Isaac Cider

Cidery in Beaminster, Dorset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2020

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Coombe Down Farm, Beaminster, DT8 3LZ, England
Description
We’ve had a cider orchard on our family farm at Coombe Down, Beaminster for over 60 years. It’s been the central focal point of both mine and my brother’s growing up and our Dad before us.

Growing up, every year our friends would come together for parties underneath the blossom in the spring drinking last year’s home brew on the promise they’d be back again come harvest to pick apples for the next batch.

Previously we would always sell our apples to the big cider makers until we discovered through some ancestry research that we were descendants of the great renaissance scientist Sir Isaac Newton.

Now, we might not be geniuses like him, but like the apple that fell from the tree that gave Newton his eureka moment, we too had a major realisation. We shouldn’t just be selling to the big companies but keep some of our apples local and start making our own cider.

Isaac Cider is what we came up with. An honouring of our heritage but also a celebration of the county and friends that make our farm so special.

That’s why Isaac Cider is picked by friends, made by family and best enjoyed with both.

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers! Aroma of sweet apples, hints of wood and citrus. Not a lot of funk. Taste is full of apple and hints of tannin. Very refreshing to drink.

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 09:36


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle from Corks of Cotham. Golden in colour, with no head but plenty of fizziness. Rich, apple aroma with a hint of woody core and yeasty peel. Easy drinking, with lots more fruit starting with some sweetness before a fuller dryness kicked in. A quaffable cider.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 20:00


Sunshine at last, so cider in the garden. Medium sweet cider. Good quality stuff

Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2023 at 15:44


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

Tap at two trees watford. A clear deep orange coloured pour with a fading bubbles. Aroma is drying woody bark, plastic, apple juice, rustic apple. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, woody apple, bark, decent complexity.. Palate is semi sweet semi dry mellow carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 06 Aug 2023 at 19:20


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

BIAB at Ciderdog Festival at the Miller, London on Saturday 15Jul2023. Golden colour, no head and aroma of fruity apple. Taste is sweet, apple, fruity, caramel, with some tangy acidity. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry fruity finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried on 17 Jul 2023 at 19:58


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

11/2/2022. From BIAB at the 12th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of semi-sweet apples, apple core, citrus, light funky edge. Moderate sweetness. Light tartness. Nice drying tannic citric finish. Enjoyable.

Tried on 13 Feb 2022 at 16:28


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle delivered from Scrattings Cider and drunk at home. Golden and clear with no head and a little bit of fizz. Light sugary apple aroma. Taste is similar, very nice flavour of apple but there isn't that wonderful 'bite' you get from the best ciders. Short finish with medium to heavy carbonation. Decent and well-made but pretty forgettable.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2021 at 00:43


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

500ml bottle. Clear gold appearance, pleasant fruity nose, taste is crisp, accessible medium dry, nicely fruity with a subtle tannin on the finish. Good stuff if a little middle of the road.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2021 at 19:08


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

500ml bottle from Scrattings. Golden colour, short-lived foamy white head and aroma of mucky, apple, fruity. Taste is fruity, apple, mellow, some skin, funky hint, with light tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium dry tannic finish. Quite OK

Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2021 at 21:33


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

8/5/2021. Bottle sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers! Pours clear golden with minimal head. Aroma is sweet fruity apple, caramel, vanilla, flowers, slight tannin edge. Medium plus sweetness and light tartness. Moderate body, average carbonation. Clean and crisp, if a little sweet. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2021 at 16:00