Hecks Farmhouse Cider

Cidery in Street, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Hecks Farmhouse Cider

Established in 1841

Contact
9-11 Middle Leigh, Street, BA16 0LB, England
Description
The Hecks family have been making traditional farmhouse cider in Somerset for six generations, since 1841.

In 1896, we started to sell our cider from our farm shop in Street.

We make our cider by blending juice from apples all grown locally in the farm’s orchards. The cider is fermented in wooden barrels and sold draught from the wood.

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

Sampled from bottle shared with some random strangers (and they payed, nice haha, thanks!) @ Drinkers Pub, Eindhoven. Hazy a bit pale yellow golden color, virtually no head. Smell and taste remind me of the peel of overripe, shrinked apples. And too sweet. At the same time some pear and floral influences come through. Medium dry finish indeed. Meh, not one of my favourites.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2015 at 11:28


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

Bag in a box at William Stead JDW Darlington. Hazy gold colour with short lived bubbly white head and apple & barnyard aroma. Taste is tangy apple, woody, rubber, barnyard and earthy tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying tannic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried on 17 Oct 2015 at 10:09


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

Draft at Churchkey. Hazy pale yellow color, still. Aroma of light apple skin and subtle pear. Taste is tart apple, light citrus. Very much on the dry side, but easy drinking and pleasant.

Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2015 at 16:14


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

Bag in a box at County Hotel Ashford jdw. Hazy gold no head. Yes dry yes tannin yes that’s good. Even a little farmyard. It is so close to unblended lambic. Amazing. Yes this hit all my cider hot spots

Tried on 06 Sep 2015 at 07:11


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

4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. 2013 vintage. Slightly hazy apple juice yellow. Aromas of light funk, apples, champagne. Tastes of apples, light floral notes, champagne, white wine. Light body with a dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 28 Aug 2015 at 20:03


6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Trades Club, Hebden Bridge. Pale dishwater yellow coloured cider. Has a strong, fullish nose, with a fair sweetness in this respect in its taste.

Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2015 at 10:46


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

From bag in box. Pours hazy yellow with a fully gone head. Aroma is dry apples, light sulphorish. Juicy, zesty, sulphorish dry finish.

Tried on 10 Aug 2015 at 05:20


6.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Polycask @ EBF18 2014, 18th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE. [ As Hecks Bramley with Honey Cider ].Clear light medium orange yellow color with a small, open and fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple and honey, wood notes, light vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, dry, honey, apple, sweet apples. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20140807]

Tried from Cask on 06 Aug 2015 at 05:45


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Box @ Saxon Crown, Corby. Slightly hazy pale gold. Has a good apple character in both aroma and taste, but a touch thin in its texture.

Tried on 30 Jul 2015 at 15:55


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

BIAB at the Standing Order. Pours pale pissy yellow with no head. Aromas of sharp apples, zingy almost. Taste is light sweet, chalky finish. Flat.

Tried on 17 Jul 2015 at 07:00