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Almost 70 years after the family’s ancestors started farming at Pine Trees Farm, Rob Payne became the 5th generation to join the family business.
The fruit industry, particularly for smaller farms, is a struggling sector in UK agriculture, but Rob was determined to find a way to pay his wage and continue farming.
Making cider seemed like a natural progression. Using apples grown on the farm, Rob made his first small batch of cider in 2009 to sell at local farmers’ markets.
The fruit industry, particularly for smaller farms, is a struggling sector in UK agriculture, but Rob was determined to find a way to pay his wage and continue farming.
Making cider seemed like a natural progression. Using apples grown on the farm, Rob made his first small batch of cider in 2009 to sell at local farmers’ markets.
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
First pour from box @ The Abbey. Clear gold appearance. Bright sweet desert-apple nose, continuing to taste to form a bright Kentish-sweet cider, clean and juicy with a gentle oily palate. Ok.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2021
at 12:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bag in a box clear gold colour no head. apple aroma. some apricot. but mostly apple decent character. not too bad
Tried
on 01 Sep 2021
at 15:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bag in a box at The Made Inn Ashford. Clear pale gold colour few white heads. Elderflower and apple aroma. not as sweet as I feared. really quite heavy Elderflower flavour ok
Tried
on 06 Aug 2021
at 16:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hand-pulled half-pint at the Pheasant Inn, Wellington Shropshire. This was labelled as 5.5% ABV. Smells and tastes for pears!
Tried
on 01 Aug 2021
at 21:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours clear pale yellow with no head. Sweet apple and pear nose. Sweet apple taste. Sweet finish.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2021
at 16:45
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - pale yellow, almost clear. A touch of head only. Nose - very sweet apple or pears moreover. Taste - very sweet apple, Haribo sweets and light jelly fizz. Palate - light to medium bodied with quite a lot of residual sweetness and very low acid. Overall - too sweet and lacking in acidity for my palate.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jul 2021
at 18:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
9/6/2021. From BIAB at the Dove Street Inn, Ipswich. Pours clear very pale gold with no head. Aroma of green apple, citrus, leathery, white grape and floral notes. Very dry, light sweetness, moderate bitterness/tartness. Moderate body, low carbonation. Dry tart finish. Liked this.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2021
at 16:54
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Box @ Whitechapel Stable, London. Has light apricot in both aroma and taste with a lovely smooth texture and taste.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2021
at 21:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Pale yellow gold colour, no head and aroma of toffee, caramel. Taste is sweet, toffee, salted caramel, apple, fruity. Slightly syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet caramel finish. Quite OK
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2020
at 21:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Reddish pink colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of dark cherry, apple. Taste is sweet, cherry, apple, fruity, alittle skin & core. Medium bodied, medium bodied, syrupy sweet cherry finish. Quite OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2020
at 21:53