Cleeve Orchard Cider & Perry
Cidery in Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire, England 🏴
Description
Cleeve Orchard is the last working orchard falling within the town boundaries of Ross on Wye, Herefordshire. These Ciders and Perries are made entirely by Lewis Scott and come almost exclusively from this single orchard of standard traditional trees which is neither sprayed nor fertilized. Lewis has won awards for his Cider and Perry in The Royal Three Counties Cider Show, The Big Apple, and most recently was awarded Reserve Champion for his Perry at the Great British Cider Championships.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
BIAB at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2024. Orangey golden colour, bubbly rim and aroma of applr, fruity, caramel. Taste is sweet, appley, tangy, orchard floor, leather, funky, with drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried
on 10 Oct 2024
at 11:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
BIAB at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2024. Orangey gold colour, some bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fruit, caramel, funk. Taste is tangy, tart, apple, orchard floor, leathery funk with drying woody tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry earthy leathery tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2024
at 11:49
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Third by gravicask, shared with Finn on the third day of GBBF 2020 Winter, Old Redstreak Bar. Naked surface, no lacing, near-clear pale yellow body. Sweet and dry smell of pears. Pears to the taste bud, distant hints of peaches. Sweet and slightly tart finish. Fair enough. (Birmingham 06.02.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Mar 2020
at 08:26
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bag-in-Box. På GBBF Winter 2020 i Birmingham. Delt med Rune. Lys grågul. 0 skum. Tørr pærearoma. Smaken godt modne pærer. Søt, tørr avslutning.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2020
at 16:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2019. Deep hazy orange, flat. Dry, tannic, apple nose. Very tannic flavor with low sweetness and acidity. Dry as hell.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2019
at 10:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at GBBF 2019. Medium gold, slightly hazy. Funky nose, notes of acetone. Nice acidity in the flavor, quite tart, with acetone funk. Soft and silky, light to medium tannins.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2019
at 10:07
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Cideronline. Golden colour, no head and mucky apple aroma. Taste is muck, apple, sweet, horseblanket, barnyard funk. Syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet mucky finish. OK
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2018
at 22:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Cideronline. Cloudy gold colour, white foam head that rapidly dissipates away and funky apple aroma. Taste is tangy apple, fruity, woody, barnyard, funky with drying earthy tannins. Medium bodied, low to medium carbonation, dry tangy tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2018
at 19:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Cideronline. Golden amber colour, short-lived white foam head and mellow apple aroma. Taste is fruity apple, citric tart, bittersweet, with drying tannins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry acidic tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2018
at 18:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Cideronline. Hazy orange golden colour with lots of floating debris, no lasting head and aroma of apple, mucky. Taste is tangy apple, fruity, bittersweet, then funky, woody, leathery and oaky notes with drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2018
at 21:22