Sandford Orchards

Cidery in Crediton, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Sandford Orchards

Established in 2002

Contact
The Cider Works, Commonmarsh Lane, Crediton, EX17 1HJ, England
Description
Cider done right. That means delicious West Country cider made from fresh apple juice, using the best locally-sourced apples. Founded in 2002, we are independent, family-owned and very proud to be based in the oldest working cider mill in the UK, breathing life back into the old building. Our home in the heart of Devon is the perfect micro-climate to grow cider apples and we are blessed with some of the finest bittersweet apple orchards in the world. We press and ferment whole juice from the finest locally sourced fruit, never from concentrate. No artificial flavours or aromas, simply the best natural ingredients, and then let it age to perfection. No shortcuts. The result? Delicious, beautifully balanced and naturally refreshing cider.

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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Cambridge Wine Merchants, Cherry Hinton Road. Starting peeing with rain so I ducked in here for a bit. Golden orange, clear with quite a lot of visible carbonation. Aroma of orchard fruit, pear drops, elderflower presse and Calvados. Sweet taste, a bit too sweet at first but held back by a gentle tanginess. Toffee apple, tangerine and whisky notes. Carbonation is light on the palate. All in all a very decent cider.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2017 at 08:32

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle at home picked up from Morrisons. A clear yellow / petrol coloured pour with a lasting halo of white loose head. Aroma is semi sweet tangy apple, little woody oak, spicy alcohol. Flavour is composed of harsh alcohol, ethanol, vanilla and plum wine, sweet apple and pear. Tangy finish, harsh rubbing alcohol. Palate is medium bodied, tangy, moderate carboantion. Alcohol bit in the finish. Pretty boosty stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2017 at 17:06

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home picked up from Morrisons. A slightly hazed petrol coloured pour with a nice white effervescence. Aroma is semi sweet, crisp dry apples, pear, little plastic. Flavour is composed of semi dry, semi crisp apples, little pear. Crisp and clean and easy going. Palate is semi sweet, crisp, highish spritzy carbonation. Pretty tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2017 at 15:21

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Box @ JDW Shrewsbury Hotel. Pours a clear, very pale green, perry-like. Floral aroma. Did not know anything about the cider before tasting, and the ginseng, lychee and ginger didn’t really jump out at me. There is a floral hint to an otherwise light apple fruit character, although no spice coming through. Ok.
Tried on 17 Jul 2017 at 03:40

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at home split with Sarah. Picked up from Morrisons. A clear pinky red coloured pour with a fine pink fizz. Aroma is medium sweet, berry, cherry fruitella sweets, blackberry fruit. Flavour is composed of semi sweet , mixed red berries, blackberry, crisp finish. cherry. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation, crisp finish. I like it.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2017 at 16:18

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at home picked up from Morrisons. A clear plae peach coloured pour with a lasting halo of white froth. Aroma is sweet and tangy apple, pithy apple skin, little plastic and wood. Little bile and funk on the nose as well. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, crisp apple, smooth apple, . Palate is semi sweet, crisp, spritzy carbonation. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2017 at 15:27

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bag in box at the standing order. Pours pale golden, nose is ginger, spiced, apple, taste is sweet, spices, apple, dry finish.
Tried on 11 Jul 2017 at 01:59


5.5/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
8.4% Plastic barrel at SIBA South East Tonbridge 2017. Hazy sludge green . Green algae colour no head. Its quite sweet.called the general so an army green colour Sweetish apple juice looks terrible tastes ok.
Tried on 09 Jul 2017 at 10:14

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A very pale yellow green coloured pour with no head. Aroma is mefium sweet apple, plastic, sugary apple. Apple juice. Flavour is composed of mellow apple juice, little plastic artificial, medium sweet apple juice. Easy going. Palate is semi sweet, mellow, not much to it.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jul 2017 at 16:38