Henneys Frome Valley Herefordshire Dry Cider

Brewed by Henneys Cider
Style: Cider
Much Cowarne, England

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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500ml bottle. Pours a deep gold, fairly dark for a cider. Well-carbonated, and thus has a pleasant, sparkling mouthfeel. Crisp, fruity and very refreshing, with a neat, dry finish. Rather a good cider.

In bottle. Apricot color, quite clear. Smells like a pile of apples that has been in the sun for a few hours. The aroma made me expect to see bees buzzing around the bottle. Taste is crisp and refreshing. The palate was quite nice. I think the yeast gives it some extra depth, although I don’t know how to explain that statement.

As the label says, this is "Superior Quality" Clean, bursting with fresh apples on the nose and also on the palate. Dry?...yes! but without the unpleasant, harsh tannins found in mass produced "dry" ciders (which bizarrely have sweeteners added to them!) This is surprisingly easy to drink and is so.o.o refreshing! Ends with a clean, fresh appley finish.

[Bottle from ASDA] Fruity, appley, cidic. still palate, dry, slightly sour finish. Damned fine cider!

Last drink I tried the night before flying out of Inverness, to London, then onto Brussels. Must say it was nice cider with some good leftfield qualities. Poured into a pint glass, cool but not cold. Lemony yellow in body, clear, with very intermittent and fine carbonation. Softly wafting salty pear nose with a good lick of fresh apples and moist cheese. Dry, very soft on the tongue and creamy come the mid-palate and beyond. Touch of cheese, wood and wheat-like notes precede a firm presence of dry, spicy apples that are well rounded and take hold of the palate. Dries the mouth and throat out with more spicy fruit in the swallow. Not harsh, pleasantly balanced and well crafted, I would have been happy to down more of these on the night but suffered from only buying a single bottle. Very nice. (50cL, code L2025, some supermarket in Inverness?)

Bottle that I picked up from Sainsbury 21.08.10 and consumed the same evening. This is very welcome after the very sweet Great Divide 16th Anniversary beer, and crikey does this wake the old taste-buds back up. Pours mid gold with medium carbonation. Touch of honey amongst the apples This is lovely & crisp, a very refreshing cider with tart appleskin in the mouth. I’m enjoying this, but I wonder if my enjoyment is being enhanced because of the disappointment of my previous beer? A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6

In bottle from Beertopia. Pours urinary tract infection gold. has a large white head that, while diminished, maintains incredible ring atop the cider throughout. Very nice apple aroma. Slightly musty. Fantastic sweet flavor, very low acidity or tartness but a solid drying at the end, leaving the mouth parched. Very nice cider.

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. gold with a white head. sour apples, light tartness and more apples. nice on the palate, apples, light sourness and an easy apple finish.

500 ml bottle served cold. Pours clear orangey-yellow with a gentle sparkle. Good appley aroma, and a bit of leather in the flavour: feels like a grown-up drink.

Smells realy nice. Most ciders do, actually, even the poorly made cheap ones. I liked that this one was drier, and not overly sweet. Some weird funky notes, too. Crisp and easy to drink, although maybe a little fatiguing towards the end.