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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7.1
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.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2024 at 21:14


7.5
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.

Tried on 05 Aug 2024 at 22:07


7.4
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.

Tried on 08 Jun 2024 at 20:33


7.2
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.

Tried on 01 Jun 2024 at 11:45


7.1
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.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2024 at 18:22


7.5

#singleVariety enorme gusher

Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2023 at 21:00


7.1
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.

Tried on 15 Jul 2023 at 13:00


9.3
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 !

Tried on 03 Jun 2023 at 21:59


7
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.

Tried from Draft on 29 Apr 2023 at 09:39


6
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.

Tried on 28 Apr 2023 at 21:46