Biddenden Vineyards Strong Kentish Cider - Medium

Strong Kentish Cider - Medium

 

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

  Cider - Medium Regular
Score
5.95
ABV: 8.4% IBU: - Ticks: 18
Medium, 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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6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Third of a pint on cask at the Doncaster brewery.
No head or carbonation. Clear apple coloured pour. A little sweet

Tried from Cask at Doncaster Brewery Tap on 16 Sep 2025 at 16:13


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

Keg halfpint, simply as Biddenden Cider, at The Dog & Bell, Deptford. ABV is 8%. Extremely pale greenish-yellow colour, no head nor any carbonation. Aroma and flavour of cider apples, medium dry.

Tried from Draft on 01 Oct 2022 at 22:48


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Box @ Bridge Street Ale House. Very pale gold, clear. Oily mouthfeel, sweet Kentish apple fruit, tastes probably half its strength, excellent drinkability.

Tried on 09 Aug 2022 at 16:28


7.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Box @ Montefiore Arms, Ramsgate. Clear pale golden with a dryness but a good apple taste about it too, aroma too.

Tried on 19 Jun 2022 at 18:55


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

From bag-in-a-box at the Sausage & Cider Festival at The Dog & Bell, Deptford, London 04.06.22. Almost clear, but with a hue of yellow and green. Aroma and taste of bitter yellow apples, green apples and apple peel. Some bitterness in aftertaste.

Tried on 04 Jun 2022 at 19:18


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bag in a box at Hovelling Boat Ramsgate, Clear pale gold colour no head. I mean this was go to drunk juice as a teenager. Some sweetness brown sugar some apple juice. Flat. Some racy acidity towards the finish. Apple flesh flavour. Good dryness on finish. Not too bad . Not subtle

Tried on 05 May 2018 at 12:19


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught at Number Twenty2 Darlington. Hazy pale yellow colour, short-lived thin fizzy head and fruity apple aroma. Taste is sweet, tangy spicy apple with light tannin. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry sweetish finish. OK.

Tried on 31 Jul 2017 at 07:59


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Clear golden colour, no real head. Aroma of apple and cheese. Sweet apple flavour. Finish apple and cheese. Bit too sweet for me.
(from bottle @ Sunday Bottle Share / Not Quite So Grand Tasting, CBC Clerkenwell; RBESG 2014, London. Thanks for sharing, rb crew!)

Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2015 at 00:29


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared during the RBESG 2014 Sunday tasting at Craft Beer Co. Clerkenwell. Pours clear honey yellow-gold with a few bubbles for a head. The nose holds ripe and sugary apples with touches of creme and alcohol. Medium sweet flavor with artificial apple character, stewed apples, caramel. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with gooey sugars, white bread and heavy, syrupy apples. Meh.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2015 at 17:19


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle shared at the RBESG 2014, grand tasting 10/08/2014 Craft Beer Co Clerkenwell. Clear golden coloured pour with no head. Aroma is honey, earthy sweet and some vanilla. Flavour is composed of artificial apple, honey and sweet sugars. Palate is flat and sweet. Distinctly average.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2014 at 03:56