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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.
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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Leighton's place, 23/11/2017. Thanks to Leighton for this one. A bright A bright golden orange coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is sweet golden delicious apple, strawberry and cream. Flavour is composed of crisp tart apple, pear, super dry, strawberry pez swets, drying pithy apple. Palate is uber dry, pithy, still, no carbonation. Very unusual, finish is very sudden. Little bark in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2017
at 15:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared in Hackney - picked up at Borough Wines. Pours clear orange. The nose has ripening apples, a little musty rot, peel. Light sweet flavour, some peppery notes, lots of dryness, more apple skins, salt. Medium bodied, soft. Bone dry finish, plenty of bitter skin, some old wood, grass, salt, lemon rind. Pretty novel, fun cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2017
at 14:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at LKS. It pours clear deep golden with a with bubbly white head. The aroma is soft, sweet, oaky, must, lemon, apple skin and grainy sweetness. The taste is firmly dry, tart, quite bright acidic upfront, oak, pickled onion monster munch and white grape skin with a drying finish. Medium body and flat. Dry and tart. Interesting stuff. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2017
at 14:49
4/10
Tried
on 23 Nov 2017
at 14:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in Hackney - picked up at some bottle shop in London. Pours clear pinking yellow th a few bubbles on top. The nose has a little ripe apple, hints of lemon, wood. Lightly sweet, really dry, with some sturdy acidity, more wood, lemon. Medium bodied with nips of carbonation. Bone dry on the finish, with some apple skins, salt, more wood, citric acidity. Interesting stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2017
at 12:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at LKS. It pours clear golden with a bubbly head. The aroma is soft, sweet candy, pear drops, apple pie, must, white sugar, oily, toffee and stroopwaffle. The taste is firmly dry, tart, bright, acidic upfront which dissipates, apple skin, tannin, gooseberry, white grape, woody, earthy, sherbet, sherbet and candy with a drying finish. Medium bodied and flat. Rather fun stuff. Works well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2017
at 12:57
6/10
Tried
on 23 Nov 2017
at 12:54
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle from Beer Revolution. Pours a clear burnished amber. Quite a fresh, fruity aroma of pleasant juicy apple fruit. Taste presents a distinctly dry character, good bittersharp apple fruit presence with a vibrant bitterness, some apple skins. Generally clean with little tannic fuzz; almost wine-like in terms of mouthfeel. Yeah, for a first effort this is pretty good. Refined with delicate nuances of apple fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2017
at 12:06