Longtail Cider

Cidery in Rochester, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2023

Contact
Noke Street Farm, Higham Road, Rochester, ME3 8BJ, England
Description
Longtail is a farm cidery and orchard, producing premium ciders made from the juice of home grown, tannic apples, near Rochester, Kent.

Longtail produce a small range of ciders from home grown apples, unhurriedly fermented by wild yeasts. Use of traditional production methods allows the flavours of the apples expression through the cider, evoking the climate and soils of our orchards in north west Kent, with their fertile chalk loams and long growing season.

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

Panda at home, thanks to Ed Danlo, 11/03/23. Golden to light copper with a just off white covering that dissipates edgewards. Nose is bitter sweet apple, caramel, sugars, tannins, hedgerow. Taste comprises sweet edged apples, caramel, tannins, light wooded notes, sugar sprinkle, apple pulp. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Solid.

Tried on 11 Mar 2023 at 20:58


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Sample thanks to Danlo. Pours a deep golden orange. Deep caramelised fruitiness, lasting sweetness with juicy moments. Good stuff.

Tried on 28 Feb 2023 at 21:01


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

3/2/2023. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear golden amber with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of sweet apple, vanilla, caramel, slight woody edge. Heavily sweet, touch tart. Moderate body, oily, soft carbonation. Slightly dry finish. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2023 at 12:49


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

Panda 🐼 at home big thanks to Ed Danlo. A clear deep orange coloured pour with a fine white head.Aroma is semi sweet, toffee, light vpn sugars, candy apple. custard. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, toffee, brown sugars, candy apple, brown sugars. Palate is semi sweet, chewy, moderate carbonation.

Tried from Can on 12 Feb 2023 at 23:21


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

750ml wired cork bottle from Cork & Crown. Orangey gold colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of juicy apple, fruity, funky. Taste is sweet, apple, juicy, fruity, caramel hint, with stone fruit notes, some funk and mellow tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium-sweet finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2023 at 22:56