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.
danlo (13133) reviewed Longarm 2023 from Vagrant Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
750ml bottle from Drinks Finder. Pale gold colour, thin bubbly rim and aroma of quince, apple. Taste is tart, tangy, appley, quince with some acidity. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying finish. Quite drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed Birth of Winter 2023 from Vagrant Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle from Vagrant Cider. Golden colour, thin white foam rim and aroma of apple, fruit, flesh, funk. Taste is tart, tangy, apple, fleshy, some core, with barnyard funk and slight acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry funky lightly acidic finish. Nicely drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed Twelveheads 2023 from Vagrant Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle from Drink Finder. Hazed yellow gold colour, thin white rim and aroma of apple, fruit, pulpy, citric. Taste is tart, tangy, apple, fleshy fruity, drying, with some citrusy acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry & tart acidic finish. Nicely drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed Skytramp Cider 2023 from Vagrant Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
750ml bottle from Drinks Finder. Golden colour, afew bubbles on top that dissipate away and aroma of apple, earthy, funk hint. Taste is tangy, apple, fruity, some tartness, with leafy funk and woody light tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Aciiid 2023 from Vagrant Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Panda at home, thanks to Ed Danlo. A mostly clear bright yellow gold coloured pour with a loose leafy, mealy apple, medium funk, horsey, light salt. Flavour is composed of super tart, pithy green apple, granny smith, pinch of acid, bark, Palate is super sharp , tangy, citric acid, mellow carbonation. super dry.
danlo (13133) reviewed Aciiid 2023 from Vagrant Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
750ml bottle from Drink Finder. 2023 Vintage. Clear golden colour, afew bubbles on top that dissipate to a thin rim and aroma of apple, fleshy, fruit. Taste is sweetish & tart fruity, apple, some skin and flesh, with floral notes, drying acidity and some tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-dry acidic and tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed Peak & Trough 2023 from Vagrant Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle from Drink Finder. 2023 Vintage. Opened with a pop and gush. Sparkling, golden colour, thin foamy white head and aroma of fruit, apple, fleshy, green apple. Taste is tart, tangy, crisp, apple, fleshy, skin and core, woody, floral, with citric acidity. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tart acidic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Twelveheads 2022 from Vagrant Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Panda at home, thanks to Ed Danlo, 02/07/24. Almost clear golden blonde with a white cap that soon thins to a swirl. Nose is funk, hedgerow, apple core, straw, earthy, oak. Taste comprises orchard wood, tannins, vinous, apple skins, light funk. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Not bad if a little stuck in 3rd gear.
danlo (13133) reviewed Rook 2023 from Vagrant Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
750ml bottle from Vagrant Cider. Orangey gold colour, short-lived white head and aroma of apple, funk, caramel. Taste is sweetish, apple, fruity, funk, with woody bittersweet tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tangy tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed Death of Summer 2023 from Vagrant Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle from Vagrant Cider. Golden colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, fruit, funk, mineral hint. Taste is tart, apple, fleshy, with a chalky note, and some light acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry finish. Quite drinkable.