East Stour Cider

Cidery in Ashford, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2006

Contact
Hanover Mill, Church Road, Ashford, TN25 6NU, England
Description
The East Stour Cider Company was formed in 2006 and for 15 years we have catered solely to the trade industry. Our ciders have been enjoyed in pubs & festivals throughout Kent and across the country.

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

Bag in a box at Firkin Alehouse. Deepish red. Colour. Well it does taste of beetroot. Not terrible just a bit of a surprise. Some sweetness. Some beetroot. Not much Apple or dryness. Bit odd bit drinkable enough

Tried from Cask on 29 May 2025 at 15:27


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

BIAB sample from Leicester Beer Festival 2019, courtesy of Grumbo. Cheers Graham! Hazy orange-amber colour with pinkish tinge, no head and aroma of pear & cherry. Taste is sweet, fruity pear, woody with solventy funk and some dark cherry notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, medium sweet finish. OK

Tried on 16 Mar 2019 at 19:02


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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

14/3/2019. From bag in box at the Leicester Beer Festival 2019. Pours cloudy pale amber pink with minimal head. Aroma of sweet pear and apples with caramel and very light cherry. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness and tartness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Sweet, tart finish.

Tried on 15 Mar 2019 at 18:35


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

From cask. Pours cloudy yellow with a fully gone head. Aroma is dry sulphorish perry zest. Medium dry, light citric and crisp zesty perry. Dry and light citric finish.

Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2014 at 01:22


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled @ GBBF day 2. Hazy murky pale yellow to almost white color, no head. Smell and taste sweetness, apple and pear, slightly winey. Decent body and carbonation.

Tried on 19 Aug 2014 at 09:42


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Polycask @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As East Stour Perry ]. Hazy matt medium grey - yellow color with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate pear, celery notes, tart pear notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average duration, light tart pear, light dry, pear. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20140813]

Tried on 13 Aug 2014 at 09:51


6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask - Tart and slightly sweet fruit. Pale yellow with no head. Tart and slight sweet fruit with a dryness. Fruit is pear, but nondescript in this. Tartness is quite nice.

Tried from Cask on 13 Aug 2014 at 05:01


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

From a plastic barrel @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England. [ As East Stour Medium Dry Cider ].ABV: 5.9%. Clear light orange yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate apple, barnyard, wood, moderate to heavy earthy - moldy - musty. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, dry, tart apples. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110805]

Tried on 10 Sep 2011 at 14:26


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask@GBBF2011 (at 5.9 % ABV). Yellowish golden colour, no head. Aroma is mild earth, some apples, mould and more earth. Flavour is sweet apples, mild apples and mould with some slight wooden and zesty notes as well.

Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2011 at 01:14


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

Bag in a box at Planet Thanet BF 2010. Cloudy pale gold/silver colour. Aroma is quite sweet. Not the world’s most challenging perry. Good fruit, just a touch too sweet, bit of eating pear flavour in there somewhere I think. Little bit of perfume. Good though.

Tried on 04 Apr 2010 at 09:34