Pookhill Cider

Cidery in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2002

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Middle Farm, Lewes Road, Firle, Lewes, BN8 6LJ, England
Description
Nestling at the foot of Firle Beacon on the South Downs in Sussex, Middle Farm is a 625 acre working family farm. We offer a warm countryside welcome, with something for every member of the family to enjoy.

Six generations of farming have given us a unique insight into British food production. The highest standards of animal welfare and environmental care show in our milk and meat products. We demand those same high standards from everyone whose produce we stock.

In more recent years, Mr Pile set up the cider business, collecting cider from small farms all over the west country to sell at Middle Farm.

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cloudy amber with a tiny off white head. Sour aroma with loads of acetone, apples and vinegar. Flavor was bone dry with plenty of acetone, lacto, tannins, apples and vinegar. Finished sour and dry. Lovely!

Tried on 14 Aug 2010 at 09:53


6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Plastic bottle 568 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours deep golden with a tiny rough white head. The nose has massive acetone. Thin body, very dry and astringent apple notes with some tannins. Acetone and wood. 140810

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2010 at 09:53


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Hazy orange with an off white head. Very sour aroma with plenty of acetone, lacto and natural apples. Very sour flavor with loads of lacto, acetone, natural tart apples and towards the end it became very dry. Sour and dry, lovely!

Tried on 14 Aug 2010 at 09:46


6.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

cloudy yellow, almost no head. aroma is flowery and cirtryssy with an underlying note of pretty sour tartness. flavor is very acid yet not that sour, vineagra. pretty strange but okay.

Tried on 14 Aug 2010 at 09:26


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

Plastic bottle, 8.4%. Quite citric and quite fruity aroma, some acetone. Cloudy dark orange colour. The flavour is very citric with some acetone. Lots of tannins. Good sweetness to balance. Real apple flavour in the aftertaste. Low carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2010 at 08:46


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Plastic bottle 568 cl. Pours a cloudy amber with no head but tiny impurities. The nose has acetone and sweet woody accents. Medium body, completely flat, sophisticated acetone - not that appley though. Tart finish. Not overly tannic. 140810

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2010 at 08:28