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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.
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.
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a clear pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity dry apple aroma. Dry fruity and slightly tart apple flavor. Has a dry fruity tart apple finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2011
at 22:10
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a clear golden color with a small fast disappearing white head. Has a fruity phenolic apple aroma. Dry fruity phenolic apple flavor. Has a dry fruity apple finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2011
at 07:52
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From cask at Southampton Arms, as Glastonbury Cider Bus. Pours cloudy orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is dry sulphorish and mild acidic apple. Light sweet, apple, a bit flat in flavour and acidic without being citric. Sticky to the teeth. Ends dry and acidic.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jan 2011
at 06:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A light golden cider with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of apples and alcohol. The flavor is dominated by apples, leading to a dry finish. The body is light.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2010
at 03:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A golden cider. The aroma has notes of apples, wood, and horseblanket. The flavor is acidic with light notes of apples, leading to a very tart finish. Too dry for my liking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2010
at 01:38
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
75 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is dry apple and barnyard. Dry apple fruity. Ends mild acidic and dry apple to barnyard finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2010
at 23:32
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
75 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is dry sulphorish and apple fruity. Dry and sulphorish. Slight watery and thin. Light apple fruity and sulphorish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2010
at 23:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
pale yellow , large white head. nice fresh and slightly sweet apple aroma, flavor is dry apple, faint sourness. this time the dryness is no too much.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2010
at 10:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a clear yellow with a tiny white head. Violent pressure in the bottle - comes with a quick spew and then settles. Leathery and astringent nose. Medium body, heavy carbonation, very dry apple notes with loads of tannins. Astringent finish. 171210
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2010
at 10:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
clear pale yellow, small bubbly white head sweet apple aroma, faint sourness. flavor is dry, apple , bitter from dryness.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2010
at 08:47