30 Fine Cider and Perrys -- Tasting Notes 2014
Cider and Perry 2014
| CIDERS & PERRYS | |||||
| Name | ABV | Description | |||
| C1 | Apples & Pears | 5.2% | Lilleys | Made from 88% pear and 12% apple. Sweet in flavour with a mouth-watering almost exotic taste. | |
| C2 | Bee Sting | 5.2% | Lilleys | Sweet but incredibly refreshing with a glorious fresh tasting pear flavour and a wonderful pear aroma | |
| C3 | Blackberry | 4.0% | Mr Whitehead | Made by letting fresh blackberries to infuse into newly fermented cider for two weeks. The result has an intriguing maroon colour and the taste is just what youd expect from a blackberry and apple pie (without the pastry!). | |
| C4 | Bristol Port | 6.0% | Original Cider Company | A fruity colourful cider with a delicious apple taste. Medium sweet . | |
| C5 | Bumbleberry | 4.0% | Sandfords | Summerfruits cider. Apples, Strawberries, Blackcurrants, Raspberries and Blackberries - marvellous fruit cider. | |
| C6 | Captains Rum | 4.0% | Lilleys | A quality medium cider made from a blend of bittersweet and medium apples. This unfiltered cider is smooth and mellow with a hint of rum. | |
| C7 | Dark Sider | 7.5% | Lilleys | This mysterious cider has a completely unique character. Dark in colour it has woody and caramel notes and has been carefully crafted to appeal more to ale drinkers than our other ciders. Medium dry. | |
| C8 | Devon Mist | 4.5% | Sandfords | Not every cloudy cider has to be a challenge, Devon Mist is a gentle joy. Rich autumnal fruit with satisfying finish Devon Mist has been a real revelation this year. | |
| C9 | Dog Dancer | 6.5% | Gwynt Y Ddraig |
Medium Dry Produced from bittersweet cider apples blended with a true sharp cider apple, it is a light straw coloured cider with a medium dry, smooth, crisp, slightly sharp characteristic. |
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| C10 | Fannys Bramble | 4.0% | Sandfords | A gentle amble out of Sandford towards Shaky Bridge threads along Fannys Lane. In the autumn the blackberries from its hedges join local apples in many pies and crumbles. We pluck a few away to add to our own special recipe. We think this is a uniquely fruity and refreshing cider. | |
| C11 | Game Cock | 4.5% | G Watkin | Sweet cider, a slightly hazy golden colour. Flavour is sweet-acidic with green apples, wood and funk. | |
| C12 | Lemon & Ginger | 4.0% | Lilleys | This unfiltered medium dry cider has been expertly blended to bring out the zing of the lemon and ginger. Great served cold or warm, this cider is a great winter warmer (if youre trying this at home and like it warm and sweet try adding a dash of honey). | |
| C13 | Lemon & Lime | 4.0% | Lilleys | A refreshing blend of tangy citrus fruits and crisp Somerset cider to awaken your taste buds. A real taste of summer. | |
| C14 | Mango Cider | 4.0% | Lilleys | An aromatic sweet cider expertly blended with exotic mango to create a mouth watering tropical flavour. | |
| C15 | Merry Monkey | 4.5% | Lilleys | A medium scrumpy made with unfiltered bittersweet apple, full of character with a rich appley flavour. | |
| C16 | Novus Pyrus | 7.0% | Mr Whitehead | A new stronger perry, which is a nice change in the world of perries quite dry. | |
| C17 | Pear Light Perry | 3.8% | Mr Whitehead | Medium - sweet. This is the only perry that has any water in, as it is a mixture of a first and 2nd pressing. The 2nd pressing has water added to re-hydrate the fruit, to assist pressing out the remaining colour, juice and flavours, so the water content is no more than 20%. Often a cloudy perry, it has good flavours despite being lower strength. Varieties include Doyenne du comice, Thorn, Blakeney Red, Conference. | |
| C18 | Pear Shaped | 7.5% | Sandfords | A new perry, made from dessert pears Pear- Shaped is a clean as a whistle simple english perry. | |
| C19 | Pheasant Plucker | 4.5% | Orig Cider Company | A very apply pleasant taste to the mouth, yet still farmhouse style cider. | |
| C20 | Pigs Swill | 7.5% | Lilleys | A medium dry blended perry and cider packed full of crisp refreshing flavour. | |
| C21 | Rum Cask | 7.0% | Mr Whitehead | A Strong medium cider with a kick. Made with a mixture of apples including Cox & Russet. | |
| C22 | Shaky Bridge | 6.0% | Sandfords | A rich medium sweet cider. All the body and bite of a scrumpy, with a fresh apple finish which makes for a distinctly moreish and enjoyable cider. Named after a local landmark in years gone by Shaky was a deadly right of passage across the raging torrent of a local stream, a true test of character, putting the rope bridges of the high Himalayas to shame. | |
| C23 | Silly Ewe | 4.5% | G Watkin | Dry Cider. Good apply bite throughout, refreshing and crisp. | |
| C24 | Slack Alice | 4.6% | Celtic Marches | A medium well rounded yet a little tart 4.6% cider drier than Thundering Molly still mellow with a very slight tart finish. | |
| C25 | Squeal Pig | 4.5% | G Watkin | A Medium Perry, made from a blend of a number of varieties of Pears, Clear light yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate pear, Flavour is moderate sweet. | |
| C26 | Strawberry | 4.0% | Lilleys | A sweet berry burst which sublimely compliments the refreshing bite of apple in this moreish, juicy cider. | |
| C27 | Strawberry | 4.0% | Mr Whitehead | The colour from the strawberries gives this special (unique) cider a light pink hue, with a medium to sweet taste. This starts life as a light cider of about 3% alcohol. Fresh strawberries are added to the fermented drink, allowing them to infuse for a several weeks, before lightly pressing the rest of their juice out. | |
| C28 | Strawberry Lane | 4.0% | Sandfords | Ripe strawberries, cask Devon cider and a healthy squeeze of fresh limes. Delicate, sweet and naturally pink this cider is blessed with all the charms of summer and a pleasing citrus kick. | |
| C29 | Thundering Molly | 5.2% | Celtic Marches | Thundering Molly 5.2% vol is a well rounded medium cider.Fresh and fruity with a lovely apple aroma.Gorgeous golden colour and a well balanced finish.Made on our Herefordshire farm from 100% cider apples. Made from a blend of bitter sweet and sharp cider apples. | |
| C30 | Toffee Apple | 4.0% | Mr Whitehead | A light apple cider gently infused with toffee. A toffee apple without the crunch. | |
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