Dorset Star Cider

Cidery in Chalmington, Dorset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2013

Contact
The Orchard, Chalmington, DT2 0HB, England
Description
100% JUICE / CRAFT CIDER / THE ORCHARD

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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

668407, Dorset Star Sunset - Sweet
Gravity (bag-in-a-box) @ #RHBCF2018 🧙‍🍻🇬🇧 [ The 11th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival (The 43th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival) ], The Motorpoint Arena, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.

[ As Dorset Star Sunset - Sweet ].
ABV: 5.5%. ✅ Cloudy light to medium yellow colour with a virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apple, fruity apple, nectar, sugary apple. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, apple, sugary apples, yellow apples, apple pie. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20181020]
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Tried on 04 May 2021 at 14:08


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

On tap at The Stable, pours a clear golden, no head. Aroma brings out crisp red apple skins, with champagne effervescence, and oak. Flavour is somewhat metallic, with bone dry red apples, apple skins, and seltzery notes. Metallic as hell, with little depth. Not very good.

Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2019 at 22:37


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle via Scrattings. Pours a clear deep gold, aroma presents a curious barnyard, solvent, cheese nose. Taste sees the fruit champion over such esters, with a nice dusty tannic grip and farmhouse fruity presence. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2019 at 18:49


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

500 ml bottle whilst racking our first cider. Pours a clear deep gold, aroma has curious farmyard, sileage, digested straw. Taste carries much of this, some horseshit notes, crisp carbonation, dusty tannin, rich apple fruit. The farmyard element is a bit off-putting. Different for sure.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2019 at 19:53


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from Scrattings. Golden amber colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of solventy funky tart apple. Taste is sweetish, orchardy apple, solventy tart, fruity, leafy with leathery funk and some drying spicy tannin. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, medium-dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2019 at 17:05


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

500ml bottle from Scrattings. Orangey amber-gold colour, white foamy head that quickly dissipates away and aroma of twiggy apple, spice. Taste is sweet, loamy, apple, with solventy funk, and fruity, floral, some drying tannin. Syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, medium soft carbonation, and medium-sweet solvent funk finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2019 at 20:29


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from Scrattings. Orangey gold-amber colour, short-lived bubbly white foam head and aroma of mucky barnyard, tangy apple. Taste is fleshy, apple, mucky, barnyard funky, orchardy, solventy, with some tartness and drying tannins. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tart solventy apple finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2019 at 17:50


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

500ml bottle from Scrattings. Pours a clear amber with a ring of white bubbles that sticks around. Good Yarlington Mill apple fruit on the nose. Taste is beautiful, pure Yarlington Mill, with gently coarse tannins and pleasing bark shades. Yeah, likin this.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jun 2019 at 20:42


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Nottingham Beer Festival. No head. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are a mix of ripe and unripe apples, fruits, sulphur, and has a sweet, dry and light sour finish.

Tried from Cask on 20 Oct 2018 at 10:49


6.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival. Clear golden without head. Aroma is sweet apples and tart apples. Flavor is medium sweet and light acidic. Sweet and light acidic finish. 201018

Tried from Cask on 20 Oct 2018 at 10:47