Hurst View Cider

Cidery in Stafford, Staffordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Snuggery Tap

Established in 2011

Contact
Investsey Road, Wheaton Aston, Stafford, ST19 9QP, England
Description
We are small Staffordshire craft cidermakers run by Nick and Sue Rowbotham. Driven by our enthusiasm and passion for real craft cider, we started making cider in 2011 from our home based cider shed at Ivetsey Bank, Wheaton Aston.

Our cider is made with locally sourced Staffordshire apples and traditional dabbinett bittersweet cider apples. The freshly pressed 100% juice is then blended and left to ferment naturally with its own wild yeasts. The cider is then matured to produce a traditional craft cider with character and flavour. Our cider may change flavour from batch to batch as unsulphited wild yeasts are unpredictable as mother nature.

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

Pint from a box in their own bar, the 'Snuggery Tap' in Newport Shropshire on 23rd September 2021. Golden body, no head, tasted of apples.

Tried from Draft on 23 Sep 2021 at 21:45


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Half-pint at the Pheasant Inn and Brewery, Wellington Shropshire on 29th Oct 2020. Apples!

Tried on 01 Nov 2020 at 10:05


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

Sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers Mat! Pinkish orange colour, fizzy pink foam head that quickly dissipates away and aroma of raspberry, citric, mucky notes. Taste is sweet, raspberry, fruity, with tart lemony citrus notes and some underlying fleshy apple & light funk. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, drying berry fruit & citric finish. Quite OK

Tried on 29 Mar 2020 at 18:47


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

Sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers Mat! Slightly hazy pale yellow colour, no lasting head and aroma of pear. Taste is sweetish, pear, fruity, light funky along with some citric tartness. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-dry tart pear finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried on 29 Mar 2020 at 18:23


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

Sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers Mat! Hazy pale yellow colour, no lasting head and aroma of passionfruit. Taste is sweet, fruity, passionfruit & tinned pineapple, mango hint, along with some juicy dessert apple notes. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet fruity finish. OK, quite sweet.

Tried on 27 Mar 2020 at 18:45


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

500ml bottle from Snuggery Tap, Newport Shropshire. Lightly misty golden yellow. Pleasant medium apple fruit on the nose. Crisp, fruity impressions to start, fresh, lightly tart, not too fleshy, soft tannin, decent balanced carbonation. Nice fruity easy sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2020 at 18:46


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample courtesy of minutemat, thanks Mat! Golden colour, short-lived thin white head and aroma of light fruity apple. Taste is sweetish, fruity apple, fleshy, citric hint, with a slight solventy funky note. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, medium-dry boozy finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried on 22 Mar 2020 at 21:30


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500ml bottle from trade with minutemat, cheers Mat! Slightly hazy yellow gold colour, short-lived bubbly white head and aroma of fruity apple, juicy, mellow, caramel. Taste is sweetish, fruity, ripe apple, fleshy, pappy and juicy with alittle tartness and some acidity. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, medium-dry acidic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2020 at 21:19


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

Box @ Snuggery Tap, Newport. Pours a misty pink, light raspberry fruit aroma. Fairly light on the palate, gentle raspberry presence, lightly sweet with soft underlying lemon notes. Clean, straightforward, light fruited cider.

Tried from Draft on 02 Mar 2020 at 10:57


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

Keg @ Snuggery Tap. Pours misty peach, vibrant rhubarb aroma. Well carbonated with a pleasant dominating rhubarb character, moderately sweet, nice drinkability, no sticky sweet linger. Good stuff.

Tried from Draft on 02 Mar 2020 at 10:51