Castlings Heath Cottage

Cidery in Sudbury, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Castling's Heath Cottage, Castling's Heath, Groton, Sudbury, CO10 5ES, England
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Castlings Heath Cottage produce cider in the traditional way using local organic apples. Our 'Original' is cider in it's simplest form, with nothing added and nothing taken away, it has a classic East Anglian dry, tart flavour and is available all year round. In the past few years we have been experimenting with adding other fruits and spices with great success. 'Apple Pie' has the addition of some warming spices and resembles a real apple pie! Seasonal ciders also include 'Elderflower Cider', 'Rosehip Cider' and cider with hedgerow berries.

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7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

BIAB at the Chappel Beer Festival with Grumbo. Aroma is whiskey, vanilla, woody, sweet apple and tannic. Decent body and very smooth. Woody dryness. Nice bitterness developing as well. Very good.

Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:54


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Bright golden colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of whisky, wood barrel, apple. Taste is tangy, tart, apple, whisky cask, woody, vanilla, oak, buttery with some spicy tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tangy & tannic whisky barrel finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Cask on 18 Sep 2024 at 21:17


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

6/9/2024. From BIAB at the 37th Chappel Summer Beer Festival. Pours clear golden with a few bubbles. Aroma is whisky, woody, vanilla, sweet apple, flowers, menthol. Medium sweetness, developing bitterness and dryness. Medium body, very smooth, light carbonation. Dry woody finish. Enjoyed this.

Tried on 07 Sep 2024 at 11:05


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

Panda at home, thanks to Graham Grumbo, 04/02/24. Clear golden to light amber with a just off white cap formed of bubbles that cling to the edge of the glass. Nose is apple skins, caramel, hedgerow, light herb, straw. Taste comprises caramel, toffee apple, herb, apple skins, funk, whisky kissed, stewed fruit notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Tidy flavoursome cider.

Tried on 04 Feb 2024 at 16:42


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

28/12/2023. Bottle bought at 3at3, Ely. Pours clear pale golden with a short lasting bubbly white head. Aroma is woody, vanilla, apple, citrus, whiskey. Medium sweetness, light tart edge. Medium body, oily, quite fizzy. Drying watered whiskey finish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2023 at 12:36


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

Cask at gbbf 2022 day 3. A clear amber orange coloured pour with a fading loose off white head. Aroma is boozy alcohol, cif, hot Alcohol, rum barrel. Green apple,. Flavour is composed of nice sweet oaky vanilla, rum, tangy green apple, boozy fruit, sherry notes. Palate is semi sweet tannin, mellow carbonation. Good fun stuff.

Tried from Cask on 04 Aug 2022 at 13:15


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

Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Cloudy yellow. Apples, a bit of funk, oak, sulphur note, sourish, acidic, citric, some bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2021 at 18:43


6.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

2019 vintage. Sample thanks to Ashton McCobb. Murky yellow pour. Aromas of funky sherbet, bretty notes, faint wood and apple. Taste is sharp sour, lemon juice, apple juice, wood again. Dry finish.

Tried on 04 Mar 2021 at 16:40


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

75cl bottle from Hoptimism. Appearance - cloudy yellow. Initially a fizzy head but then it disappears. Nose - citrus, green apples and apple skins. Possibly a little woodiness. Taste - green apples and wood again. Lemon edge. Palate - light bodied, high acidity. Good linger! Overall - a bit challenging but worth the time investment.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2021 at 18:56