About
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.
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.
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
No carbonation.
Tart apple aroma.
Medium sweet, blueberry & apple tastes with a tart finish.
Solid.
Tart apple aroma.
Medium sweet, blueberry & apple tastes with a tart finish.
Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2026
at 19:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
No head a clear pale golden coloured effervescent body.
Apple & ammonia aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp with a bone dry back.
Soapy, under ripe apple & herbal tastes with an extremely sharp dry finish.
Average.
Apple & ammonia aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp with a bone dry back.
Soapy, under ripe apple & herbal tastes with an extremely sharp dry finish.
Average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2026
at 20:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear 500ml bottle from Percy Throwers (Shrewsbury). Drank in my garden on a very hot 23rd June 2026. Flat, tart apples, liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Percy Throwers Garden Centre
on 23 Jun 2026
at 17:15
7.1/10
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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
6.6/10
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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
7.2/10
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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
7.1/10
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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
from Bag in Box
on 17 Jul 2023
at 19:58
7.2/10
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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
from Bag in Box
on 13 Feb 2022
at 16:28
6.9/10
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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