146 Cider Company

Cidery in Southampton, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2010

Contact
146 Thornhill Park Road, Southampton, SO18 5TN, England
Description
Based in Southampton, 146 Cider Company uses locally sourced fruit to produce high quality ciders.

JezSince 2010, Jez Howat has turned what was once a hobby into a growing small-scale producer of high quality heritage ciders; winning accolades and awards along the way. What you see now is the work of over a decade of practice.

Our methods differ little from the heritage cider makers throughout ciders long history in England. Washing and milling the apples, we use a 'rack and cloth' press to extract the juice, before treating with sulphar (OK, its modern day equivalent) and allowing natural flora of yeast to slowly ferment the juice into cider.

Every 146 cider has a juice content greater than 98%. In fact, we are so proud of the ciders provenance that we publish what goes in not only on the label, but also as an archive on this website.

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

BIAB at York Beer & Cider Festival 2019. 7.3%. Hazy bright golden colour, some bubbles on top and aroma of mucky, horseblanket, solventy. Taste is sweetish, solventy, tart, sour apple, funky, orchardy with bretty horseblanket and some drying citric acidity. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium dry finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried on 20 Sep 2019 at 13:00


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

14/5/2019. Sample from Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2019 courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed! Pours almost clear pale gold with a small bubbly short lasting head. Aroma of sweet apples, brown sugar, wood and light cider vinegar. Moderate sweetness, minimal bitters and tartness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation. A little more tartness develops to finish complimenting the sweetness quite nicely. Dry, slightly astringent finish. Thought it wasn’t too bad.

Tried on 14 May 2019 at 17:56


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

BIAB at Reading Beer & Cider Festival 2019. Orangey gold colour, no head and aroma of sick, vinegar, tart apple. Taste is solventy apple, vinegary hints, with biscuit, cardboard oxidised notes. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry solventy finish. OK, tastes abit oxidised

Tried on 05 May 2019 at 12:02


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6


Gravity (bag-in-a-box) @ #RHBCF2018 🧙‍🍻🇬🇧 [ The 11th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival (The 43th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival) ], The Motorpoint Arena, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.

[ As 146 Cider - Medium (Draught) ].
ABV: 6.5%. Hazy medium orange yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apples, tart apples, light aceton, light apple vinegar. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, apple, tart, aceton, sweet apples, apple pie. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20181020]
6-2-6-3-12

Tried on 23 Oct 2018 at 08:33


5.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Nottingham Beer Festival. No head. Color is hazy golden. Aroma and taste are lots of acidity, apples, fruits, sulpur and has quite a sour finish.

Tried from Cask on 20 Oct 2018 at 10:35


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival. Cloudy golden without head. Aroma is sweet apples, light apple vinegar and green apples. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 201018

Tried from Cask on 20 Oct 2018 at 10:33


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the GBBF 2018 day 3 09/08/2018. A light hazed golden orange coloured pour with a a loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet apple juice, woody apple white sugars. Flavour is composed of super tangy, green apple, gooseberry, woody mealy apple, super tangy. Light woody funk. Palate is semi crisp, sour spicy, vinegar, woody tannin. Interesting.

Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2018 at 07:23


7.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5


Gravity (bag-in-a-box) @ GBBF 2018 - Day 3 🇬🇧 [ Great British Beer Festival 2018 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As 146 Eastern Delight ].
ABV: 7.1%. Clear light to medium yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, barnyard, sweet apples, light tart - sour apple. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, apple, tart, barnyard, light sweet apple juice. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20180809]
8-2-8-3-15

Tried on 09 Aug 2018 at 17:12


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bag in a box at Reading BF 2017. Hazy silver gold colour no head. . Pear vinegar aroma. Yes some vinegar sourness. Quite aggressive. Ok though. Pear flesh and juice through out.

Tried on 29 Apr 2017 at 06:43


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

BIAB at 2017 Darlington CAMRA beer festival at the Forum. Hazy pale yellow colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of pears, barnyard funk, vinegar hints. Taste is tart, pear, oaky woody and funky, boozy, acidic with citric rind and a vinegary note. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tart finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried on 24 Mar 2017 at 08:29