Hurst View Cider
Cidery
in
Stafford,
Staffordshire,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Snuggery Tap
- Out of business
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.
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.
7.4/10
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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
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Box @ Snuggery Tap, Newport. Pours hazed straw yellow. Vibrant fruity passionfruit nose. Taste is all about the passionfruit and mango, quite juicy, moderately sweet, fairly light bodied, nice drinkability, decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Mar 2020
at 10:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Box @ Snuggery Tap, Newport. Pours misty pale yellow. Aroma presents lightly musty perry pear fruit, gently sweet. Taste is generally clean, a touch dry, some light perry pear murmurs but overall quite a clean, gently sweet perry with nice drinkability, no woody notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Mar 2020
at 10:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg @ Sankeys, Burntwood. Pours clear gold, good medium fruit on the nose. Fruity medium character, crisp, balanced, low tannin, good drinkability. Decent.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2019
at 21:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
BIAB sample courtesy of Grumbo from Peterborough beer festival 2019, cheers Graham! Golden colour, no lasting head and aroma of green apple, citric. Taste is fruity floral, green apple, fleshy, some woody notes and drying tart acidity. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2019
at 18:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
23/8/2019. From bag in a box at the 42nd Peterborough Beer & Cider Festival. Pours slightly hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma of fleshy medium sweet apples and caramel. Medium sweetness, very light tartness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft to flat carbonation. Light dry astringent finish. Ok.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2019
at 09:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
BIAB at Newcastle Beer & Cider Fest 2019. Golden colour, no head and green apple aroma. Taste is sweetish, mellow apple with some melon, green apple notes, citrus, hint of caramel. Slightly syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, medim dry finish. Quite OK
Tried
on 11 Apr 2019
at 17:31
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the GBBF 2018 day 3 09/08/2018. A light hazed golden. Orange coloured pour with a no head. Aroma is floral cider Orchard, white grape, lychee. Brown sugars. Flavour is composed of semi sweet. Sticky white grape. Apple, raspberry. Palate is medium sweet. Light tang, moderate condition. Sticky.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2018
at 07:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Nonhead. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are tart apples, fruits, sulphur and stable. Sweet semi dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 08:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Hazy golden without head. Aroma is sweet apples, aplle juice and red apples. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. 280717
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 08:17