Burrow Hill Cider

Cidery in Martock, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1989

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Pass Vale Farm, Burrow Hill, Kingsbury Episcopi, Martock, TA12 6BU, England
Description
Our farm in Somerset sits among 180 acres of cider apple orchards at the base of Burrow Hill. The farm has been pressing cider for over 200 years. In 1989 we were granted the UK’s first ever full cider-distilling license. We have been distilling award winning cider into Somerset Cider Brandy ever since.

In the autumn over forty varieties of vintage cider apples such as Dabinett, Kingston Black, Stoke Red, Yarlington Mill and Harry Masters are harvested.

By the spring our pure juice traditional cider is ready to drink. To the best of our knowledge Burrow Hill Cider is the only cider to have won the annual national cider championships in Devon, Somerset and Hereford in the same year. As well as traditional farmhouse cider we make bottle-fermented ciders, a perry and an ice cider.

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

Bag in box at KØ15. Apple aroma. Light golden colour. Very dry flavour. Mouth-cleansing. Acidic. Not sweet.

Tried on 29 Mar 2016 at 12:06


4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Bag in box at KØ15. Good apple aroma. Clear pale golden colour. Dry flavour. Good apple note. Dry finish, like aspartame, but not quite as bad.

Tried on 29 Mar 2016 at 12:04


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

Cask at the cock tavern. Aroma is tart fruits, cheese,. Bright light orange colour with no head. Flavour is spicy dry apple fruit , pithy. Light medium dry palate. Lasting drying palate. Decent.

Tried from Cask on 20 Mar 2016 at 16:37


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

How: Bottle.
Where: SimCorp Pub, Copenhagen.
Appearance: Pale golden colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Pear, fruit, citric.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Pear, fruit, citric, some vinegar.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2016 at 03:20


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

Bag in box. A golden cider. The aroma is dominated by apples. The flavor is acidic with strong notes of apples, leading to a tart finish.

Tried on 14 Jan 2016 at 13:12


4.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle from New Forest Cider, Borough Market, consumed at Cliff House Campsite, Dunwich, Friday Christmas Day 25th December 2015 You know that this is an Ice Cider and therefore it will be really sweet but when all you initially get is the feeling that this is far too sweet and actually quite rough, then something is wrong. Mmhhh this is really not good. Certainly nothing like I was expecting, yes it’s appley, but it’s rough and ready not smooth. Dry finish and with a tart appley fruitiness this is the sort of thing that should go well with some nice cheese or a pudding but for me it goes best with the sink (it’s a drain pour). Appearance wise it is tawny in colour. This is a really amateur effort, Loz has given up on hers and decided to have a cup of tea instead, good move, I am going to do the same at £17 a pop we are both bitterly disappointed and will be throwing the rest. A4 A4 T3 P2 Ov8 2.1

Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2015 at 22:01



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

750ml bottle from Burrow Hill online. Pale yellow gold colour, fizzy white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of mellow apple & light funk. Taste is juicy apple, dry, acidic & bittersweet, with apple skins, red apple, woody oak, rubber, barnyard notes and drying tannins. Light bodied, spritzy carbonation, very dry tart tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2015 at 12:42


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

750ml bottle from Burrow Hill online. Golden colour, fizzy thin white bubbly head and aroma of tangy apple, apple skins, funk. Taste is tart, bittersweet, tangy apple, apple skin, woody oak, barnyard, rubber, tannins. Spritzy mouthfeel, medium bodied, high carbonation, dry sour tannic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2015 at 11:35


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

500ml bottle from Burrow Hill online. Orangey golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of apple, apple skins, woody oak, rubber, barnyard. Taste is tart, apple, apple skins, green apple, wood, oak, vanilla & funk, with some very dry tannins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying tangy tannic finish. Nicely drinkable cider.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2015 at 16:48