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

Cask - Nice funky apples. Clear gold with no head. Not sweet, more umame and a dry clean finish. Not sweet and nice, with a slight tannin.

Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2014 at 04:42


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours a very pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity dry pear aroma. Fruity dry spicy pear flavor. Has a fruity dry spicy pear finish.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2014 at 14:55


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

clear light yellow, no head. nice cider like aroma, some fruit peel bitterness, some notes resembling perhaps rubber. Not so much pear in the aroma. flavor is dry, apple, pear, alc. very light, quite drinkable. i think the alc. is slightly noticeable as a sort of boozy note to the flavor, in fact i think perhaps it would taste better if it did not have this boozy note (like if it was spiced with vodka or something). Quite dry.

Tried on 03 May 2014 at 13:19


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Draught @ Monks Café Stockholm. Pours tiny hazy golden with no head worth mentioning. Smell is fruity and tiny funky with ripe apples, dry soil, hay, lemon juice and leather. Taste is sour and tiny fruity with sour apples, hay, dry soil, leather and hints of white pepper corns. Mouthfeel is very dry, tannic astringent and light bodied. Finish I start with sour apples, dry soil, leather and barnyard. Bit too tart and dry...

Tried on 26 Apr 2014 at 10:24


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

Bottle. Golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is apple, sourness. Flavour is dry, apple, sourness, ripe apple, dust, wood. Refreshing cider.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Aug 2013 at 22:56


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours a clear pale golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity sweetish fresh apple aroma. Fruity slightly tart apple flavor. Has a fruity tart apple finish.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Aug 2013 at 04:41


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

Bottled. A light yellow perry with no head. Both the aroma and the flavor are dominated by pears.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2013 at 12:44


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

500 ml bottle purchased from Phoenix Wines, Swanage, Dorset. Clear golden body with a fast disappearing white head and lively carbonation. Aroma has ripe apples, apple cores and a hint of wood. Nice fruity, quite dry apple flavor with a hint of wood, yeast and some acidity. Medium body and fruity aftertaste. Pleasant and refreshing.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2013 at 12:07


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

Bottled@CPH BF 2013. Pale golden colour, no head. Aroma is pear, apples, some mild sugar and quite strong on the vinegary side. Flavour is sweet apples and pears along with vinegar earth and some mild yeastiness. Dry palate.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2013 at 21:33


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

Plastic canister@Black Door, Helsinki. Slightly hazy deep orange colour with no head. Aroma is dry wood, some sweet somewhat rotten apples along with mild vanilla and some leathery notes. Flavour is sweet apples, on the verge to being too ripe, with some slight vinegar, yeast and mild earthiness. Dry, but still quite on the sweet side.

Tried from Can on 21 Jul 2013 at 20:46