Apple County Cider Co

Cidery in Newcastle, Monmouthshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Established in 2014

Contact
Whitehouse Farm, Newcastle, NP25 5NS, Wales
Description
Cider apples come in a wonderful array with hundreds of shapes, colours and sizes. Each variety brings its own distinct character to cider. If you respect the natural alchemy of cider-making, allowing enough time for the flavour notes to slowly reveal themselves, we believe that each cider apple has a unique song to sing.

Making cider from fresh juice, there is one production each year, which starts when the fruit is harvested in the autumn. We are 100% committed to this juice and have just one opportunity to make a vintage of delectable ciders and perries for the following year.

We add winemakers' yeast to the fresh juice and it is stored in the barn where it slowly ferments. You can hear it bubbling away, slower and quieter when the temperature drops in deepest winter.

As the first blossom is finally appearing on the apple trees, the cider in the barn is racked off into a new vessel for a secondary fermentation. This last stage gives smoothness and balance to the cider, by which the full complexity of flavour can shine through.

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6.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Panda at home, thanks to Graham Grumbo, 09/08/2026.
Clear golden to copper topped with a white cap that thins to spotting.
Nose is crisp apple, hedgerow, straw, grains.
Taste comprises sweet edged apples, tannins, sugars.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Passable ... on the sweet side.
Tried on 09 Aug 2026 at 14:36

6.9/10 β€” Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
12/6/2026. Bottle from Beer Park, Llanelli. God pour. Nice dabinett apple aroma with a touch of sulphur. Medium plus sweetness, touch of tangy tartness. Cloying sweet finish. Likeable.
Tried from Bottle from Beer Park on 12 Jun 2026 at 16:13

6.8/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2026 at 16:06

7.6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Sample courtesy of Cheeseboard, cheers Simon! Clear pale golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of perry pear, fleshy, caramel, funky notes. Taste is peary, fruity, perry, some flowery notes, alittle funk, with caramel & honey hints, mellow acidity and light tannin. Syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, medium sweet drying peary finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried on 23 Sep 2024 at 17:54

6.6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sample courtesy of Cheeseboard, cheers Simon! Clear golden colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fruit, core. Taste is sweet, red apple, fruity, some core and light acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying acidic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried on 21 Sep 2024 at 18:24

6.6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle online from Stori, Bala. Pours clear mid gold with a fast dissipating opaque head. Aroma: mellow apple, smidge of funk, Taste: light to moderate sweet, clean, lightly dry, bittersweet apple, low tannins. Light to medium body with lightly spritzy carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2024 at 20:58

7.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
330 ml bottle online from Stori, Bala. Pours clear pale yellow with hardly any head. Aroma: sweet perry pear. Taste: moderate sweet, clean, lightly crisp, sweet pear. Towards medium body with no/low carbonation. Nice flavours.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2024 at 20:41

6.9/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Tanners Wine Merchants, Hereford and drunk at home. Lightish gold, clear with a little bit of head fizzing up. Slightly sour apple skin in the aroma, a little touch of sugared pear drop. A nice little balance in the taste, although it’s more sweet than medium with just a bit of acidic tang. Short sweet finish.watery body with carbonation on the heavy side. There’s not an incredible amount to it but it certainly is a pleasant cider.
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2023 at 21:17

6.4/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml bottle - Pours a lightly hazed golden amber colour with a short lived fizzy head. The aroma is apples, sweet pulp, stewed and skins. A medium sweet fruity taste, sweet apples, caramel, tannins and a light bittersweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2022 at 17:55

7.4/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from Bottle & Barrel, Aberystwyth. Shared with Soph in the company of Fly Skywalker. Clear pale gold. Familiarly sweet perry pear aroma. Oily on the palate, clean and gently sweet overall with good blakeney red notes shining through. Decent simple perry.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2020 at 15:08