Little Pomona

Cidery in Bromyard, Herefordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2017

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Brook House Farm, Avenbury Lane, Bromyard, HR7 4LB, England
Description
Working with its home orchard and some of the most talented orchardists in its environs, Little Pomona crafts ciders and perries and other fermented beverages that speak of the land, that taste of the harvest, that illustrate the wonderful cidermaking heritage the region is built on, and that look to the future.

First launched onto the market in 2017, Susanna and James Forbes' story started a few years earlier, when they found their dream orchard in Thornbury, North Herefordshire: 120 trees with four classic cider apple varieties. Inspired by the tastes and vision of notable producers, their quest was to work with the best possible fruit using natural methods to fashion ciders and perries with true flavours. Ciders with the character and structure to match with food. Ciders to enjoy, to share and to celebrate with.

Little Pomona was the first to create dry, keg-conditioned cider on a commercial basis, and its Root & Branch instantly won fans. The future will see more dry kegged ciders alongside a fascinating barrel fermentation and maturation programme.

Aided and abetted since the 2019 harvest by talented Canadian, Blair Côté, the team continues to adopt a progressive and experimental approach to the fermentation of fruit.

Thrilled to be named the 2019 Cider Producer of the Year by the Hereford Times, always the vision has been to share this journey, and today Little Pomona embarks on a fresh chapter as its opens its new Cider House, complete with Tasting Room.

Nestling between the apples and the hops on Brook House Farm, once travel restrictions lift, come and visit for your own Little Pomona experience. And join the Little Pomona Club for exclusive offers on special releases and a chance to join us for harvest.

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8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
110ml bottle at Some Like it Still! Little Pomona Zoom tasting. Slightly hazy orange gold colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of tangerines, vanilla, oak barrel. Taste is citrusy orange, tangerines, fleshy apple, juicy apple, tart, acidic, wine-like, with some woody vanilla oaky tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, mellow juicy & acidic finish. Very drinkable indeed.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2021 at 20:15

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
110ml bottle at Some Like it Still! Little Pomona Zoom tasting. Hazy orangey gold colour, no head and aroma of orangey fruit, spice hint. Taste is sharp, minerally, salty, iodine, apple, zesty, citric, acidic, powdery tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry acidic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2021 at 20:02

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
110ml bottle at Some Like it Still! Little Pomona Zoom tasting. Rich golden colour, no head and aroma of leathery funk, straw, musty apple, earthy, smokey. Taste is tangy, fleshy apple, peachy, apricot, fruity floral, woody oak with lots of drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Very drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2021 at 19:51

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample thanks to Danlo: Poured a white yellow with white head. Aroma is fruity apples, some woodsy. Taste is woodsy, fruity, apple, tannin.
Tried on 30 Jan 2021 at 18:30

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
30/1/2021. Bottle sample courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed! Pours hazy pale gold with a small white head. Aroma of vanilla, wood, sweet herbs, flowers, yeast. Moderate sweetness with sharp tangy bitter tart notes. Medium body, average carbonation. Dry finish. Flavoursome and enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2021 at 16:41

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2020 at 21:41

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750ml bottle from Little Pomona. Rating #7000. Hazy yellow colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of fruity apple, with hints of wood and white wine. Taste is slightly tart, tangy, woody, fruity, apple, some vanilla, oak, with alittle green apple and citric, white wine notes. Medium bodied, light carbonation, mellow dry finish with lingering oak & vanilla. Very drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2020 at 17:27

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 5
Keine Karbonisierung. Süß säuerlich, moderat würzig, fruchtig aber flach. Birnen, leichte Holznoten, mittellanger Abgang. Okay, mir fehlt die Karbonisierung. 9/7/8/7//8
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2020 at 19:54

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Eher trockener, leicht holzig trockener Beginn. Würzig rund, ansteigende Säure von geringem Level aus, süffig. Quitte, feine Säure, hohe Süffigkeit. Gut. 10/12/12/11/8/11
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2020 at 19:38

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Ziemlich trockener, apfelig holziger Beginn. Dunkel, trocken, dennoch ausgewogen. Geringe Karbonisierung, adstringent, herb-würzig, langer Nachhall. 9/10/7/8/10/8
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2020 at 18:42