Biddenden Vineyards Strong Kentish Cider - Dry

Strong Kentish Cider - Dry

 

Biddenden Vineyards in Ashford, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Cider - Dry Regular
Score
6.62
ABV: 8.4% IBU: - Ticks: 14
Dry, wine style cider made from Kent grown culinary & dessert apples

Our ‘famous’ Strong Kentish cider is still and smooth with a refreshing apple taste. Created using the traditional Barnes’ family recipe, all Biddenden’s ciders are produced from a blend of farm-pressed, quality Kentish culinary and dessert apples.
 

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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

From bag-in-a-box at the Sausage & Cider Festival at The Dog & Bell, Deptford, London 04.06.22. Clear pale urine colour. No head. Fine aroma and taste of crisp yellow apples, cider apples and wild apples. Dry and crisp mouthfeel. Very drinkable.

Tried on 04 Jun 2022 at 13:39


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bladder bag at the Four Candles, Broadstairs, 21/05/21. Pale clear golden with nothing offered in way of a head. Nose is bitter sweet apple tones, dusty hay, light funk levels, grains, wooded notes. Taste comprises tangy apple skins, tannins, light barnyard, residual sugars, iced glazing, vanilla trace. Medium bodied, fine to light carbonation, assertive dryness in the close. Solid stuff ... does not come in near 8% ... could do you some damage unknowingly sipping away on this !

Tried from Can on 24 May 2021 at 08:52


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sample, thanks Grumbo! Misty straw yellow. Moderately sweet aroma, custard hints, taste is centred on a green apple character, crisp and crunchy in feel, with a nice bristling carbonation, gently tangy, sweet. Very good.

Tried on 03 Sep 2020 at 19:05


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

23/8/2020. From BIAB at the Fat Cat, Ipswich. Pours clear golden with no head. Aroma of semi-sweet apples, light caramel and a touch of wood and rubber. Moderate sweetness and light tartness. Medium body, slight sticky texture, soft to flat carbonation. Tangy light tart finish.

Tried on 23 Aug 2020 at 12:36


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Faox and Grapes, Nottingham. Clear pale golden, no head. Apples, quite sweet, tart, vinous. Medium bodied.

Tried from Draft at Fox and Grapes on 20 Jan 2020 at 20:53


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

BIAB at Station House, Durham. Pale yellow colour, no head and white wine aroma. Taste is sweetish, fruity, tart apple, citric with white wine notes. Slick mouthfeel, light to medium bodied, low carbonation, dry fruity citric finish. Quite OK

Tried on 01 Aug 2018 at 16:10


5.5
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. No head. Color is water. Aroma and taste are bittersweet apples, fruits, sugar and has a light sour and sweet finish.

Tried from Cask on 28 Jul 2017 at 07:39


5.9
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Cloudy without color and without head. Aroma is sweet apples, green apples, fruity and alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish with warming alcohol. 280717

Tried from Cask on 28 Jul 2017 at 07:38


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Box @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Clear golden-yellow, clean and crisp despite a dominant dryness. It’s not quite feeling its strength.

Tried on 03 Apr 2017 at 12:35


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at Claret Freehouse. It pours clear very pale yellow with no head. The nose is earthy, musty, barnyard, appletiser and apple skin. The taste is dry, earth, apple skin, tangy apple, alcohol hit, tart pear, touch of acidity, white grape and wood. Medium body, pretty much flat and slick mouth - feel. Drinks easier than it should, consider you get a good boost from it. Solid. Originally 3.5. Drank this many times since including in bottle. Balanced and moreish. Very enjoyable. 3.7

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2016 at 09:24