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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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at Exeter Arms. A light hazed peachy orange coloured pour with a a halo of white head. Aroma is semi sweet, rhubard custard, sugar,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, sticky sugars, medium sweet, sticky rhubarb sweets, rhubard custards. Palate is medium sweet, mellow carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2022 at 17:08

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at the sportsman Derby. A very clear golden pale yellow straw coloured pour with no head. Aroma is semi sweet, grass, tangy green apple, bark,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, woody mealy apple, some white sugars, grass. Palate is still, semi sweet, ok.
Tried from Cask on 11 Feb 2022 at 16:17

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
BIAB: Poured a golden with bubble head. Aroma is apple, crispy. Taste is pungent apples, metallic, tannins, dry finish.
Tried on 11 Feb 2022 at 16:08

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
BIAB at Crafty Merlin's, Darlington. Clear red colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of fruity apple, berry hint. Taste is sweet, fruity, apple, juicy, sugary, some berry notes and drying acidity. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium finish. Quite OK
Tried on 18 Dec 2021 at 17:25

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Keg, 1/3 pint shared with Finn, drink-in at Beerfly. A bubbly surface over a near-clear golden body, dotted spots on the glass. Rather sweet and dry apple skins on the nose. Mixed taste of sweet fruits, pears, peaches and apples. Smooth sweetness to a short tail. Easy going. (Bedford 18.11.2021).
Tried on 13 Dec 2021 at 11:37

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Half-pint, on cask at The Old Fountain. Shared with Finn. Bright golden body, naked at the surface, fragile lacing. Modest smell of sweet apple skins. Mixed taste of sweet apples, hints of caramel and berries. Sweet berries and apples to the aftertaste. Overly sweet, but quite drinkable. (London 16.11.2021).
Tried from Cask on 09 Dec 2021 at 13:53

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Keg, half-pint at Pint Shop Cambridge. Shared with Finn. Deep, blood reddish body, no head, no lacing. Moderate smell of berry skins and ripe apples. Balanced berry-fruity flavours, mid-sweet apples and red-berries. Rather sweet fruit-berry end. Okay. (Cambridge 14.11.2021).
Tried on 05 Dec 2021 at 10:28

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask, half-pint at Pint Shop Cambridge. Shared with Finn. Bright golden body, naked surface, poor lacing. Apple skins on the nose, mid-sweet. Taste of sweet apples, some spices to it. Ends with sweet apples. Just alright. (Cambridge 14.11.2021).
Tried from Cask on 05 Dec 2021 at 10:20

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bag in a box at The Made Inn Ashford. Clear red pink colour. thin white bubbles. very sweet. some strawberry jam and sloe flavour. far too sweet but ok for a one off. not mich gin.
Tried on 20 Nov 2021 at 16:58

5.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Delt med Rune. Gylden. Litt uklar. Litt luftig skumring. Ferskenaroma. Smaken mye fersken. Søt. Hint av epler i ettersmaken. Sikkert god som dessert.
Tried on 18 Nov 2021 at 14:30