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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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Plastic cask, 6.5% at GBBF08. Good citric aroma. Hazy very pale yellow colour. Thin mouthfeel. Citric flavour, hint of pickled cucumber. Citric finish.
Tried from Cask on 09 Sep 2008 at 10:31

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
@GBBF2008. Very pale yellow colour, small white head. ARoma is cheesy, some sour apples as well as mild wood. Flavour is cheese, vanilla and sour apples along with some sour wooden notes. Throatdrying.
Tried on 20 Aug 2008 at 01:00

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
[i] [b] Polypin at Banbury Beer Festival 08-05-08 [/i] [/b] Light golden in colour, really good clarity. This is one robust cider it really knows where its going. Really good fruity zappy apple shock, touch sweeter than expected but finishes with a real punishing tang, feels like my mouth has done a workout, most enjoyable.
Tried on 09 May 2008 at 01:33

6.1/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
An unclear golden cider with no head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of apples, but also light notes of plums and rum. The flavor is sweet apply with strong notes of wood and medium notes of plums and rum, leading to a very dry and woody finish.
Tried on 13 Jan 2008 at 10:19

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Cask 3 Judges Ultimate Glasgow tasting afters pub crawl: Poured a hazy blonde with white head. Sour apple aroma. The taste was Alkaseltzers and apples.
Tried from Cask on 05 Dec 2007 at 13:10

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cloudy yellow with a small white head. Apple juice, some wood and some dark sugar aroma. Sweet and fruity, with a dry finish.
Tried on 28 Sep 2007 at 14:49

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Pale and cloudy yellow with no head. Rich apple aroma, very fruity. Sout apple flavour with a very tart finish.
Tried on 28 Sep 2007 at 14:35

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
From barrel @ GBBF 2007, London. Hazy light to medium yellow color with virtually none head. Aroma is apple with a nice dry finish. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.
Tried on 07 Sep 2007 at 03:09

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Edinburgh Beer festival 07 ... clowdy yellow ... sharp but little apple in nose ... astringent watery ... little initial apple ... more follow very drying.
Tried on 20 Jun 2007 at 13:28

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pale clowdy yellow, with a light sharp apple fruit nose, and a very typical light cider fruit flavour.
Tried on 03 Jun 2007 at 04:26