Description
Brown Snout is a beloved Herefordshire bittersweet variety, but the orchard we used to buy apples from was grubbed up in 2017. Since then we have searched for a new supply fruitlessly! Finally in 2020, thanks to a tip-off from Pat of Jolter Press, eight of us spent a drizzly October day crawling around, handpicking one tonne of fruit at Albert’s insistence, as it is his favourite apple! A juicy, soft texture with aromatic hints of lemon peel and citrus jelly are aided by oak barrel maturation, giving this cider an extra dimension of tropical jam.
This is the same cider as the Brown Snout sparkling, but it was intended to be still, rather than our usual bottle conditioned affair. Nature conspired against me however, as malolactic in-bottle fermentation gave this bottle a very gentle sparkle. Enough to not be distinct from the bottle conditioned variant, and too much to be described as still! However, the outcome is perfect to keep the cider tasting fresh and alive. 750ml. 7.2%.
