Foxbic
Mills Brewing in Thrupp, Gloucestershire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Collab with: Oliver's CiderSour / Wild Beer Series Out of Production
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Score
7.68
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Collaboration with Oliver's Cider and Perry. Foxbic was made using the turbid mash method in the style of traditional Lambic producers. The wort was fermented with Foxwhelp apple juice by cider lees in old oak barrels for eight months. The resulting blend was then bottle conditioned and aged for a further eight months prior to release, making this a true blend of traditional brewing and cider making techniques.
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7.2/10
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2025
at 18:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Chris and Ruth Pre-GBBF 2017 tasting - London. Cheers! Pours cloudy yellow-gold with a creamy, white head. The nose holds apple, lemon, light musty notes. Lightly sweet, dry, with some grass, hay, apple skins. Light to medium bodied with massaging carbonation. Modestly drying in the finish, musty, more apple skins, mellow lemony tang. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2021
at 17:34
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
My first bottle of Mills, sampled back in July 2017. Bottle sourced online from the sadly now defunct Beer Revolution in Hay-on-Wye. Pours lightly hazed gold with a white head. Aroma: cider apples, funk, floral. Taste: light to moderate acidity, dry, light sharp, spritzy cider apples, lemon, funk. Medium bodied with ample carbonation. Different but lovely
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2020
at 23:32
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 750 ml, courtesy of Max. Hazy golden with white head. Shared at Arrogant tasting. Funky, apples, tart, citrus, smooth. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2018
at 08:04
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, by way of a UK trade. Cheers Tom. Hazed, pale gold. Thin, dense, lasting, white head. Nose has cider apple lolly. Toffee apple. Light, cheesy funk. Sweet, fat lemon. Wet wood. Itโs got that walk in the woods after a downpour thing going on. Then thereโs a touch of vanilla. Wow. Taste is well balanced, sweet and dry, with a funky, lemony, tart apple sourness. Light and bright mouthfeel. Massaging carbonation. Dry and light tart finish. Like 3F Oude Geuze with a cider lolly mashed up in it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2018
at 20:28
8/10
Tried
on 05 Jun 2018
at 18:49
8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 750ml. @ [ chriso & Boudicca's pre- GBBF Shindig 2017 ] - Chris and Ruth's House, London. [ As Mills / Olivers Cider Foxbic ].Murky matt medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, good - fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is barnyard, leather, tart, apple, citrus, minerals, wood. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic with a long duration, tart, sour, citrus, apple, funky, wood. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170805] 8-2-9-4-17
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2018
at 14:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
75cl bottle from Tom Oliver. Pours a generally clear gold with the lightest mist, minimal remaining head. Aroma has some pleasantly light wild floral funk. Taste presents a fruity floral wild yeast character, not overly sour or sharp, but enough wild elements to keep it bristlingly tart. Some apple juice echoes. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2018
at 18:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at appellation... Hazy amber... Thin white lacing.. Soft funk barnyard apple fruit nose.. Soft sharp funk.. Tart fruits.. Dry apple tanin.. Light acetic
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2018
at 09:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
What does the foxbic say? Bottle at appellation. Pours deep peach, nose is funk, apple, oak, floral, taste is toffee, zesty apple, vinegar, funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2018
at 03:05