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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5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

7/5/2022. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed. Pours clear pale gold with minimal head. Aroma is weak, pear, caramel, brown sugar, plastic, solvent, touch funky. Medium sweetness, light tartness. Moderate body, oily watery, average carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2022 at 13:39


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

500ml bottle from Cider House, Borough Market, London. Slightly hazy orange gold colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of solventy funk, pear & apple. Taste is perry pear, tangy, fruity, some funky, solvent & woody notes, and with drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium mellow tannic finish

Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2022 at 16:46


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

500ml bottle from Cider House, Borough Market, London. England Cider Rating #2500. Orangey gold colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, woody, mucky funk hint. Taste is tangy, tart, apple, orangey, bittersweet, alittle funk, caramel hint, and with drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2022 at 20:15