Rosie's Cider

Cidery in Llandegla, Wrexham, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Established in 2005

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Dafarn Dywyrch, Llandegla, LL11 3BA, Wales
Description
I am Steve Hughes, a farmer’s son with an MBA. Ex factory worker. Not scared of hard work. Rosie was our Jack Russell and used to help me plant the orchard. A brilliant little dog whose name lives on.

After my initial 5 gallons of cider made in 2005, I started planting up cider orchards. We now have over 1000 standard apple trees made up of 69 different varieties, all trying their best to cling on at 1000 feet above sea level. I have now got a feel for those apple varieties that work well up here (and the ones that rather wish they lived further South).

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Cask @ Admiral Benbow, Shrewsbury. Fairly sweet for a dry cider, with a whisky influence that doesn’t quite hit the spot for me. It’s ok, and drinkable but doesn’t have the dry characteristics I was hoping for.
Tried from Cask on 16 Dec 2013 at 01:25

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500ml bottle from a farm shop somewhere in Wales. Pours pure gold, lovely fresh apple aroma with a mild apple core taste thats not overpowering. Deceivingly strong and proof that you shouldn’t judge a cider by its label.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2013 at 06:57

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At Gloucester beer festival, 23/3/2013. Yellow in colour with a slight haze. Light, medium apple fruit accompanied by some warming whisky notes. Enjoyable.
Tried on 30 Mar 2013 at 00:31

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From box@The Bree Louise, London. Yellowish silver golden colour with no head. Aroma is apple, vinegar, alcohol and some quite sweet notes as well. Flavour is sweet apples with some herbs, earth and mild fruityness as well.
Tried on 26 Apr 2012 at 21:12

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Cask@GBBF2008. Yellowish golden colour with no head. Aroma is green apples, mild earth and some slight acidic notes. Flavour is apples, earth, mild acidic notes too. Quite thin body even though it’s 7.4 % in abv.
Tried from Cask on 26 Apr 2012 at 21:11

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Polycask @ 28th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2011, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.Light unclear medium orange yellow color with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apple, sweet fruity, vanilla, candy, oak - rum. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light light acidic with a average to long duration, apples, fruity something - rum. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20111208] -
Tried from Cask on 11 Mar 2012 at 01:28

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Plastic barrel at Gbbf 2011. Very pale gold silver medium hazy to look at. Biscuit and pear aroma. Some ok pear fruit touch too swert but nods towards a dry good perry acetone finish. Not quite there but good notes. Seemillon white wine like
Tried on 02 Aug 2011 at 10:22

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Cask (gravity) @ GWBCF2011 - Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival, Cardiff Interantional Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff, Wales.ABV: 7.2%. Unclear light to medium yellow colour with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate apple, crispy apples, wood notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, apple, dusty notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110616]
Tried from Cask on 23 Jul 2011 at 10:54

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Cask@GWBCF2011. Hazy yellow colour, no head. Aroma is apples, some mild alcohol, wooden and vanillaish notes along with some slight leathery notes. Flavour is being rather similar with a quite sweet stinging touch to it. Very balanced in the flavour, even though the alcohol shows a bit.
Tried from Cask on 18 Jul 2011 at 21:55

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From bag in a box at Green Berry Walmer. Clearish orange gold with no head. Some rum in thus with a really good harsh dryness. Good biting into the gums. The rum is a bit off putting for me. Some buscuit on aroma. I mean its quite arresting. Not sure I could drink a huge amount of it. But by god thats a bit special.
Tried on 25 May 2011 at 09:39