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The Barbourne Cider Co. is a small family business based in Worcester. We use methods and techniques that have been perfected by cider makers for generations. With assistance from modern technology we make tasty ciders for all to enjoy.
Barbourne continue to use many of the methods and techniques that have been perfected by cider makers in Worcestershire for generations such as using wild yeasts in the fermentation process. They take pride in only using freshly pressed juice to make ciders and have never added artificial sweeteners to their award winning range of ciders and perries.
The orchards Barbourne use contain some of the older varieties of cider apples which make some really distinctive ciders. Early in the season they press Foxwhelp with Bulmers Norman, Redstreak and Major with Browns Apple and Harry Masters Jersey with Browns Apple. Later on other varieties ripen such as Lavignee, Brown Snout, White Norman and Kington Black. The Kingston Black is fermented on its own and bottle conditioned later as a single varietal cider. By mid November Barbourne are picking and pressing Dabinet, Yarlington Mill, Ashton Brown Jersey and finally Vilberie.
Barbourne continue to use many of the methods and techniques that have been perfected by cider makers in Worcestershire for generations such as using wild yeasts in the fermentation process. They take pride in only using freshly pressed juice to make ciders and have never added artificial sweeteners to their award winning range of ciders and perries.
The orchards Barbourne use contain some of the older varieties of cider apples which make some really distinctive ciders. Early in the season they press Foxwhelp with Bulmers Norman, Redstreak and Major with Browns Apple and Harry Masters Jersey with Browns Apple. Later on other varieties ripen such as Lavignee, Brown Snout, White Norman and Kington Black. The Kingston Black is fermented on its own and bottle conditioned later as a single varietal cider. By mid November Barbourne are picking and pressing Dabinet, Yarlington Mill, Ashton Brown Jersey and finally Vilberie.
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Box @ Post Office Vaults, Birmingham during the Brum Bimble August '18. Pours gold with a light mist. Wild apple fruit on the nose. Taste is light, thorny, fruity a little weedy, wild fruit, dry indeed.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2018
at 18:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bag In Box at GBBF 2018. It pours lightly hazy green yellow with a small white head. The aroma is soft, earthy, musty, barnyard, pear skin, powdery and gooseberry. The taste is dry, bitter, tart, musty, earthy, musty, peat, grape skin, elderflower, gooseberry and earth with drying finish. Medium body and flat carbonation. Drinks crazy easy. Nice stuff.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2018
at 16:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Polypin @ Shrewsbury Real Ale Festival, July 2018. Pours misty pink, very distant raspberry on the nose. Clean and flat on the palate, almost fruit-juice like. Soft raspberry ripple notes, some lactose perhaps, but no real apple presence. Nice light summery palate cleanser.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2018
at 19:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught at Number Twenty2, Darlington. Reddish amber colour, no head and red fruity, funky aroma. Taste is tangy apple, sweetish, sourish, balsamic vinegar, woody oak, tart tannic. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 08 May 2018
at 17:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap. Hazy golden color with no head. Aroma is mineralic, spicy, cinnamon. Taste is tannic, vanilla, mineralic, a bit mealy, cinnamon again, super dry finish. Flat, probably sub-1 gravity.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2017
at 13:33
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap. Hazy yellow color with no head. Aroma is custard, vanilla, funky, not so much apples. Taste is vanilla, dry apples, but not mealy. Near-flat, nearly lighter than water. Super fun to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2017
at 13:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Box @ Turl’s Green, Bradford. Reddish-pink with its strawberry at its best in its nose, but provides a good berry-sweetness for its taste.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2017
at 06:06
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Plough, Worcester. No head. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are apples, fruits, wood, little whisky notes and has a nice sour finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2017
at 07:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Plough, Worcester. Clear golden without head. Aroma is sweet apples, green apples and light whisky. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. 290717
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2017
at 07:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Post Office Vaults, Birmingham. Clear yellow without head. Aroma is sweet pear, fruity and light tart. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. 250717
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2017
at 13:50