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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Cask @Mermaid, St Albans. 12/10/2023. Color amabarino sin espuma, aromas y sabores manzana, madera, seca.

Tried from Cask on 12 Oct 2023 at 18:45


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

BIAB at Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival 2023. Golden colour, no head and aroma of perry pear, citric. Taste is perry pear, woody, tart, citric, fruity, with some tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tary & tannic peary finish. Quite drinkable

Tried on 12 Oct 2023 at 14:19


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

250ml bottle from Seven Cellars. Golden amber colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of honey, floral, heather, spice. Taste is sweet, honey, sugary, flowery, heathery with some spice. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, lingering sweet finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2023 at 20:10


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

At Heck's Cider Farm 26/7/2023. Deep gold in colour. Plenty of tart apple character throughout with some oak and skin, before a dry finish. Good.

Tried on 26 Jul 2023 at 21:09


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

At Heck's Cider Farm 26/7/2023. Very clear for a cider and bright gold in colour. Medium aroma, with a faint rustic edge. Full mouth feel, with some juicy fruitiness upfront, before a finish that began smooth but then shifted to a lingering tartness that added some real character to this cider. Very good.

Tried on 26 Jul 2023 at 19:34


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Panda courtesy of Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of pear, fleshy, flowery, woody, funk. Taste is sweet, perry pear, fleshy, floral, wood, caramel & funky hints, with mellow drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tannic perry finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried on 23 Jun 2023 at 21:45


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

500ml bottle. Clear straw yellow appearance. Aroma of farmyard funk. Light carbonation, soft moderately sweet apple fruit, soft citrus and clean apple flavours, soft juicy palate. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2023 at 19:12


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home, from Elston & Son online, 21/05/23. Clear golden with a fast collapsing white head, carbonation well evident plus a few floaties thrown in for good measure. Nose is bitter sweet pear, orchard wood, light funk, sugars, pear skins. Taste comprises sharp pears, tannins, bakanced sugar, pear compote, light farmyard snap, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Solid full flavoured perry.

Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2023 at 15:25


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

From tap at Three Hounds Beer Cafe and Bottle Shop in Penge, London, 22.04.23 with Terje on part 10 of the Green Chain Walk. Clear golden. Aroma and tart taste of papaya, mango, apples, mineraly tannins.

Tried from Draft on 22 Apr 2023 at 15:03


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Growler fill from the Low Cost Beer online shop. Pours almost still golden orange with no head. Aromas of cider apple and fresh sweat. Taste is dry, fusty apple. Dry finish.

Tried from Growler on 18 Mar 2023 at 16:33