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The Fear family has been making Cider for as long as anyone can remember, but it was in 1880 that the first commercial batch was sold by Mr Metford Fear to a public house in Weston Super Mare.

Then for many years the same cider was made for friends, family and colleagues by Mr John Fear on his farms in the South West. John continues to help his son Andrew to make the cider today, having passed down the art of real cider making.

In 2005, Andrew, having settled in Nottinghamshire and realising the commercial potential of the cider began to produce it, as “Thirsty Farmer Cider”, to sell in his own Shop and at Country Fetes and Shows.
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Grumbo (25958) reviewed
Blackcurrant (4.0%) from Thirsty Farmer
8 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
31/8/2018. From bag in box at the Dove Summer Beer Festival, Ipswich. Pours clear dark gold with no head. Aroma of sharp blackcurrant and apples. Moderate sweetness, light tartness. Moderate body, oily texture, flat carbonation. Tart sharpness to finish.
Tried from Bag in Box on 31 Aug 2018 at 17:59
minutemat (16858) reviewed
Premium from Thirsty Farmer
8 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
500ml bottle from Asda x Walmart Supermarkets. Pours clear gold, aroma has green apple, skins. Taste is crisp with a confident, gripping tannic tang. Good raw medium dry fruit character. Bright & flavoursome with a nice sparkle.
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2018 at 18:42
jjsint (8914) reviewed
Blackcurrant (4.0%) from Thirsty Farmer
8 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Handpull at the Barley Mow, Leicester. Golden, flat and slightly hazy. Fusty, earthy aroma with only touches of fruit. The taste is similar, there's an earthy mustiness complemented by sweet, sweet blackcurrant. A strange combination of sensations but they seem to complement each other. A weird little fruit cider that won't appeal to everyone but I dug it.
Tried on 21 Mar 2018 at 21:37
Tommann (7797) reviewed
Medium from Thirsty Farmer
8 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours dark gold with no carbonation. Aroma is cheesy bittersweet apple juice. Taste is very dry. Musty cheesy barnyard apples.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2018 at 20:58
Tommann (7797) reviewed
Premium from Thirsty Farmer
8 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours dull gold with medium carbonation. Aroma is sharp, sour apple. A little acetone. Taste has sweet pastry to start. Sour apple, little acetone on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2018 at 15:56
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Nottinghamshire Medium Cider from Thirsty Farmer
8 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bag in a box at The Fez Margate. Clear deep red colour no head. Very dry. Light acetone. Some almost raisin flavour. Then a really dry finish. Pretty good. Light acetone some brown sugar. Lovely dry finish. I liked it.
Tried from Bag in Box on 30 Dec 2017 at 08:22
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Nottinghamshire Dry Cider from Thirsty Farmer
8 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bag in a box at The Fez Margate. Clear gold colour no head. Sharp tannic proper cider apple aroma. Some acetone on aroma. Nice enough. Good acetone. Good dryness. Good character. Yep a good apple cider proper cider apples proper dedicated mouth.
Tried from Bag in Box on 30 Dec 2017 at 08:00
minutemat (16858) reviewed
Mango from Thirsty Farmer
8 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Box @ The Royal Oak, Shrewsbury. Pours hazy gold. Fruity high-juice aroma. Taste is similarly high-juice with a confident acidity, though no discernible mango presence. Still, fairly fruity all the same with subtle tannins. Decent box cider.
Tried on 30 Oct 2017 at 13:18
Olut (22669) reviewed
Medium from Thirsty Farmer
9 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from B&M Bargains, Halifax. Dark golden cider. Has a good blast of apple, but soon after a bittered finish that lingers somewhat. Fair aroma.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2017 at 15:04
MusingAnorak (13342) ticked
Medium Still Cider from Thirsty Farmer
9 years ago
6/10
Tried from Draft on 14 Jul 2017 at 19:47