Ascension Cider

Cidery in Etchingham, East Sussex, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

Established in 2017

Contact
Ringden Farm, London Road, Hurst Green, Etchingham, TN19 7QY, England
Description
Our mission is simple: Fly high and make the best cider we possibly can. You can find us in an old apple store on an orchard in Sussex.

All of the apples that go into our ciders have been rejected by supermarkets for not fitting their beauty standards. Weโ€™re not that shallow. We take these tasty fruits and help them reach their full potential in our delicious ciders.

Note - Ringden Farm is the production site for pressing and bottling. The office administration address is in Polegate.

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6.4/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Box @ Coracle. Pours an unclear pale yellow. Aroma is nettley bramley. Taste presents viciously tart bramley apple, confidently acidic with a wild nettley tang, fairly jagged overall. Interesting wild elements.
Tried on 28 Aug 2019 at 21:05

6.9/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Box @ Coracle. Pours misty yellow. Pleasant lemon on the nose, soft pineapple, distant apple fruit. Smooth on the palate, tart with nice lemon shades, soft pineapple and wild underlying apple fruit. Light with a high drinkability. Decent.
Tried on 28 Aug 2019 at 21:01

6/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Box @ Coracle. Pours a misty golden yellow. Aroma is fruity, light. Taste is typically light, gently fruity, very dry with a woody acidity. Light and watery, drinks well for the strength.
Tried on 28 Aug 2019 at 20:57

6.4/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Box @ Bailey Head. Pours a murky pulpy smoothie orange. Aroma has light juicy peachy shades. Light on the palate, some gentle peach juice, distant wild apple fruit, drying close. Bit light and drying, could do with a little more sweetness and clarity of flavour.
Tried on 28 Aug 2019 at 19:39

6.3/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Box @ Bailey Head. Pours opaque gold. Aroma is moderately sweet apple fruit, peachy hints. Taste is extremely light, watery, as is standard with Ascension ciders, moderately sweet apple fruit, gentle wild notes, very dry with a very light acidity.. drinks much lighter than 6%. Ok.
Tried on 28 Aug 2019 at 19:34

5.9/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Box @ Bailey Head. Pours a murky unclear blushing pinkish red. Aroma is sweet, red berries.. not jumping out as cherry specifically. Taste continues, with a smooth, musty character, indistinct red berries, wild.. lacks clarity of flavour, expected a little more sourness and juicy cherries.. it's fine, light on the palate, quite dry, moderately sweet.. but perhaps doesn't come across as expected.
Tried on 28 Aug 2019 at 19:28

6.1/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Box. Pours misty gold, light sour fruity nose. Light watery palate. Taste presents pure fruit, gentle acidity, soft tannin, raw woody wild orchard finishing quite dry. Expected more of the dabinett fruit, but generally quite wild.
Tried on 23 Aug 2019 at 08:48

6.8/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Box @ Coracle Ironbridge. Pours light reddish peachy pink, gentle light body with a pleasant red grape schloer character, though there is a good apple juice content. Decent.
Tried on 19 Jun 2019 at 19:00

6.1/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. 6.2%. Hazy golden amber colour, no head and aroma of apple, caramel. Taste is cooked apple, sweet, juicy, sugary, with a caramel note. Medium bodied, low carbonation, lingering sweet caramel finish. Quite OK
Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2019 at 22:40

6/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml screw-top bottle. Hazy golden colour, no head and mellow musty fleshy apple aroma. Taste is tart tangy apple, some funk, drying tannins and with straw, biscuit, cardboard oxidised notes. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry oxidised tannic finish. OK
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2019 at 19:59