Rich's Cider

Cidery in Highbridge, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Richs Farmhouse Cider

Established in 1954

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Rich’s Cider Farm, Watchfield, Highbridge, TA9 4RD, England
Description
There have been many changes since Gordon Rich started pressing cider apples at Mill Farm, although essentially the production of the juice is still traditional.

We are a family run business producing traditional farmhouse cider and farm pressed apple juice, with locally harvested Somerset apples.

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6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled. A golden cider. The aroma has notes of apples, and apple core. The flavor is sweet with notes of lemons, apples, wood, and apple core, leading to a dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2022 at 12:38

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Draught at Stumble Inn, Bradford-on-avon. Hazy golden colour, no head and aroma of apple, fruity, farmhouse notes. Taste is sweetish, apple, juicy, fruity with some funk and drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium tannic finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried on 30 Jul 2022 at 14:27

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29/4/2022. On the Harwich Ale Trail. From BIAB at the Globe, Harwich. Pours clear dark gold with a short lasting bubbly white head. Aroma is fruity apple, woody, vanilla, caramel. Light sweetness, moderate bitterness, light tartness. Moderate body, slightly oily, low carbonation. Dry finish. Pretty good.
Tried on 13 Jun 2022 at 08:37

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours dark gold with high carbonation. Aroma is sweet woody apple and pastry. Taste has sweet apple and pastry to start with a dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2022 at 18:55

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours slightly cloudy dull orange gold with zero carbonation. Aroma is musty, dry apples, with a little smoky acetone. Taste is dry apple juice throughout. A little smoke.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2022 at 20:42

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours dark orange with low carbonation. Aroma is musty medium sweet apple juice. Taste has musty apples throughout with a medium sweet start and a dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2022 at 21:09

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From cask at Waterloo Tap, London, 26.02.22. Cloudy straw colour. Almost ko head. Fine and complex aroma and taste of Lapsang Souchong, apple peel and oak. Good! Dry and uncarbonated.
Tried from Cask on 26 Feb 2022 at 23:36

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500ml bottle from Scrattings. Orangey gold colour, white foam head that quickly dissipates away and aroma of fruity apple, musty. Taste is tangy, apple, fruity, orangey notes, with some mellow tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium-dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2021 at 22:43

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500ml bottle from Scrattings. Golden colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of rich stewed apple. Taste is sweet, baked apple, caramel notes, fruity, with some tartness, mellow funk oak hint and soft tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2021 at 22:17

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Sample at Leg Bender cider shop.
No head. Hazy golden pour. Light tart aftertaste.
Tried from Draft at Leg Bender Cider Shop on 26 Oct 2021 at 14:03