Vagrant Cider

Cidery in Penryn, Cornwall, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2023

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Hut in the Woods, Penryn, TR10 8NB, England
Description
Itinerant cider makers.We don't have our own ground, might use yours. Mostly seedling fruit. Small batch Cider and Perry. Not economically viable 😂

Vagrant Cider was born from noticing: the derelict and unloved orchards with fruit rotting on the ground season after season. The wayside wilding blossom or autumn fruit splattered on the road. From the noticing came the sampling and cataloguing and from there, the most ridiculously uneconomic way to make cider imaginable.

We make cider as simply as possible. We use sulphur in the sterilisation of equipment and that's it. No filtration, no pasteurisation and no preservatives. Our yeasts are what's on the fruit, our equipment, the cidery walls, our hands. Nothing else. For this reason, nearly everything we make is bone dry.

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7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

750ml bottle from Vagrant Cider, for #rgpm. Golden colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of perry pear, fruit, wood, funk. Taste is perry peary, woody, fruity, funky, some leather, and drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry peary tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2025 at 21:43


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

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Clear golden colour, thin bubbly white rim and aroma of apple, fruit, funk hint. Taste is tangy, tart, appley, fleshy fruity, with drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tart tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle from The Cat in the Glass on 29 Jun 2025 at 20:42


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

Panda at home, thanks to Ed Danlo, 07/06/2025.
Clear golden to copper topped with an off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is tarte apple, hedgerow, straw, light caramel.
Taste comprises bitter sweet apple, tannins, herb, straw, apple skins.
Medium bodied, light spritzy carbonation, semi drying close.
Decent kit ... flavoursome and refreshing.

Tried on 07 Jun 2025 at 14:22


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

750ml bottle from Vagrant Cider. Opened with a pop. Golden colour, big foamy white head and aroma of fruit, melon, apple. Taste is tart, fruity, apply, rockmelon, alittle funk and some acidity. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, drying fruity acidic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2025 at 21:29


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Bright coppery orange golden colour, thin bubbly rim and aroma of apple, waxy. Taste is tart, appley, fleshy, core, mineral note, with acidity and drying tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying acidic & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle from The Cat in the Glass on 01 Jun 2025 at 19:53


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Tried on 31 May 2025 at 17:27


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

31/5/2025. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear golden with a small frothy white head. Aroma is very appley, green, lightly baked and acidic, touch funky/woody. Medium sweetness, light bitterness and tartness. Spritzy carbonation which suited it. Very drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2025 at 17:20


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

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Golden colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, mucky funk. Taste is sweetish, appley, some barnyard funk, with acidity and drying light tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium dry funky finish. Quite easy drinking.

Tried from Bottle from The Cat in the Glass on 29 May 2025 at 21:17


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

750ml bottle from Drink Finder. Orangey gold colour, some bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fruit, flesh. Taste is tangy, appley, fruity, some woody funk, slightly tart with citric acidity and drying tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium dry finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2025 at 18:16


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Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:57