Mr Whitehead's Cider

Cidery in Alton, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2003

Contact
Windmill Farm, Colemore, Alton, GU34 3PY, England
Description
Making traditional hand crafted ciders in the Heart of Hampshire with locally sourced apples

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4.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle @ Early Winter season 11/12 Part. 3, Ulfborg. Pours cloudy pale yellow with bubbles on top. Tart and acetone like flavor. Thin and dry. Quite heavy .. slightly burns my throat. No.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2011 at 03:41


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask@Southampton Arms, London. Yellowish golden colour with no head. Aroma is sweet pear with some mild tart wooden, fruity and mild vanillaish notes. Flavour is rather similar with also some vinegary notes to it. A bit thin as for the palate, so could do with a bit higher abv.

Tried from Cask on 23 Nov 2011 at 10:55


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bag in Box @ The Liberty Bonds, JDW, Tower Hill EC3. Pours a hazy yellow color with no head. Has a fruity slighty tart apple aroma. Fruity and slightly sweetish apple flavor. Has a sweetish fruity apple finish.

Tried on 22 Nov 2011 at 01:48


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From polypin @ 3 Judges. Hazy golden colour, no head. Nose is sour apple, bit of wood. Flavour is sour apple, a slight sweetness, and a toch of wood. Well drinkable.

Tried on 13 Nov 2011 at 12:53


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6


Bottle 275ml.

Unclear light yellow almost white colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy pear, paint thinner, vinegar. Flavour is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy acidic with a long duration, acetob - paint thinner, sweet pear. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20111001]

Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2011 at 10:04


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Polypin @ Willow Walk, JDW, Victoria SW1. Pours a hazy yellow color with no head. Has a fruity fresh pear aroma. Fruity slightly tart dry pear flavor. Has a fruity fresh tart pear finish.

Tried on 09 Oct 2011 at 08:50


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7


Cask (gravity) @ The Monks Retreat, 163 Friar Street, Reading, Berkshire, England RG1 1HE.

Unclear light to medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy pear, tart pear, fruity. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110427]

Tried from Cask on 05 Oct 2011 at 14:18


3.1
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

Bottle. Slightly hazy champagne colour with very tiny white head. Aroma is pear, marzipan, vinegar, perfume and acetone. Flauvor is pear, sweet, acetone, vinegar,

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2011 at 09:26


1.5
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 1 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Small head with short duration. Color is hazy pale green - close to water. Aroma and taste are quite artificial perry with acetone and other chemicals. Awful aroma and bad taste.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2011 at 09:25


4.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle @ Autumn Tasting, Ulfborg 2011. Pours clear pale yellow with a off white head. Acetone, perfume and overall raw, warm and harsh. Sticky.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2011 at 09:25