About
Real cider and perry from the county of Herefordshire in England.
Oliver's make a selection of fine Herefordshire ciders and perries with an emphasis on "balance" and "character" coupled with "drinkability".
Based around the spontaneous ferment of selected varieties of cider apple and perry pear from fruit grown in Herefordshire and the surrounding 3 Counties orchards.
Nominally referred to as "minimal intervention", we strive to "take what the fruit gives", respecting the great heritage and traditions of the past but with an eye to innovating for the future. What that really means is we mill and press great fruit, expose the juice to marauding and hungry wild yeasts and then for our part blend and bottle the resulting ferments.
Oliver's make a selection of fine Herefordshire ciders and perries with an emphasis on "balance" and "character" coupled with "drinkability".
Based around the spontaneous ferment of selected varieties of cider apple and perry pear from fruit grown in Herefordshire and the surrounding 3 Counties orchards.
Nominally referred to as "minimal intervention", we strive to "take what the fruit gives", respecting the great heritage and traditions of the past but with an eye to innovating for the future. What that really means is we mill and press great fruit, expose the juice to marauding and hungry wild yeasts and then for our part blend and bottle the resulting ferments.
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Panda at home, thanks to Ed Danlo, 22/02/2026.
Pale golden yellow with a thin white cap that dissipates to a swirl.
Nose is pear drop, tannins, light orchard wood, modest funk.
Taste comprises pearl, tannins, light acidic prick, straw, herb, modest barnyard bite.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Solid Perry.
Pale golden yellow with a thin white cap that dissipates to a swirl.
Nose is pear drop, tannins, light orchard wood, modest funk.
Taste comprises pearl, tannins, light acidic prick, straw, herb, modest barnyard bite.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Solid Perry.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2026
at 17:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
poly pin at the jolly judge ...lightest hazy ...no head ...big juicy apple nose...juicy apple juicy with a lightest citrus qvidic bite ..again really drinkable
Tried
on 17 Feb 2026
at 14:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Orangey golden colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, juicy fruit, herbal funk. Taste is sweetish and tart, ripe apple, juicy, fruity, with some wood barrel, funk, drying acidity and tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium dry tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 21:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml @ SF shared with almost full gang (missing two biggest guys only).
Aroma: dry, smoke, fruity.
Taste: along the same lines, dry and complex.
Overall: nice one.
Aroma: dry, smoke, fruity.
Taste: along the same lines, dry and complex.
Overall: nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 04:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazed gold with minimal white head. Smoked, dry-ish apple, some feint manure notes, quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 04:22
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750mL bottle, pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma has some smokiness to it, crisp apple skins, and a touch of farmhouse notes. Flavour has plenty of smoke, great farmhouse notes, crisp apple skins, and some mustiness. Great smokiness, close to bone dry, fantastic farmhouse complexity. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2026
at 04:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pale amber, and hazy. There's a nice apple complexity to this, along with honey notes. Smells earthy, smokey, pedio. Drinks dry, smokey, feels like a bit of sugar. Not a lot of pedio, just a touch, but that smoke and complexity is great.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2026
at 04:19
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750mL bottle. Pours hazy dull gold. Musty apple skins, manure, and a kind of smoky character on the nose. Flavour has lots of musty manure, smoky straw, bone dry finish. Fantastic complexity, and the smokiness is lovely. Excellent cider.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Chain Yard Urban Cidery & Taproom
on 06 Feb 2026
at 00:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. for #rgpm. Sparkling, bronzey golden colour, short-lived white foamy head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of rich perry pear, fruit, caramel, vanilla, funk. Taste is sweet, ripe & juicy perry pear, fleshy fruity, alittle core, with caramel, leathery funk, woody, orchardy, some zingy citrusy acidity and drying tannin. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, lingering sweet & drying peary finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2026
at 19:40
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Great stuff. Impressive in its balance, elegance and simplicity. Not overly showy in any respect but it has nice softly sweet pear, low funk, mild boozy kick, a little cobweb dryness, low acidity. Soft pale wood, a vanilla accent. No signs of age, really. Superb stuff. Massively drinkable. Dangerously so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2026
at 19:58