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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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Wild festival. Clear golden with bubbly head. Very dry apple. How can a fruit be sondry? Woody dry all-absorbing-blackhole. Very bitter, light sour, no sweetness. Medium body, low carbonation.

Tried on 23 Nov 2019 at 19:45


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

(Cask at Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak, London, 25 July 2019) Golden colour with no head. Fruity nose with apples, honey and apple blossom. Fruity taste with notes of apples, honey, a slight harshness, and a mild acidity in the finish. Medium bopdy, with a certain sweetness. Well balanced and fairly straightforward. Quite enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2019 at 19:31


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

500ml bottle from Rich's Cider Farm. Pours clear pale yellow, light perry pear sweetness on the nose, lightly sparkling. Taste is generally quite clean and light with a distant woodiness from the perry pears, pleasantly sweet but not too characterful.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2019 at 20:37


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

(Cask at Cock Tavern, Hackney, London, 23 Nov 2018) Pale golden colour with brief, white head. Fruity nose with notes of apples, tart fruit, old socks and a mild acidity. Fruity taste with apples, pears, grass, a touch of cinnamon and a mild acidity in the finish. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Tasty and refreshing. Quite enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 12 Jul 2019 at 20:31


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

500ml bottle at 11.5%. Pours deep reddy brown with no carbonation. Aroma is burnt caramel, a little apple and acetone. Taste is very sweet, caramel, toffee, apple. Touches of sherry. Rich apple finish. Tart aftertaste. Syrupy thick mouthfeel.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2019 at 20:32


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Tried from Crowler on 08 Jan 2019 at 12:37


6

Tried from Crowler on 08 Jan 2019 at 12:36


7

Tried from Crowler on 08 Jan 2019 at 12:36


8.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

THT November. Bottle. Clear rusty amber with no head. Massive sweet concentrated applejuice. Honey, apple peels, cooked apples,. Almond nutty, dry wood. Big sweet and light bitter. Full body and soft carbonation. Very nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ice Cider on 20 Nov 2018 at 16:22 - Score: 8

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2018 at 21:30


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared at THT. Clear copper with no head. Sweet apple, caramel, toffee, tart apple juice, light herbs, toffee, light berries, sugary notes, light walnuts. Quite sweet, under medium sour and light bitter. Full bodied with no carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2018 at 21:14