Hallets

Cidery in Newbridge, Caerphilly, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Established in 2008

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Blaengawney Farm, Hafodyrynys, Crumlin, Newbridge, NP11 5AY, Wales
Description
Reaching from The Marches in the North and South to Redwick on the flood plain of the Severn; some old farms still have their stone mills now abandoned to history. Here at Blaengawney Farm we have taken the old traditional methods of cider making from fresh cider apples and applied a new philosophy to our production, stealing a few techniques from wine makers along the way. You are just as likely to find ciders ageing in ancient oak barrels in our mill, alongside large wine fermenters made from stainless steel.

We have not yielded to the trend of adding syrups and berries to our cider. Instead we have taken a more grown up approach with care and attention that is needed to blend a fine cider worthy of acclaim from some of the most respected critics, and our ever growing following of loyal customers.

Hallets and Blaengawney are brands of the same business.

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

BIAB at York Beer & Cider Festival 2022. Bright golden colour, no head and aroma of apple. Taste is sweetish, ape, some core, woody, oak hints, vanilla, mellow tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying finish. Quite drinkable

Tried on 14 Sep 2022 at 16:43


4.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Box @ Bottle & Barrel after a 90 mile ride. Surprisingly pale complexion, clear. Lacks a good oaky woody depth, a bit watery. Really unlike any Hallets cider I've had before. Expected more from this.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2022 at 17:33


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

BIAB at Welsh Cider and Perry Festival, 03Jun2022, Caldicot Castle, Wales. Pale yellow gold colour, no head and aroma of apple, oaky, vanilla, custard. Taste is sweet, apple, oak, custard, vanilla, with some mellow tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet oaky custardy finish. Quite OK

Tried on 08 Jun 2022 at 18:48


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

BIAB at Welsh Cider and Perry Festival, 03Jun2022, Caldicot Castle, Wales. Clear golden colour, no head and aroma of fruity apple. Taste is tangy, apple, fleshy, fruity, bittersweet, with some acidity and drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried on 08 Jun 2022 at 18:46


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

BIAB at Welsh Cider and Perry Festival, 03Jun2022, Caldicot Castle, Wales. Pale yellow golden colour, no head and aroma of apple, fruity, fleshy. Taste is sweet, apple, fruity and fleshy, some acidity and tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet finish. OK

Tried on 08 Jun 2022 at 18:44


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle. Golden colour, bubbly white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of apple, fruity, hay hint. Taste is sweetish, apple, fruity, citric, with some tart acidity and light tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium-dry finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2022 at 22:44


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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Sheffield Tap. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with no head. The aroma is fresh green apple with hints of rum. The flavour is moderate to light sweet, with a smooth, watery, dry apple, herbal, light rum palate. Medium to light bodied with flat carbonation. The rum notes were faint in the extreme.

Tried from Cask at Sheffield Tap (Tapped Sheffield) on 16 Nov 2021 at 16:22


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

330ml bottle - Pours a pale golden colour with a short lived thin white head. The aroma is apple juice, toffee apple and straw. A medium sweet taste, light fruity apple flavours, not a lot of depth in the flavours; a medium dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2021 at 17:14


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Stori. Appearance - loads of carbonation with head blowing up and then receding quickly. Light golden. Nose - fresh, apples which are fairly sweet, while still having good apple tartness. Taste - more of the same, both sweet and sour apples going on. Very fresh. Palate - tangy and bittersweet from beginning and through the middle. Dry, tangy finish. Overall - good.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2020 at 18:31


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can from Stori. Appearance - golden amber with gentle carbonation and a wee bit of lacing. Nose - tart apple and apple skin. Taste - fairly dry apple. Skins again. Palate - close to medium bodied, tangy texture. Dry and tangy finish. Overall - decent example of the style.

Tried from Can on 30 Jul 2020 at 19:51