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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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Golden colour with pinkish tint, no head and aroma of ginger, rhubarb. Taste is sweet, apple strudel, spiced, ginger, with rhubarb, some tartness. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-sweet spiced ginger & rhubarb finish. OK
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2020 at 17:49

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
8/5/2020. Sample courtesy of the SHIG, cheers! Pours clear pale gold with minimal head. Aroma is sweet, floral and herbal. Very sweet with light tartness. Moderate body, quite oily. Not so good as others they do.
Tried on 08 May 2020 at 18:00

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle: Poured a golden with a bubble head if any. Aroma is super floral. Taste is sweet apples, light floral, sugary.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2020 at 13:47

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
500ml bottle from Cideronline. Slightly hazy yellow gold colour, no head and juicy apple aroma. Taste is some underlying sweet fruity apple swamped with lots of cardboard and straw, heavily oxidised. Syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, sugary finish with oxidation evident. Sink pour unfortunately.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2018 at 21:26

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Cideronline. Slightly hazy yellow gold colour, no head and aroma of apple citrus, light funk. Taste is earthy apple, tangy, with some fruity, citric and pepper notes. Light bodied, low carbonation, dry citric peppery finish. Quite OK.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2018 at 21:09

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
15/11/2018. Bottle shared with Danlo and SHIG. Pours almost clear pale yellow with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of light stem ginger and apples. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness and tartness. Light body, watery texture, soft to flat carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2018 at 00:19

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle thanks to Grumbo at Grumbo's not the only rater in Suffolk tasting. Yellow gold colour, no head and gingery aroma. Taste is apple, ginger, slightly sweetish with some dryness. Light bodied, low carbonation, dry finish. Quite OK.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2018 at 00:16

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Grumbo. Poured a clear with bubble head. Aroma is strong ginger. Taste is ginger with a apple blend push together in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2018 at 00:15

6.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask @ White Lion, 73 Oak Street, Norwich, Norfolk, England NR3 3AQ. [ As Norfolk Raider Strong Cider (Medium) ].ABV: 8.7%. Clear medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate apple, sweet apples, tart apples, fruity apples. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration. tart apple, sweet apples, fruity apples, medium dry to dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20150803] 7-2-7-3-15
Tried from Cask on 07 May 2017 at 11:22