Orchard Pig

Cidery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2009

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West Bradley Orchards, West Bradley, Glastonbury, BA6 8LT, England
Description
It’s too easy to let life become predictable and settle for the ordinary. Luckily though, Orchard Pig is no ordinary cider. It all began in a Somerset shed, surrounded by the best West Country apple trees and free roaming Old Spot pigs. But, whilst every orchard has apples, not every orchard has Old Spot pigs. We believe our free-spirited attitude is the magic ingredient which makes every pint of Orchard Pig taste so refreshingly different to all the rest. Not your average apples, not your average pig. Orchard Pig. It’s a rare breed.

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask@Southampton Arms, London. Hazy yellow colour, no head. Aroma is apples, mild tart wooden notes, some vanilla and quite much peaches as well,. Flavour is apples, some vanilla and mild notes of wood and resin. Pleasantly dry palate.

Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2011 at 23:28


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

at Cloisters ... amber ... soft light spiced mellow nose with justa hint of apple ... sweet apple ... juicy and mellow ... ligth cinamon... not complex but quite nice

Tried on 23 Dec 2010 at 05:05


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at the Bree Louise. Pours a rich amber with few bubbles. Light, dank apple aroma with some funk. Lightly sweet flavor with some spices and more dankness. Medium bodied and pretty smooth with almost no carbonation. Obscenely dry finish, sweet, with cellar-like mustness. Good stuff this.

Tried from Draft on 27 Sep 2010 at 04:02


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Southampton Arms handpull. Simple cider, very drinkable, bit of yeast on aroma and then some stewed apple fruit, some sweetness, but ultimately a fairly straightforward easy drinking cider that I knocked back from a pint. Then got up and wobbled a bit.

Tried on 03 Jun 2010 at 02:18


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Wyevale garden centre, Bicester, 29-05-09 Pours a reddy gold, almost rust like colour with a medium carbonation. Aroma is woody and soft apple pulp, touch of overipe apples. Taste is initially quite sweet but good depth of flavour, really dessert appley, reminds me of Cox’s. This is soft in the mouth but quite tannic with gums really getting the once over. I enjoyed this, there is no denying this is on the sweet side of medium but nonethess it was very enjoyable. A7 A4 F7 P4 Ov14 3.6

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2009 at 03:19


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

750ml bottle from Waitrose, Bristol. Pale gold in colour with moderate sparkle. Dryish, barnyard aroma with some tart apple fruit. An easy drinking cider, with plenty of apple juice flavour, alongside some tartness with gave way to some sugar in the finish. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2009 at 13:35


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

750ml bottle from Corks, Bristol. Pale gold in colour with a touch of sparkle. Juicy, dry apple aroma with a hint of yeast and sulphur. Easy drinking, with clean, dryish apple fruit, and a decent dry finish. A bit clinical and probably came off worse due to being sampled straight after Ermie and Gertie’s more characterful farmhouse cider.

Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2009 at 12:42