Celtic Marches Cider

Cidery in Bishops Frome, Herefordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2012

Contact
Wyer Croft, Bishops Frome, WR6 5BS, England
Subsidiaries
Celtic Marches Cider owns 1 brewery:
Description
As one of the UK’s largest self-sustaining single estate cider producers we are proud of our genuine heritage, provenance, traceability and sustainability.

Our 200 acres of luscious orchards have been farmed for over 8 generations. Chosen for growth and taste profiles, eight cider apple varieties are grown.

With full control from ‘Pip to Pint’, we grow, pick and press on site; blending with precision to create our international award-winning ciders. Our production cycle is completed within 5 miles of our farm. Waste pomace is used to produce green energy and supply us with CO2 to create our sparkling ciders and we package our drinks at our sister company, Marches Bottling & Packaging in Bromyard.

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Puzzle Hall Inn, Sowerby Bridge. Has a very potent sweet aroma, not unlike some ales, with a very sugary apple flavour in its taste, although one that’s quite pleasant too. Golden-yellow appearance with a bit of a head.

Tried from Cask on 04 Aug 2014 at 08:24


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bag in a box at Firkin Alehouse Folkestone. Clear dark gold no head. Sharp earthy hop aroma. Apple juice in the mouth. Still no carbonation. Some sweetness but then some dryness on the finish. Some brown sugar on apple skin flavour. Quite dry on the finish so decent tannins. Decent.

Tried on 29 Jun 2014 at 05:20


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

On tap at Cider Tap, pours a hazy red with no head. Aroma brings out candied cherries, and residual sweetness. Flavour is fairly sweet, with lots of cherries and residual sweetness. Leaves a large residual sweetness. Okay, but too sweet for me.

Tried from Draft on 09 Jun 2014 at 04:40


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Bag in a box at Flower Pot Maidstone. Clear pink almost smells like a sweet rose wine. Apple fruity fruity as hell. 3.5/5 Re-rate multiple times in multiple micropubs in Thanet. My go to cider. It’s sweet but dry, refreshing, yet interesting, slight tannin, but utterly drinkable.

Tried on 30 Apr 2014 at 06:08


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft @ Beer in Hand, Hereford. Sounds fruity but the girl behind the bar wasn’t sure so she poured me a glass and, yes, it pours a clear light pink with an apparent raspberry nose and a lusciously light, smooth berry influence in the taste. After further investigation however this appears to be a 100% apple cider! Hard to believe, but nevertheless this is quite nice. Just the thing my sister would drink.

Tried from Draft on 15 Apr 2014 at 00:33


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Draught @ Bree Louise. Pours a deep gold.. very rich, very tangy, very thick, very syrupy.. impossible to finish a half-pint.

Tried on 17 Mar 2014 at 16:14


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ White Lion, Heptonstall. Golden cider, no head. Strong tasting and there’s an alcohol kick but a decent apple aftertaste.

Tried from Cask on 30 Jan 2014 at 08:00


6.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ Earl of Essex, 25 Danbury Street, Islington, Greater London, England N1 8LE.Hazy matt medium yellow color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate apple, yellow apples, sweet apples, riped apples, fruity, light manure - barnyard. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, sweet yellow apples, light tart apples. Body is medium, texture is oily - watery, carbonation is flat. [20130327]

Tried from Cask on 22 Dec 2013 at 01:25


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green, 15/12/13. Clear light golden with a moderate white covering that veers edgeward. Nose is sharp apple, light apple vinegar, tarte edge. Taste comprises more mellow apple, orchard tang, apple sauce, light sweet tones. Medium bodied, limited carbonation, dry closure. Tasty enough cider.

Tried from Cask on 17 Dec 2013 at 04:55