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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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allmyvinyl (21581) reviewed
Organic Dry Cider from Castlings Heath Cottage
5 years ago
6.8/10 — 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
McCash (16382) reviewed
Organic Dry Cider from Castlings Heath Cottage
5 years ago
7.2/10 — 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
minutemat (16858) reviewed
Organic Dry Cider from Castlings Heath Cottage
7 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
330ml bottle @ Coracle Ironbridge. Pours misty yellow, bit whisky drenched aroma. Crisp, tangy first impressions, leaning towards whisky, vanilla and high juice with lots of good oaky complexities working in tandem with some low lying tannins. Very enjoyable this.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jun 2019 at 18:55
danlo (13924) reviewed
Organic Dry Cider from Castlings Heath Cottage
7 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
330ml bottle from House of Trembling Madness, York. Hazy yellow colour, no head and aroma of woody oak, apple. Taste is tart, citric, fleshy apple, green apple, with woody oak barrel and vanilla. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry acidic oaky finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2019 at 18:21
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Medium Dry Cider from Castlings Heath Cottage
15 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear light yellow color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is light to moderate apple, overripped red apples. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average to long duration, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100805]
Tried from Cask on 31 Jan 2011 at 14:09
yespr (55614) reviewed
Dry Cider from Castlings Heath Cottage
16 years ago
5.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
From cask. Pours almost clear and golden yellow with no head. Aroma is acidic and apple fruity. Acidic, slight spiced and apple fruity. Ends dry and a bit flat.
Tried from Cask on 05 Aug 2010 at 15:30
oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
Dry Cider from Castlings Heath Cottage
18 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
GBBF2008. Yellowish golden colour, no head. Aroma is glue, some nectar, rotten apples and quite stingy. Flavour is glue, apples, some alcohol and overall quite sweetish sour. Very dry palate.
Tried on 22 Aug 2008 at 03:03