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Woodthorpe Hall Fanshaw Gate Lane, Fanshaw Gate Lane, Holmesfield, S18 7WA, England
Description
Woodthorpe Hall is the home of Dick Shepley and his family, he is the man behind the Owd Barker strong Farmhouse Cider, the cider is made from the apple juices produced at the annual apple pressing day where friends, family, business contacts and a few CAMRA members all turn up and volunteer for the day in his garden!
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Bottle. Gift off Totnes I think. Probably been sat in the fridge two years. Clear apple juice colour. No head. Smells like some apples stored in egg boxes. Taste is pretty sweet overall. Decent mouthfeel with fine carbonation. Sweet cardboard to finish. Obvs should have had this fresher but I’m going to guess it might not have been much different.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2025
at 19:53
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Draught at Chesterfield CAMRA 2019 Beer Festival at the Winding Wheel. As Rubie Suzie 10.2%. Golden colour, no head and oxidised aroma. Taste is cardboardy, some apple, biscuity, wafer. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry oxidised finish. Tastes off to me but the servers are saying it's meant to taste like that and people are coming back for more so seems to be an acquired taste!
Tried
on 02 Feb 2019
at 12:48
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draught at Chesterfield CAMRA 2019 Beer Festival at the Winding Wheel. Golden colour, thin white foam head and biscuity oxidised aroma. Taste is tart fruity apple, woody oak, swamped by cardboardy biscuity astringent oxidised notes. Medium bodied, slightly spritzy carbonation, dry tangy oxidised finish.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2019
at 11:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Black Bulls Head, Beer Festival, Open Woodgate, Derbyshire, Friday 8th June 2018 Pours light yellowy, gold actually more straw coloured, this is a very strong cider but its does not taste strong. Good tang to this but a steady medium sweetness, nice appley flavours, good. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jun 2018
at 20:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
tap at jolly judge ... hazy amber yellow ... light soft asweet juicy apple ... tart apple ... light drying linger ... soft juicy ... quite nice
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2011
at 08:32