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

27/3/2020. Bottle from Tuffins Supermarket, Craven Arms. Pours fizzy clear pale gold with a short lasting white head. Aroma is moderately sweet apples, lightly funky, tannic, woody and barnyard. Moderate sweetness and light tartness. Medium body, average carbonation. Finished quite dry. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Mar 2020 at 15:54


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

Pours a bit hazed blonde. Scent is strong, sharp, mild acetic acid, dry, mild fruity perception. Taste is strong, high in acids , relatively strong to the acetic side. Pears shine trough mildly, making this a very thirst-quenchening Perry that's mostly reccomended for Geuze-style appreciators. A Perry that offers possibilities both in foodpairing, or in a qualitative drinks menu.

Tried on 26 Mar 2020 at 15:18


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

500ml bottle from Real Ale Store, Newark. Gusher on opening. Hazy yellow gold colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of muck, funky apple. Taste is sweetish, tangy apple, tart, citric, oaky, funk, orchardy with some earthy tannin. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Feb 2020 at 21:49


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

500ml bottle from Real Ale Store, Newark. 7.5%. Orangey golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of mucky apple, barnyard funk, earthy. Taste is tangy tart apple, muck, barnyard funky, leathery with spicy earthy tannins. Medium bodied, slightly spritzy carbonation, dry tangy tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2020 at 20:31


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

On tap at Schilling - PDX, pours a clear golden with a tiny head. Nose brings out gentle rustic farmhouse notes and crisp apple skins. Flavour is bone dry, with rustic notes and farmhouse notes. Bone dry and gently funky. Good stuff.

Tried from Draft on 20 Feb 2020 at 07:42


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

500ml bottle from Cross Lanes Farmshop, Barnard Castle. 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.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2020 at 19:52


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

Bottle at home picked up from Hereford Cider Museum. A light hazed petrol yellow coloured pour with a decent fading effervescence. Aroma is dry funky apple, bark, rubber, tangy apple curd. Flavour is composed of semi sweet apple, spicy funk, tart drying finish. Palate is tart, highish fine bubbles, tart spicy finish. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2020 at 21:59


7

Wild festival. Clear pale golden. Woody and dry apple with some barn funk. Very dry and crispy. Pretty fly for a UK guy. Medium body with soft fizzy carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2019 at 21:47


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

Tried on 23 Nov 2019 at 20:53


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

Tried on 23 Nov 2019 at 20:48