Purbeck Cider Company

Cidery in Wareham, Dorset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2008

Contact
Lower Scoles Farm, Kingston, Wareham, BH20 5LG, England
Description
Purbeck Cider Company is the brainchild of Joe Hartle, son of Peter and Hazel Hartle of Purbeck Ice Cream. Joe returned from travelling New Zealand to his family farm on the Jurassic Coast with the idea of making magnificent farm pressed cider and apple juice as well as continuing his sheep farming.

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6.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Stamford Post, Stamford. Clear yellow without head. Aroma is sweet apples and light green apples. Flavor is quite sweet. Light dry finish. 161018
Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2018 at 09:35

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Box @ JDW Shrewsbury Hotel. Pours misty yellow, aroma has light orchard must. Taste presents a light acidity, soft bittersweet cider apple fruit, fairly light simplistic with distant tannins.
Tried on 14 Oct 2018 at 17:23

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
BIAB at William Stead JDW, Darlington. Slightly hazy yellow gold colour, afew bubbles on top and fruity apple & funk aroma. Taste is tangy apple, some apple skin, bittersweet, citric and with drying tannin. Light bodied, low carbonation, dry tart finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried on 14 Oct 2018 at 12:55

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Peterborough beer Festival 2018. A translucent golden orange coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, white sugars, clean apple juice,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, woody apple, tangy apple, bark,. Palate is semi sweet, crisp, pithy, still. Nice stuff.
Tried from Cask on 02 Sep 2018 at 16:31

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Leighton's place 20/06/2018. Many thanks. A reddy amber brown coloured pour with a halo of beige head. Aroma is sweet ajmmy red urrant, nutty, belgian. Super jammy. Flavour is composed of sweet anf tangy red currant, brown sugars, . Palate si medium sweet, tangy, moderate carboantion. . Super jammy.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2018 at 20:11

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Subtle end to my trip to Brum. Pint pour from box at The Stable. Culmination of my trip. Good food, good drink. Hearty, fruity cider, cherries tempering bothe apple sweetness and tartness. Light swertness throughout. Tasty.
Tried on 20 May 2018 at 18:47

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Box @ Stable Brum. Pours pale yellow, aroma is fresh apple juice, light sour. Taste is high juice, moderately sweet, with a good astringent tannic bite, sour, tangy, drying with salty glimpses.
Tried on 08 Apr 2018 at 18:25

6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Gravity dispense (bag-in-box) @ GBBF 2016, [ Great British Beer Festival 2016 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Purbeck Joe's Cider - Sweet (3) ].ABV: 4.5%. Unclear matt light to medium yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy apple, sweet apples, apple pie. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet apple, apple pie, vanilla. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20160809] 7-2-7-3-13
Tried on 06 Mar 2018 at 15:45

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Box @ Stable, Birmingham. Pours a misty gold. Aroma of fleshy apple fruit, lightly bitter skins. Taste presents lots of pure, fleshy, apple fruit, light bitterness. Great, fruity cider.
Tried on 22 Aug 2017 at 08:56

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bag in box at The Stable, Birmingham. 01/05/17. A feint apple skin aroma. Gold, slightly opaque. Thin white head. Light sweetness, with an underlying sour kick. Light bodied. Watery. Soda fizz carbonation. Short dry finish. Not overly flavourful but refreshing.
Tried on 02 Jun 2017 at 07:13