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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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2010. Pale yellow colour, no head. Aroma is pear, spices, herbs and some grass. Flavour is pear, spices, herbs and some mild wooden notes.
Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2010 at 20:45

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bag in a box at the Portcullis, Bristol 13/08/10. Pale gold in colour. Sweetish apple juice up front, with a hint of spice. Easy drinking, with drier apple fruit and a tart finish. Fine.
Tried on 13 Aug 2010 at 16:27

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Rerate 26/7/2023. From the barrel at Heck's Cider Farm/ Clearer than before, with less sweetness and a more fruity edge. Better for it [3.3] From a bag in a box at the Portcullis cider festival, Clifton, Bristol 12/08/10. Cloudy yellow in colour and still. Dryish, musty fruit aroma. Very light and easy drinking, with plenty of sweetish juice, with a slightly more dry finish. A bit dull. [2.7]
Tried on 12 Aug 2010 at 15:52

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From a bag in a box at the Portcullis cider festival, Clifton, Bristol 12/08/10. Hazy gold in colour with slight carbonation. Sweet, pear fruit aroma with a touch of earthy skin. Flavour began with the same sweet juice, before rustic core and skin took over, with a hint of spice and dryish finish. Full of character.
Tried on 12 Aug 2010 at 15:45

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Box@Bishops Stortford Beer Festival 2010. Pale hazy yellow colour, no head. Aroma is pear, quite sweet along with some nectary notes. Flavour is fruits, pear, a bit green apples as well as some sweetish wooden notes. Mediumdry nicely drinkable perry.
Tried on 10 Aug 2010 at 22:52

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Box@Bishops Stortford Beer Festival 2010. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is tart apple, blue cheese, mild zest as well as some spices. Flavour is tart apples, blue cheese, spices, some acidity and quite mouthdrying.
Tried on 10 Aug 2010 at 22:39

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From tap at Bree Louise. Aroma is dry sulphorish and crisp apple fruity fruity. Bone dry and apple fruity flavoured. Bone dry and slight bitter to acidic. Dry sulphorish note too. Bone dry finish.
Tried from Draft on 05 Aug 2010 at 03:27

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From cask. Pours clear and pale yellow with no head. Aroma is fruity and perry citric. Sweet initially but rather dry and sulphorish into the finish. Lasting sulphorish and perry flavour.
Tried from Cask on 04 Aug 2010 at 06:47

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From a polypin at the Wellington, Bristol 29/05/10. Deep gold in colour with slight carbonation. Dryish apple aroma with a hint of spice. Easy drinking with more dry fruit. Fine.
Tried on 30 May 2010 at 02:00

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
From a polypin at the Wellington, Bristol 29/05/10. Sweetish aroma of juicy pears with some lemon. Flavour had more sweet fruit, with a touch of drier skin and spice in the finish. Good.
Tried on 30 May 2010 at 01:57