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

Hazy yellow colour, no head. Aroma is sweet apples, some rum, mild toffee tones with some slight wooden tones too. Flavour is wooden, some rum, mild toffee and some sweet apples to it. Nice apples and wood in the finish. Somewhat sweet.

Tried on 18 Nov 2024 at 15:46


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

Bag-In-Box. Golden colour, minor head. Aroma is sweet fruity apple with mild lemongrassy tones as well. Flavour is sweet fruity apples with some dry wooden tones too. As it's been in the glass a while it gets a bit white wine like elements too.

Tried on 18 Nov 2024 at 15:43


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

Bottle. Yellowish golden colour, tiny white head. Aroma is apple, some mild wooden and a bit funky and yeasty tones to it. Flavour is kind of funky, a bit spicy, some green apples and sweeter apples as well as some dry wooden elements. Interesting.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2024 at 19:14


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

From bag-in-a-box at the Sausage and Cider Festival at The Dog & Bell, Deptford, London, 24.08.24. Translucent straw colour. Almost no head. Lovely, smooth and sweet aroma and taste id sweet, red apples, apple cake, cinnamon and so on. And, perhaps, also Port Good!

Tried on 24 Aug 2024 at 20:22


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

From bag-in-a-box at the Sausage and Cider Festival at The Dog & Bell, Deptford, London, 23.08.24. Pale lime colour. Fine aroma and taste of sweet cider apples, sweet perries and so on. Good!

Tried on 23 Aug 2024 at 21:00


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

BIAB at Ciderdog Fest 2024, Miller Pub London. Deep golden colour, no head and aroma of barnyard funk, apple. Taste is sweetish, apple, fruity, with some funk and mellow tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry soft tannic finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried on 20 Jul 2024 at 11:27


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

13/6/2024. Bottle shared by Colin, cheers. Pours clear very pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is perry pear, twiggy, straw, light funky herbal notes. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Average carbonation, a little watery. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2024 at 16:02


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

13/6/2024. Bottle shared by Colin, cheers. Pours clear very pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is peary, floral, lightly funky, straw, touch of solvent. Moderate sweetness and bitterness with light tartness. Sparkling carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2024 at 16:01


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

clear 500ml bottle from their own place in Street. Drank at home on 7th June 2024. Lovely cider, really enjoyed it. Semi-fizzy body feel, apples and a pleasant homely overtone.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2024 at 22:57


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

Clear 500ml bottle from Hecks own place in Street. Never heard of Porters Perfection apples but this was an OK dry cider.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2024 at 07:48