Find & Foster Fine Ciders

Cidery in Exeter, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2016

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Huxham Barns, Exeter, EX5 4EJ, England
Description
Our aim is to reveal the quality potential of the traditional orchards that we foster in Devon, while cultivating, nurturing and encouraging them to thrive.

We work with farmers to help breathe life back into traditional orchards on their farms; to prevent further decline and the extinction of important local apple varieties.

In most cases the apples in these orchards were previously left to rot on the ground year after year, yet they include incredible cider varieties as well as unusual local dessert and cooking varieties. Many of these varieties are rare or on the verge of extinction but make beautiful cider.

The cidery itself is located in an old stable yard in the village of Huxham near Exeter. With capacity for 9000 bottles per year, this is a small but focussed operation. There aren’t any bells and whistles in sight, just outstanding cider and two people, whole heartedly devoted to their produce.

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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle pour at Vessel Beer Festival, Plymouth Nov 2019. Pours light hazy golden orange with a fizzy dissipating white head. Aroma: fruity, tangy apple, funk. Taste: sweet-ish then dry, fruity, tangy apple, low tannins, caramel hints, funk. Medium body with spritzy carbonation. Very nice

Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2021 at 20:33


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Sparkling, orangey golden colour, fizzy white foam head and aroma of fruity, apple, caramel hint, funk, earthy. Taste is juicy apple, fruity, some tartness, with leathery funk, orchardy, earthy and drying tannin. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2021 at 21:47


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750m wired cork bottle from Scrattings. Opened with a pop. Sparkling, golden colour, fizzy white foamy head that quickly dissipates away and aroma of funky fruity apple with hint of caramel. Taste is tart, tangy, funky, horseblanket, orchardy apple, leathery, with alittle caramel and drying tannins. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tannic finish. Very ddrinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2021 at 20:26


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap at Vessel Beer Festival, Plymouth Nov 2019. Pour hazy gold with a white top. Aroma: apples, earthy, barnyard funk. Taste: light to moderate sweet, tangy apples, sherbet, light tannins with a good bash of funk. Medium body with spritzy carbonation. Very nice indeed

Tried from Draft on 22 Nov 2020 at 20:58


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Sample, many thanks to Danlo! Clear pale golden yellow. Dry, grassy citrus and apple skin on the nose. Taste is exceedingly dry, spritzy with faint apple skin, oily palate with softened white wine hints and tart green apple glimpses. A bit thin, feel a yearning for a good luscious fruitiness that doesn't quite materialise.

Tried on 08 Nov 2020 at 20:57


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Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2020 at 20:36


8

Dupont meets a dry cider. I approve! Barnyard funk. Moderately to light acid. Lemony. Tart. Apples. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2020 at 17:43


Like a Riesling Bokke blended with the finest fermentable apples. Sugar residues. Drinks like Riesling. So much balance. Slightly medicinial. Stunning.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2020 at 00:00


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

28/10/2020. Sample courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear dark gold with a short lasting white head. Aroma of green apple, light funk, touch of sulphur. Moderate sweetness and light bitterness with a nice tart edge. Moderate body, slightly watery texture, fizzy carbonation. Dry tannic finish.

Tried on 28 Oct 2020 at 22:44


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750ml wired cork bottle from Fine Cider Co. Pommeliers Club box. Opened with a loud pop. Sparkling, golden colour, short-lived large fizzy white foam head and aroma of fruity apple, with hints of caramel & funk. Taste is tangy apple, tart, fleshy, alittle skin & core, woody, funk, a slight caramel note and some drying tannins. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tangy tannic finish. Very drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2020 at 19:25