Orchard Project

Cidery in Hackney, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2016

Contact
Fourth Floor, The Archives, Unit 10, High Cross Centre 1, Fountayne Road, Hackney, N15 4BE, England
Description
Bringing orchards into the heart of urban communities.
We are the only national charity dedicated to the creation, restoration and celebration of community orchards.

Our aim is for every household in the UK’s towns and cities to be within walking distance of a productive, well-cared-for, community-run orchard.

Local Fox cider is made from 100% rescued fruit, otherwise destined for compost. We press in small batches, using the traditional rack-and-cloth method, with the juice naturally fermenting over winter. All of the profits are channelled back into buying tools and providing training for community orchards!

Since we opened the door of our apple juice and cider press in 2016, we’ve rescued over 38 tonnes of unwanted apples and pears, and turned them into delicious, unique drinks.

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

Bottle from Scrattings. Clear light gold with a brief white top. Apple skin aroma with light woodiness. Taste is tart and sweet apple juice, barnyard funk, lime peel. Medium body, fine carbonation. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:02


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6


Gravity (bag-in-a-box) @ 36th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2019 - Day 1 at 🇬🇧 The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.

[ As Orchard Project Local Fox - Dry ].
ABV: (6.8%). ✅ Light cloudy looking with a light to medium yellow colour with a small, fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate apple, sweet apple, tart apple, apple vinegar. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, apple, sweet apples, apple vinegar. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191203]
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Tried on 23 Nov 2024 at 15:15


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

Cask at the pigs ear beer festival 2021. A clear amber brown coloured pour with a halo of greyish head. Aroma is earthy rubber. Dry rubber. Bark. Flavour is composed of sour tangy apple, dry woody tart, rubber, bark, dry,. Palate is dry earthy, hihsih carbonation. Good.

Tried from Cask on 31 Dec 2022 at 20:37


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

330ml bottle - Pours a clear golden amber colour with a short lived fizzy white head. The aroma is fruity, apple pie, light caramel and desert apples. A moderately sweet fruity taste, apple pulp and skins, light tannins, semi-dry with a light bittersweet finish

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2022 at 18:55


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at Hawkes, London. Deep orangey gold colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of juicy apple, funk hints. Taste is fruity apple, woody, drying, with some mellow funk and tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried on 16 Apr 2022 at 18:57


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

330ml bottle from Aeble. Pale golden colour, short-lived bubbly white foam head and aroma of fleshy apple, hay, citric. Taste is tart, fleshy apple, some core and pip, with zesty citrus, some acidity. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, medium dry finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2022 at 20:45


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle from Aeble. Orangey amber colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of apple, toffee, ripe fruity, funk. Taste is sweet, tangy, apple, ripe, orchardy, some solventy funk hints, with toffee, honey, and mellow tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium-dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2022 at 20:13


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

Bladder bag at Pigs Ear '21, day two, 01/12/21. Golden with some white spotting atop the glass. Nose is apple core, grass, grains, light wood. straw. Taste comprises crisp apple, orchard wood, light tannins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent.

Tried on 03 Dec 2021 at 18:26


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

Bladder bag at Pigs Ear '21, day two, 01/12/21. Golden to dark orange with some white spotting atop the glass. Nose is apple peel, grass, grains, light wood. Taste comprises crisp apple, orchard wood, light tannins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Decent.

Tried on 03 Dec 2021 at 18:25


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

330ml bottle. Pours gold with a light mist. Woody orchard fruit aroma. Tastes clean, fairly acidic with sweet apple fruit emerging. Ok overall.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2021 at 17:16