Dunkertons Cider

Cidery in Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1980

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Dowdeswell Park, London Road, Charlton Kings, GL52 6UT, England
Description
Founded in Herefordshire.
Pressed, fermented, and bottled in Gloucestershire.

Dunkertons history reaches back to 1980 when Ivor and Susie Dunkerton made the decision to escape London and buy a small holding in Pembridge, Herefordshire. They realised that with such a small amount of land they needed to specialise in some form of agriculture and spotted that traditional cider making presented a fantastic opportunity.

In 2014 Ivor and Susie passed Dunkertons to their son Julian and his business partner Bean.

In 2016 the production business relocated to our new state of the art cidery at Dowdeswell Park, Cheltenham.

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6

33cl can from Gloucester Services Farm shop. No head. Hazy golden pour. Light trt aftertaste

Tried from Can on 19 May 2021 at 20:54


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

50cl bottle from Sainsbury’s.
Very thin ring white head. Hazy golden pour. Slight tart aftertaste. A decent cider

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2021 at 23:07


7

6.8% Sweet mushy & meally apples, applesauce with a little dash of apple vinegar. Sweet, dry peels, light vinagrous tart edge. Medium body and soft carbonation. Very basic very English, no warmth or funk or wild tannin complexity, but very easy drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2021 at 00:40


7

A somewhat compressed gamut of aromas, containing fruitsugars, sweet apple and meally pear, some moss or light herbal/vegetal woody tannin notes. But mostly just clean and tight apple forward. Medium sweet and light tart & bitter. Soft carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Craft - Organic Medium Cider on 30 Jan 2021 at 23:40 - Score: 7. Original review text: A somewhat compressed gamut of aromas, containing fruitsugars, sweet apple and meally pear, some moss or light herbal/vegetal woody tannin notes. But mostly just clean and tight apple forward. Medium sweet and light tart & bitter. Soft carbonation.

Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2021 at 23:40


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

Golden colour, short-lived foam white head and aroma of mucky funk, fruity apple. Taste is bittersweet apple, orchardy, leathery, barnyard funky, with citric hints and lots of drying earthy tannins. Medium bodied, fine soft carbonation, medium-dry mellow tannic finish. Very drinkable. 500ml bottle, gold, nice short lived white head. Aroma of barnyard funky apples, wood and alcohol. Taste is semi-sweet, slightly bitter apples, woody, fruity, tannins. Moderately dry. Well made cider

Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2020 at 16:32


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

500ml bottle. Clear gold, brief head, quite fizzy. Aroma is light funky pears, wood and alcohol. Taste is semi-sweet, tart pear, dry fruity and wood noted finish. Medium bodied and a lighter more gentle fizz on the palate than expected, which was nice. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2020 at 14:52


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

Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Pale yellow. Apples, a bit of funk, sulphur, slightly sweetish, sourish note, a bit of wood, dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2020 at 13:59


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

Bottle. Favourite Beers, Cheltenham. Mostly clear, dark straw colour. No head. Nose has some savoury smoke. Touch of vanilla. Some leather. Baked apple. Taste has smoky sweetness. Light tannic acidity. Soft carbonation. Sweet and smoky finish. Be nice if they mentioned which county it was made in. What would Ivor think?

Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2020 at 21:11


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


Bottle 500ml. @ [ Højbjerg Tasting ] - Saxo House, Højbjerg - Aarhus, Denmark.

[ As Dunkertons Court Royal Cider ].
ABV: 7.5%. Clear medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate apple, apple skin, dry apples. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, apple, apple skin, farmyard, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20201003]
6-3-7-3-14

Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2020 at 10:18


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home, from local CoOp, 04/10/20. Almost clear golden with a moderate white cap that soon dissipates. Nose is earthy apple, smoked pork, straw, light funk. Taste comprises tangy apple, orchard wood, vinous, farmy twang. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2020 at 16:09