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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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Post Office Vaults, Birmingham. No head. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are apples, spices, little citrus, fruits and has a semi sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2017
at 13:26
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bag in a box at the Caernarfon spoons. Pours clear red with a short-lived bubbly head. Otherwise fairly still. Aromas of sweet strawberry dessert. Taste is like ribena strawberry cordial. Sweet, artificial finish.
Tried
on 13 Jul 2017
at 09:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bag in box at the standing order. Pours hazy pinkish red, nose is light strawberry syrup, apple, taste is sweet apple, strawberry, reminiscent of an ice lolly. --- Beer merged from original tick of Strawberry Cider on 21 Aug 2017 at 09:19 - Score: 7
Tried
on 11 Jul 2017
at 01:59
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Asparagus (JDW), 1-13 Falcon Road, Battersea, Greater London, England SW11 2PL. [ As Barbourne Crimson King ].ABV: 6.0%. Hazy golden - matt medium yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, tart apples, green apples, yellow apples, sweet apples, tannins. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, tannins, apples, sweet apples. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20150805] 6-2-7-3-14
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jun 2017
at 12:52
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity dispense (bag-in-box) @ NBF 2015 [ The 40th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 8th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Barbourne Golden Drop ].Unclear matt medium yellow color with a small small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, tart apples. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, sweet apples, tart apple, soft, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20151008] 7-2-6-3-14
Tried
on 07 Mar 2017
at 10:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Box @ Stable, Birmingham. Pours cloudy gold, aroma is sweet whisky, oak. Taste has a prominent, integrated bourbon sweetness masking a cowering apple fruit with some vanilla. Tails off to a dry, woody finale. Not bad.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2016
at 13:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Polypin at standing order... Hazy Amber... Soft dry apple nose... Tanins apple... Dry apple
Tried
on 28 Jul 2016
at 02:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Box @ Barum Top Inn, Halifax. Hazy yellow coloured cider. It’s very sweet tasting with its apple, with a very drinkable texture, although not overly potent.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2016
at 08:08
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bag-in-a-box at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Last fest cider I had was served almost lukewarm; this one is stupidly cold Sort it out please Mr Martin! Hazy deep gold with a light effervescence Sweet and appley up front, paint stripper and emulsion come through. And some peach and almond. Light spice too. Some dryness in the finish, and a surprisingly pleasant aftertaste of juicy apple and vanilla. Weird one this. Certainly full-flavoured, but I don’t like some of the flavours. Enjoyed it at times, disliked it at others. Overall slightly more likes than dislikes- but only just.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jul 2016
at 14:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask hand pull at the moon under water. A hazed yellow straw coloured pour with no head. Aroma is spicy rustic apple, pear, woody, some plastic. Flavour is composed of sweet apple, bruised fruit, sugary, pear drips. Palate is medium sweet, a bit dull, sugary water. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2016
at 14:15