Norfolk Raider Cider

Cidery in Norwich, Norfolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2018

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White House Farm, Salhouse Road, Rackheath, Norwich, NR13 6LB, England
Description
We're Paul & Beth Cork, the founders of Norfolk Raider Cider, the only cider brewed in Norwich. We're very proud of all the flavours of our cider. Each variation carries some family tradition with much thought and care. In our opinion this all comes together to make the best cider around.

Paul and Beth began making various apple based desserts around 4 years ago. Paul's father Terry then mentioned he had an old cider recipe. Paul then began to cut the apples by hand and crush them with a rolling pin. The first batch made 8 gallons, Paul then offered this to his neighbours and friends, they enjoyed it very much. One of Pauls neighbours offered him some apples in exchange for some of his cider, Paul then made 20 gallons.

​Word quickly spread around the village that Paul was making cider, he then noticed apples suddenly turning up at his door (as they still do). Paul then began to make 100-gallon batches. This year they’ve made 7,000 litres. To get to this 7,000 litres of cider a year stage Paul needed more apples, a lot more. Paul found an apple orchard and asked the owner if he could have all of their windfalls (an apple or other fruit that has blown down from a tree or bush by the wind). The owner told Paul that he was going to pull up all of the apple trees and plant something else. Paul cut a deal with the landowner which lead him from a few trees from around his local village to 1,000 trees.

​With this number of trees, it allowed Paul to begin developing new delicious flavours of cider.

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7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8
23/7/2021. Cask at the Louis Marchesi, Norwich. Pours cloudy/murky dark orange gold with minimal head. Aroma of fleshy apple, light funk, horse blanket, flowers, slight honey notes. Medium sweetness and moderate tart. Medium body, low carbonation. Nice tangy apple tart finish. Really liked this.
Tried from Cask on 23 Jul 2021 at 13:14

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Sample thanks to Grumbo. Misty yellow looks, aroma brings distinct sulphur. Taste brings wild apple yeast, strong acidity, sulphur, apple pie crust, flan. Bit of an assault on the palate at first but it becomes more bearable on subsequent sips. Rough and farmhousey overall.
Tried on 08 May 2021 at 16:46

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a yellowish clear with no head. Aroma is pungent fruit. Taste is nice crisp pie crust and fruit, seems more apple than pear to me.
Tried on 20 Mar 2021 at 02:08

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5
17/2/2021. Bottle from Norfolk Food & Drink Co, Cromer. Pours still clear pale gold with no head. Aroma of sweet pear, a little funk, lots of solvent initially, some biscuit developing. Heavy syrupy sweetness, with a quick hit of sour. Medium body, no carbonation. Kind of grew on me and enjoyed it more once the solvent aroma had subsided.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2021 at 19:00

6.5/10
Light pear, clearer on the nose than the palate. Green, very low carbonation
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2021 at 19:55

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Slightly hazy pale yellow colour, bubbly white head that quickly dissipates away and aroma of cinnamon, hot cross buns, straw, apple. Taste is sweet, cardboardy, spicy cinnamon, apple, astringent. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tangy cinnamon finish. OK
Tried on 14 Oct 2020 at 18:42

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Panda at home things to Shig, 29/09/20. Pale yellow to golden with little in the way of a head. Nose is toffee apple, cinnabuns, straw, apple skins. Taste comprises sweet and sour notes, apple skin, more cinnamon but less than the nose, apple pie, sweeter rise. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. So so ... would not go back to this but not terrible.
Tried on 29 Sep 2020 at 18:51

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
26/9/2020. Bottle shared with SHIG, bought at Norfolk Food & Drink Co, Cromer. Pours clear very pale gold with a very small bubbly white head. Aroma of cinnamon, apple, caramel and earthy notes. Medium to heavy sweetness and light tartness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft to flat carbonation. Sweet cinnamon apple pie finish. Really started to like this.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2020 at 19:02

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared by Grumbo: Poured a murky yellow with with white bubble. Aroma is cinnamon and apples. Taste is sweet apple cinnamon, very tasty
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2020 at 16:00

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pale yellow colour, no head and aroma of solventy pear, biscuit. Taste is sweet, pear, syrupy, cardboard, biscuity, with solvent, light funk, sugary. Medium bodied, low carbonation, lingering sweet and solvent finish. OK, tastes abit oxidised and overly sweetened to me.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2020 at 18:56