Hancocks Meadow Farm

Cidery in Ballingham, Herefordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2022

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Hancocks Meadow Farm, Valley View, Ballingham, HR2 6NN, England
Description
Hancocks Meadow Farm is a 50 acre smallholding with fields bordering the river Wye. This land enjoys a history of farming easily traced back to the 17th Century. We are a family team and we try to incorporate sustainability into every thing we do, sourcing local feed, where 100% pasture feed is not possible, to produce an artisan raw ewes milk cheese, ethically reared lamb and whole juice craft cider, all low air mile and exceptional products.

Our flock of milking ewes, run alongside our established flock of Shropshire sheep grazing our own and other long established Herefordshire orchards. As part of our sustainability strategy we keep a number of beehives to help pollinate our orchards and encourage natural habitats along the riverbank. We also keep rare breed Berkshire pigs who enjoy the whey from the cheese making and apple pomace from the cider making to ensure an efficient use for what would otherwise be wasted.

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Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 09:34


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bag in a box at Nelson Arms Tonbridge. Clear amber colour few bubbles. Excellent dry fruity cider aroma. Really attractive. Good apple fruit in the mouth. Some dryness on finish. Some gum puckering. Really attractive real cider.

Tried on 13 Jan 2024 at 14:46


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

BIAB at Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival 2023. Clear golden colour, no head and aroma of apple, fruity, floral. Taste is tart, tangy, apple, some sharp funk and mellow tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried on 12 Oct 2023 at 10:12


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Orange colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, mucky funk. Taste is sweetish, apple, fleshy, orchardy, funk, leather, with bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry earthy tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 26 May 2023 at 20:50


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

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Slightly hazed yellow gold colour, short-lived white bubbly head and aroma of apple, orchardy, some leathery funk. Taste is fleshy, tart, apple, tangy, fruity, with orchard floor notes, funky, earthy, leather and bittersharp tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2023 at 18:56


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

75cl bottle from Cat in the Glass, shared with Soph watching Ghostbusters on Boxing Day. Clear gold appearance. Fruity nose. Crisp dabinett definition, with a woody shades, gentle bitterness, apple skin, tight tannins with light sulphur creeping in. Really nice.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2023 at 17:22


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Orange colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of juicy apple, fruity, orchardy funk. Taste is sweet, tangy, apple, fruity, woody, with leathery funk, and some drying earthy tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2022 at 19:08


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Orange gold colour, white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of apple, fruity, orange juicy notes, some mucky funk. Taste is tangy, tart, apple, fruity, orangey hint, and earthy, orchardy, funky, leather, woody, with bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2022 at 21:13


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4.5

7/5/2022. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed. Pours clear pale gold with minimal head. Aroma of light apple, heather, funk. Moderate sweetness and bitterness, touch of tart. Light to moderate body, watery, average carbonation. Dry, bitter, watery finish.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2022 at 13:39