Avalon Cider (Pennard Organic Wines)

Cidery in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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The Drove, East Pennard, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6UA, England
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We produce a range of organic English wines (grape), fruit wines, mead, liqueurs and cider. Completely free of chemical residues, these quality products are grown and created in harmony with wildlife and the environment, deep in the Somerset countryside.

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Sweetest tasting 2.0. Clear pale straw. Sweet honey, wood, tobacco, white wine, muskat. Big sweet and light bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation.
Tried on 13 Apr 2018 at 17:36

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle sampled at The Sweetest tasting II. Clear pale golden with no head. Looks like white wine and smells a little like white wine too. Light flowers, sweet honey, dry apple, alcohol, kiwi, soft herbs, white grapes. Over medium sweet, light bitter and a soft sour touch. Medium bodied with no carbonation. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Apr 2018 at 17:35

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
7 3 7 3 14 Bottle shared at the mead tasting. Clear golden with no head. Aroma of honey, floral notes and some compost. Flavour is heavy sweet. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Apr 2018 at 17:34

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Vessel: unreportable
Blond color, pale. There is some honey aroma, with fruity and flowery tones, some beewax; fresh impression. Low to medium sweetness; the honey is not very present, but there is an interesting touch of nuts and vague traces of cookies. It ends a bit drier and weak.
Simple but not bad.
Tried on 13 Sep 2012 at 06:31

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. Yellowish golden colour, no head. Aroma is honey, cardboard and some alcohol. Flavour is honey and some quite watery things ending quite dry.
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2012 at 14:59

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
From a polycask at the Seven Stars, Bristol March 2012. Deep gold and slightly hazy. Medium sweet fruit, with a hint of the barnyard and medium finish. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 15 Apr 2012 at 09:56

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
bottle at chrisO .... golden yellow ... soft sweet honey ... light floral nose ... sweet light mellow honey ... light honey bitter in linger ... decent
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2012 at 09:37

6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 750ml. clear glass @ [ The chrisos festive get-together tasting ] Tasting by chriso.Clear light yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate honey, honey - nectar. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet with a long duration, honey thin, peppery notes, thin. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20111230]
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2012 at 11:12

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
At Chriso New Year 2011/12 tasting. Clear pale gold no head. Lots of woody honey on aroma. Some nut in mouth. Some sweetness. Some apple actually. Its ok but not the best
Tried on 30 Dec 2011 at 07:05

6.3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
From a plastic barrel @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England. [ As Avalon Medium Sweet Cider ].Light unclear medium yellow orange colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, barnyard, alcohol - aceton. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a long duration, apples, moderate to heavy aceton. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110805]
Tried on 18 Oct 2011 at 10:03