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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.
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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Final 500ml bottle from Vagrant's Pomona Project "The Session" set. Orchard No. 11, Bottle 4/15. Golden colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, fruit, flesh, core. Taste is tangy, tart, fruity, appley, some core, mineral note, with drying acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry mellow acidic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2026
at 19:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Vagrant's Pomona Project "The Session" set. Orchard No. 10, Bottle 4/15. Deep golden amber colour, afew bubbles on top that dissipate to the rim and aroma of apple, core, ripe fruit. Taste is tart, tangy, appley, with lots of drying acidity and an acetic hint. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry acidic finish. Quite drinkable, very much on the acidic side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2026
at 18:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Vagrant's Pomona Project "The Session" set. Orchard No. 9, Bottle 4/15. For #rgpm. Slightly hazed pale yellowy gold colour, bubbly foam head that dissipates away and aroma of pears, citric, funk hint. Taste is peary, floral, citrusy, with some light acidity and hint of tannin. Light bodied, light carbonation, drying peary finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2026
at 18:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle from Vagrant's Pomona Project "The Session" set. Orchard No. 8, Bottle 4/15. Gusher on opening! Hazy orange gold colour, bubbly white foam head that dissipates and aroma of apple, fruit, caramel, funk. Taste is sweetish, appley, juicy fruity, some funky hints, citrus & mineral notes, with mellow acidity and tannin. Medium bodied, light soft carbonation, dry balanced acidic & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2026
at 21:15
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Vagrant's Pomona Project "The Session" set. Orchard No. 7, Bottle 4/15. Hazed deep orangey amber gold colour, bubbly head that dissipates to a white foam rim and aroma of ripe fruit, jelly. Taste is astringent, aspirin, crab appley, fleshy, fruity, with drying bitter tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, astringent bitter tannic finish. Abit harsh, quite OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2026
at 19:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
500ml bottle from Vagrant's Pomona Project "The Session" set. Orchard No. 6, Bottle 4/15. Hazed orange golden colour, bubby head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, fudge, caramel. Taste is sweet, juicy, fruity, appley, with some caramel, boiled sweets, drying acidity and mellow tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry acidic & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2026
at 18:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Vagrant's Pomona Project "The Session" set. Orchard No. 5, Bottle 4/15. Opened with a pop. Hazed orangey golden colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, flesh, fruit, earthy funk. Taste is tangy, tart, appley, fleshy, stone fruity notes, with alittle caramel hint, drying acidity and light tannin. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, dry acidic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2026
at 19:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Vagrant's Pomona Project "The Session" set. Orchard No. 4, Bottle 4/15. Hazy orange gold colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, fruit, mineral, funk hint. Taste is sweetish, tart, appley, slight strawberry & rhubarb notes, with citrusy hints, and some mellow drying acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry acidic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2026
at 18:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Vagrant's Pomona Project "The Session" set. Orchard No. 3, Bottle 4/15. Hazy orangey golden colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, flesh, fruit, mineral. Taste is tart, appley, fleshy, some skin, fruity, citric, gooseberry, with malic acidity and soft tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry acidic & alittle mellow tannic at the finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2026
at 17:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Vagrant's Pomona Project "The Session" set. Orchard No. 2, Bottle 4/15. Hazy golden colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of fruit, apple, core, herb, funk hint. Taste is sweetish & tart, tangy, appley, core, fleshy, kiwi fruit hints, with some sherberty notes, citric acidity and drying tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry acidic & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2026
at 21:18