Artistraw Cider

Cidery in Clifford, Herefordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2020

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Bryntirion, Clifford, HR3 5EZ, England
Description
Here at Artistraw we, Tom and Lydia, are passionate about making natural cider (no added sugar, water or sulphites- just apples). We hand pick our fruit from unsprayed, low intensity traditional standard orchards in the local area. This guarantees juice suitable for the attenuated fermentation technique we practice (not to mention being very beneficial to biodiversity and entirely aligned with our own permaculture principles).

Located in the Welsh Marches, just outside the beautiful town of books Hay-on-Wye, we enjoy access to some of the most beautiful orchards in the country. We are currently planting a 2.5 acre orchard just next to our cidery, which is gradually filling up with rare and interesting apple and perry pear varieties. Each tree has been grafted by ourselves, making what will eventually be, a very special orchard

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle pour at London Cider House, pours a clear copper with a small white head. Aroma brings out gentle funk and crisp apple skins, with a hint of toffee. Flavour is champagne-like, with moderate funk and bone dry apple skins. Bone dry, not particularly complex, but carb'd nicely and drinkable. Decent but nothing special.
Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2023 at 22:47

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
375ml bottle purchased from Hereford Cider Museum, drunk at home. Light to mid-gold, clear and still. Sour, tart, almost astringent smell of apple skin. Taste is sweet, woody, with strong apple moving to a slightly drying bitterness. Handles the balance pretty damn well. Light body and almost no carbonation. Delicious.
Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2023 at 21:49

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Edward Danlo, 07/05/23. Clear deep golden with a fast collapsing white head. Nose is mellow apple, orchard fruits, grass, tannins, oak, light herb. Taste comprises ripe apples, tannins, orchard wood, apple skins, light funk, faint acidic tickle. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Solid flavoursome cider.
Tried on 07 May 2023 at 18:30

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
750ml bottle from Artistraw. Slight hazed pale yellow colour, no head and aroma of fruity pear, alittle funk. Taste is sweetish, perry pear, fruity, with a funk hint, some citric tartness and tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2023 at 19:35

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
750ml bottle from Artistraw. Orange gold colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fruity, caramel, mucky funk hints. Taste is sweetish, apple, fruit, woody, oak, caramel note, with barnyard funk and drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry oaky tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2023 at 20:11

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750ml bottle from Artistraw. Golden colour, thin white foam head and aroma of apple, fruity, caramel, toffee apple. Taste is tart, fruity, strawberry, apple, toffee, caramel, apple pie, along with gooseberry and some zingy citric acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tart acidic finish. Very drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2023 at 19:34

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750ml bottle from Artistraw. Hazy orange colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of juicy ripe apple, caramel, peachy, stone fruit, funk. Taste is sweet, tangy, apple, juicy, ripe fleshy, stone fruits, some funk with sharp acidity and drying tannins. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish. Very drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2023 at 21:30

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750ml bottle from Artistraw. Deep orange colour, off-white foam head and aroma of apple, fruity, stone fruit, orchardy funk. Taste is sweet, tangy, apple, fruity, funk, leathery, woody, earthy, with drying bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2023 at 20:44

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Panda 🐼 at home big thanks to Danlo. A clear deep orange coloured pour with a halo of loose white head. Aroma is dry oaky funk, mineral, flint, bark. Flavour is composed of dry woody apple, flint, bark tannin. grass, little harsh. Paalte is uber dry, tannin, fine carbonation, super dry finish.
Tried on 31 Mar 2023 at 20:24

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Bright orange gold colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of fruity apple, fleshy, leathery funk. Taste is tangy, tart, fruity, apple, earthy, funk, leather, bittersweet, with lots of drying tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tannic finish. Very drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2023 at 20:57