Farmer Jims

Cidery in Newton Abbot, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2014

Contact
Dacombe, Newton Abbot, TQ12 4ST, England
Description
Farmer Jim is a third generation cider maker from Devon. We use apples from the farm as well as neighbouring farms to make our traditional Devon Cider.

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

Hand-pulled half pint at the Crown Inn, Oakengates, on 9th December 2024. Ginger infused with a slight heat from the said ginger.

Tried on 10 Dec 2024 at 08:10


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

Litre bottle (plastic), from Lowcostbeer, drank at home on 8th December 2024. It's red and has no head, medium dry apple taste.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2024 at 20:25


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Panda online from LowCostBeer. Pours orange gold with no head. Aroma: soft, mellow apple. Taste: tangy, lightly sharp, bittersweet apple, low tannins. Medium body with no carbonation. .

Tried on 06 Sep 2024 at 22:07


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

Panda from LCB. Pours clear rhubarb pink with no head. Aroma: sweet, rhubarb, mellow apple, vanilla, custard. Taste: moderate to heavy sweet, follows the aroma. Nice flavours, but loads to sweet for me.

Tried on 06 Sep 2024 at 21:05


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

21/8/2024. From BIAB at the 45th Peterborough Beer Festival. Pours clear pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is sweet, strawberry, touch of kiwi. Very sweet, slight tartness. Moderate body, oily watery, soft carbonation. Would have liked more kiwi to give it some balance.

Tried on 30 Aug 2024 at 09:12


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keg at fynefest 2024 ...pale yellow ...thin white lacing ..soft sweet pears ..juicy fruits nose ..Light watery pear ..soft fruits

Tried on 16 Jun 2024 at 19:22


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

Bladder Bag at GBBF'23, day two, 02/08/23. Clear golden yellow with no head. Nose is sweet pear, sugars, grains, straw. Taste comprises pear skins, straw, light farmyard esters, tannins. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Okay.

Tried on 01 Sep 2023 at 16:27


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

Growler fill from the Low Cost Beer online shop. Pours clear bright red with no head. Aromas of sweetie shop, bubblegum and sweet apple. Taste is sweet apple, faint drying tannin note at the back. Bit odd.

Tried from Growler on 16 Aug 2023 at 06:41


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Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 15

Panda online from Low Cost Beer. Pours light hazy golden with a dissipating translucent head. Aroma of fruity apple, apple skins, caramel. Taste: towards sweet, fruity, ripe apple, toffee apple, low tannins. Medium body with low carbonation

Tried on 15 Aug 2023 at 22:22


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Tried on 04 Aug 2023 at 16:04