Spinney Abbey

Cidery in Wicken, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2013

Contact
33 – 35 Stretham Road, Wicken, CB7 5XQ, England
Description
In 1892 Thomas Fuller brought his family from Padney near Wicken, where the Fullers had been farming since at least 1695, to farm at Spinney Abbey . By 1918 the freehold was in the family, and has remained there ever since with various changes to the farm boundaries. In 1900 the farm was a mixed, mainly arable farm.

After being a successful dairy farm run by Robert Fuller for over 40 years, it was time for a change at Spinney. The farm is now run by Robert’s son, Jonathan Fuller.

We entered our first competition in November 2013 and achieved first place in the Cider & Perry category at Norwich Beer festival and the rest is history.

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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
From BIAB at the Grantham Beer Festival 2021. Pours clear very pale yellow gold with a bubbly white head. Aroma of sweet sugary baked apple, white sugar syrup. Medium sweetness, light tartness. Moderate body, watery texture, soft to flat carbonation.
Tried on 06 Nov 2021 at 16:27

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Sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers Shawn! Pale gold colour, no head and aroma of apple, with alittle funk. Taste is sweet, mellow, apple, some funky hints and light tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-sweet finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried on 21 Sep 2021 at 21:36

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
28/8/2021. From BIAB at the 2021 East Anglian Beer Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Cambridgeshire rating #250. Pours slightly hazy very pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of musty apple, touch of horse blanket. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness and tartness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Decent.
Tried on 29 Aug 2021 at 14:06

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BIAB: Poured a clear golden with not a lot of head. Aroma is apple, fresh. Taste is apple, fresh, not a lot of extra. Clean cider.
Tried on 27 Aug 2021 at 18:18

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BIAB sample courtesy of Grumbo from 11th Elysian Winter Beer Festival, Cheers Graham! Slightly hazy yellow gold colour, no head and aroma of sweet rhubarb, apple. Taste is sweet, fruity, rhubarb, apple, sugary, candy notes. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet finish. OK.
Tried from Can on 22 Jan 2020 at 21:15

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
17/01/2020. From Bag In A Box at the 11th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear, very pale yellow gold with minimal head. Aroma of sweet stewed rhubarb and apple, with a hint of cinnamon and clove. Medium plus sweetness, light tartness. Moderate body, sticky texture, soft to flat carbonation. A little more tartness to finish, but mostly sweet with a little toffee developing. It's ok.
Tried on 21 Jan 2020 at 20:29

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Bag in a box at the Cambridge Beer Fest: Poured a golden with white bubble head. Aroma is nice fresh apples. Taste was a winey like apple, fresh with a bitter finish.
Tried on 28 Dec 2018 at 14:45

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
16/11/2018. Bag in box at the Cambridge Winter Beer Festival 2018. Pours almost clear very pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of sweet apples with a hint of marzipan. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness and sours. Light to moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Dry and slightly tart finish.
Tried on 18 Nov 2018 at 11:39

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
BIAB at Cambridge Winter Beer Festival 2018. Pale golden colour, some bubbles on top and juicy cooked apple aroma. Taste is tart juicy apple, cooked apple with some acidity. Light to medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tart acidic finish. Quite OK
Tried on 16 Nov 2018 at 20:53

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bag in a box from the Railway Arms, Downham Market. Light yellow, almost looks a bit like coloured water. Smells slightly of apple. Tastes odd - water left out all night, sweat, TCP. A bit of fruit as well. Unfortunately this isn’t doing it for me although the other cider I tried by Spinney Abbey (Virgin on the Ridiculous) was much much better. Horses for courses I s’pose.
Tried on 17 Jun 2016 at 14:35