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Summerwood Community Garden, Summerwood Lane Allotments, Clifton, NG5 3EJ, England
Description
Blue Barrel Cider is a CAMRA award winning traditional Nottingham cider produced in Sherwood and Clifton, Nottinghamshire. Our cider is crafted by the local community, picked, milled and pressed locally and helps support Summerwood, a community garden project.
Blue Barrel cider was born when Summerwood Community Garden in Clifton purchased a tiny press and cobbled together a homemade bike scratter and with the help of local volunteers started to produce our own cider. Due to its popularity, we decided to start selling it to raise funds for the garden. All proceeds go towards running projects for local residents including sessions with local families, vulnerable adults and educational projects with local youth and school groups.
Our Nottinghamshire cider is made using traditional methods and uses 100% freshly pressed apples sourced locally to produce a great tasting cider.
Blue Barrel cider was born when Summerwood Community Garden in Clifton purchased a tiny press and cobbled together a homemade bike scratter and with the help of local volunteers started to produce our own cider. Due to its popularity, we decided to start selling it to raise funds for the garden. All proceeds go towards running projects for local residents including sessions with local families, vulnerable adults and educational projects with local youth and school groups.
Our Nottinghamshire cider is made using traditional methods and uses 100% freshly pressed apples sourced locally to produce a great tasting cider.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 07 Dec 2025
at 12:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
31/10/2025. From BIAB at Norwich Beer Festival (Castle Social).
Tried
on 31 Oct 2025
at 13:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
9/10/2025. From BIAB at the 2025 Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2025
at 14:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
poly pin at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Thursday ...amber ...thin white ..soft sweet fruit ..Light sweet nose ...juicy fruit ..Light dry apple ..Light sweet
Tried
on 09 Oct 2025
at 13:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
BIAB at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2025. Orangey gold colour, no lasting head and aroma of wood barrel, vanilla, madiera. Taste is apey, wood barrel, vanilla, madiera, coconut hints, with some tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying barrel finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried
on 09 Oct 2025
at 13:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Cat in the Glass for #rgpm. Golden colour, thin white rim and aroma of perry pear, fruity. Taste is sweetish, peary, stone fruit notes, floral, gooseberry, with some citric acidity and light tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying mellow peary slightly tart finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
from The Cat in the Glass
on 02 Jun 2025
at 19:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Yellow golden colour, white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of zesty fruit, apple flesh. Taste is sweetish, slightly tart, apple, fleshy, some skin and core, zingy fruity citric, pineapple, chalky with mellow acidity. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying medium sweet acidic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
from The Cat in the Glass
on 13 May 2025
at 21:11
6/10
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 09:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample with Grumbo via Colin. Aroma is red apple, apple core, barnyard, tannic, straw and sweet. Smooth, sweet, drying finish. Decent.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2025
at 14:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda thanks to Cloin: Poured a golden with bubble white head. Aroma is funky, barnyard, straw, apple, tannin. Taste is sharp fresh cut apple, tannin, more of that funky barnyard.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2024
at 17:45