Barbourne Cider

Cidery in Worcester, Worcestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2006

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19 York Place, Worcester, WR1 3DR, England
Description
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.

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Bottle from Saucy Pears, Worcester, had this at home Sunday 10th May 2015 Light lemony colour with a steady effervescence. Sweet appley waftys on the nose. Refreshing cider, bittersweet apples but more medium-sweet and juicy. Like it. First cider sat outside in the garden this year. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.4
Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2015 at 23:55

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Bottle from Saucy Pears. Appearance - golden amber with steady bubbles. Nose - dank dry apples and apple skin. Taste - dry apples and apple skin again. Palate - light to medium bodied with a big tangy texture and a long dry tangy finish. Overall - decent cider.
Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2015 at 14:20

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Bottle from Saucy Pears. Appearance - golden with steady bubbles and no head. Nose - dry apples, almost cooking apples. Taste - a bit sweeter, like fizzy apple sauce. Palate - close to medium bodied with a big tangy texture and a long dry tangy finish. Overall - a solid cider. Prefer less carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 02 May 2015 at 17:10

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Bottle from Saucy Pears. Appearance - golden with no head. Nose - dry pears. It’s almost apples. Taste - more of the same. Palate - close to medium bodied with a big tangy texture and a long dry tangy finish. Overall - although it is supposedly medium sweet it’s actually nice and dry and tangy.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2015 at 11:07

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white partially cloudy color. Mildly tannic, a touch sweet and light body. Very quaffable. Lots of pear character. Extremely refreshing. Excellent
Tried on 16 Apr 2015 at 22:13

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Cask handpump at the Paul Pry, Worcester, Saturday 29th November 2014. Cloudy yellow in colour a little egginess on the nose, lovely zappy bittersweet apple tang. A bit of sharpness, just right. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov14. 3.4
Tried from Cask on 29 Nov 2014 at 13:06

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At the Cardinal’s Hat, Worcester, 23/7/2014. Amber with a small, off-white head. Well-balanced cider, with some dryish apple fruit, hint of wood and easy finish. Enjoyable.
Tried on 24 Jul 2014 at 14:33

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from the producer @ Ludlow Spring Festival May 14, drunk in the garden one sunny evening. Pours clear gold, sweet and fruity with lots of sweet apple character. Very nice indeed.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2014 at 13:21

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
500ml bottle from Mr Barbourne @ Ludlow Spring Festival May 14. Pours gold with a light haze, fresh floral apple aroma, sharp green apple in the taste, moderate fruitiness with rough tannins. Well blended and very drinkable. Right up my street this.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2014 at 10:30

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500ml bottle from Ludlow Spring Festival May 14. Pours a very pale greenish yellow. Taste is extremely light with a moderate sweetness, distant pear fruit and very faint dusty tannins. Not bad but you feel yourself yearning for more of the fruitiness to shine through.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2014 at 13:53