Another cocktail flavoured cider my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar today. This one is a Piña Colada, so I’m expecting tastes of coconut cream and pineapple. As I lover of rum, I quite like a Piña colada, so I’m definitely interested to see how this will play out when mixed…
Day 21 – Cherries & Berries Morning This morning I have pulled out a Cherries & Berries cider from my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar. Based on the label alone, this will include the taste of cherries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. My son loves cherries and berries squash, so perhaps this will be better than it…
Day 20 – Crazy Goat Morning An excellent cider in my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar this morning. This was the first Lilley’s cider that I ever tasted, the one that led me to visit their website and find this advent calendar in the first place. It’s 6.8%, cloud and still. It’s a blended cider and…
Day 19 – Apples & Pears Morning Today’s bottle from my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar is a 5.2% lightly sparkled Apples & Pears cider. I do think it’s funny that they can’t seem to decide whether they’re lightly sparkled or lightly sparkling, but that’s beside the point. I wasn’t sure if this was going to…
Day 18 – Gingerbread Morning A nice surprise in my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar this morning, a 4% lightly sparkling Gingerbread cider. I like the taste of ginger; ginger beer, ginger tea, ginger biscuits, gingerbread. And this one feels like a nice Christmassy wintery one as well, so definitely looking forward to this evening. Evening…
Day 17 – Strawberry Morning Another day, another fruity number in my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar. Today it’s the turn of Strawberry, and it’s another 4% lightly sparkled offering. I have a bit of a thing with strawberry – I love the berry itself, lovely and fresh, preferably served with cream, but when things are…
Day 16 – Rhubarb Morning Today in my Lilley’s Cider advent calendar is another 4% lightly sparkled fruity cider – this time it’s a Rhubarb cider. So I’m expecting this to be quite summary, probably a combination of sweet and tart. I can’t remember the last time I had rhubarb that wasn’t in a crumble…