Christmas Cider
Marks & Spencer Stores in Paddington, Greater London, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: Sandford OrchardsCider - Spiced Regular
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Score
6.85
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Citrus and spice-flavoured cloudy winter cider, made with vintage English apples and clementine juice for a warming flavour. Expertly blended for M&S by Sandford Orchards in Devon. With its festive flavour and seasonal spices, this cider is a perfect match for roast pork, baked gammon and a Christmas Yule log. Best served chilled.
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Reubs (35701) reviewed Christmas Cider from Marks & Spencer Stores 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from M&S, thanks to/shared at folks in London - clear golden yellow pour with small white bubbly head. Prominent sweet apple, sweet fruity,with some nice cinnamon spice, apple skin, slight wooden accents, nicely judged spiced apple finish, apple and cinnamon works well here. --- Beer merged from original tick of Christmas Cider on 26 Mar 2025 at 12:32 - Score: 7. Original review text: Medium sweet balanced apple fruity, bramley apples, apple sauce, getting those seasonal spices coming through, touch of nutmeg, the cardamom and orange peel, lingering apple finish. Pretty decent overall.
danlo (13332) reviewed Christmas Cider from Marks & Spencer Stores 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle from M&S Darlington. Hazy yellow gold colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of mellow apple & hint of spices. Taste is fruity apple, orange tang, with cinnamon, spices and light drying tannins. Light bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry finish with some spice. Quite drinkable.
Tommann (7675) reviewed Christmas Cider from Marks & Spencer Stores 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle. Pours hazy lemon gold with high carbonation. Aroma is dry apple, clementine and Christmas spice. Taste has apple and orange to start. Dry apple and Christmas spice finish.
minutemat (16469) reviewed Christmas Cider from Marks & Spencer Stores 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle. Pours hazy yellow, mild spice and medium sweet apple fruit on the nose. Taste is clean, crisp, medium, with some pleasantly mild Christmas spice, cinnamon and orange rind which went well with my M&S spring rolls. Not a huge amount of spice here, compared to other spiced ciders, but what you get seems enough.
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Christmas Cider from Marks & Spencer Stores 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Marks&Spencer St Pancras and drunk on a train. Cloudy pale gold colour lasting white head. stewed apple aroma with some cinnamon like spice. Which made it a bit sweetish. Ok apple flavours. Not much true cider apple presence. Some brown sugar flavour. A little sour on end. Tasty though.
Fergus (31537) reviewed Christmas Cider from Marks & Spencer Stores 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home picked up from Watford M&S. A clouded yellow coloured pour with no head. Aroma is semi sweet apple, nice woody spices, nutmeg and cinnmin. Not too heavy handed. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, spicy apple, light tart, woody, mellow christmas spices, Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Not too shaby.