Snails Bank Cider

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

Established in 2012

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Mayfields Cottage, Bishops Frome, Pencombe, HR7 4RT, England
Description
We select the best fruit that the locality has to offer and use our years of experience to craft ciders that are traditional, yet suit the modern palate. We don’t believe in chemicals or additives, we work with nature, not against it and, we think you’ll agree, the results speak for themselves.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
BIAB at William Stead JDW Darlington. Reddish colour, no head and aroma of concentrated strawberry & raspberry. Taste is sweet berry cordial, fruity and juicy. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet & berry flavoured yogurty finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried on 08 Jul 2016 at 06:47

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Box @ Ship & Pilot, Ilfracombe. Clear pale golden cider. The gin & tonic influence is there, both stated in its nose and taste, and this is a very sweet cider for it, which is clean tasting through an extremely smooth texture.
Tried on 08 Jul 2016 at 04:00

6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Box @ Ship & Pilot, Ilfracombe. Hazy pale peach coloured. Has both a sweet rhubarb aroma and taste, with a slightly thin texture, but a very palatable one.
Tried on 07 Jul 2016 at 03:17

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Box @ Salopian Bar, Shrewsbury. Pours clear copper, no head. Aroma of caramel and rich apple. Taste is clean with some toffee apple and very light tannins on the back teeth. Pleasant fruity number.
Tried on 06 Jul 2016 at 13:42

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Box @ The Salopian Bar, Shrewsbury. Pours clear, extremely pale yellow. Floral nose. Taste is a gripping floral character with tight tannins, very little cider apple presence. G&T, I guess, is there if you want, but it’s essentially a light floral cider.
Tried on 05 Jul 2016 at 15:39

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draught at Cider Tap, Euston. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of mellow pear. Taste is pear, medium sweetish, fruity with some biscuit notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, mellow dry sweetish finish. Quite OK.
Tried from Draft on 30 Jun 2016 at 09:53

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at Ravensgate Arms Ramsgate. Clear amber no head. Orchard apple aroma. A little funky. Sweetish. A decent medium cider. Sweetish.
Tried from Draft on 21 May 2016 at 08:27

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bag in a Box @ Stable, Birmingham. Pours pink with slight haze. Pleasant berry aroma. Tastes like apple and raspberry fruit cordial. Breezy, fruity and generally quite nice.
Tried on 14 Mar 2016 at 16:47

9/10
Tried on 05 Mar 2016 at 17:32

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask hand-pull at the Alma - Islington. Pours clear, light yellow, faintly hazy. The nose has some ripe berries, a little rot, white grape, vague bruised apple. Medium sweet, sugary, somewhat musty, medicinal, some grape juice, background Apple juice. Medium bodied, oily. Heavily sugary on the finish, a bit saccharin, with more berries, grapes, ripe apple, sugar syrup. Comes across as a little artificial. Minimal apple expression.
Tried from Cask on 01 Mar 2016 at 12:44