Brick Lock Orchard

Cidery in Roydon, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2024

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Brick Lock Cottage, Roydon, CM19 5EX, England
Description
Small batch Essex Ciders. Essex heritage apples, lovingly crafted into thirst quenching cider.

Our orchard is still quite young and was first planted in 2013. Maintaining heritage is important to us, so the orchard is full of Essex varieties of apples including; Braintree Seedling, Chelmsford Wonder, Discovery, Montford, Frances, Nolan Pippin, Ruby Thorrington, Dr Harvey & D’arcy Spice, laid out in a traditional orchard pattern, with good spacing between the trees.

We have a passion for keeping it local and the cider is the next step on the journey in establishing our smallholding.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Pale gold colour, thin bubbly rim and aroma of apple, fruit, flesh. Taste is tart, tangy, appley, with skin and core, and some malic acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tart finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried on 04 Oct 2025 at 19:47

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Pale gold colour, thin bubbly rim and aroma of ripe apple, fruit, skin. Taste is sweetish, tangy, tart, appley, rum cask, wood, vanilla, with some tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium drying rum barrel finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried on 04 Oct 2025 at 18:50

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
11/9/2025. From BIAB at the 2025 Chappel Summer Beer & Cider Festival. Pale pour. Drying. Very light woody, vanilla, rummy notes. Nicely drinkable.
Tried on 11 Sep 2025 at 10:31

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
11/9/2025. From BIAB at the 2025 Chappel Summer Beer & Cider Festival. Medium dry cider. Crisp. Nice mellow drying finish. Liked it.
Tried on 11 Sep 2025 at 10:25