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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle@Angleterre, Helsinki. Golden colour with a bit carbonation and a small white head. Aroma is sweet apple juice with some mild tart apples as welll. Flavour is sweet apple juice with mild tartness and wooden tones with mild minerals. Nicely balanced. A bit vanilla in the aftertaste too.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Medium (Draught) from Burrow Hill Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
26/7/2024. From BIAB at The Redoubt Beer Festival 2024, Harwich. Pours clear amber bronze with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is funky, apple, brown sugars, tannins. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness, touch tart. Medium body, slightly oily, soft carbonation. Drying finish. Really liked this.
danlo (13133) reviewed Coates from Burrow Hill Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Orange gold colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fruit, funk. Taste is sweetish, tangy, apple, acetic funky, with leather, wood, oak and bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying tangy tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Coates from Burrow Hill Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
31/5/2024. From BIAB at the 37th Colchester Real Ale and Cider Festival. Pours clear amber gold with a frothy white head. Aroma is sweet fruity apples, caramel, light funky notes. Medium sweetness, light bitterness and tartness. Medium body, oily, average to soft carbonation. Drying finish. Enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml wired cork bottle from Ciderincider. Opened with a pop. Golden colour, white foam head that quickly dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of perry pear, funk. Taste is pear, fleshy, tangy, citric, tart, with some funky notes and woody tannin. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
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danlo (13133) reviewed 'Alf n' Alf' (Draught) from Burrow Hill Cider 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
BIAB at Ciderdog 2023, Miller London. Golden colour, no head and aroma of apple, mucky funk. Taste is sweetish, apple, fruity, funk, orchardy, leather, mucky with drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Ice Cider from Burrow Hill Cider 2 years ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5
Labeled as Somerset Ice Cider . Pours darker copper, clear. Scent is full, caramelly, apple. Taste is full, loads of tannins and apple flavors. Sweet apples, candy (sour candy) comes to mind. Absolutely lovely !
deyholla (22727) reviewed 'Alf n' Alf' (Draught) from Burrow Hill Cider 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at The London Cider House. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates quickly and completely. Aroma has dry apple and a slight earthy grass with a bit of sweetness underlying. Flavor has same dry apple and touch of grass with a bit of an earthy sweet apple in the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Clear yellow pour, aromas of (sweet) pears with a hint of spice (cinnamon?), taste is similar with some faint oak. Not bad overall, but also not too memorable.