Badgers Hill Farm Pippin Cider Dry

Brewed by Badgers Hill Farm Cider
Style: Cider
Canterbury, England

Bag in a box at Rare Breeds BF 08. Urine coloured. Kinda minty. Herbaceous. Eucalyptus all over it. Plus some cider apple. Just bizarre. A minty cider. Quite drinkable, but oddly minty. As the cidery isn’t too far away, I will definitely go and visit.

Badgers Hill is a garden centre / orchard in Chilham, a small village between Canterbury and Ashford in Kent. My folks happen to live in Chilham, so I think its my duty to be the first reviewer of their cider. Its sold from the barrel in 2 pint milk cartons at £4.25. In the glass its very pale, with very little carbonation. It’s 8% abv, and this is well disguised. The taste is of apples and a slight peachyness. Quite sweet, mellowing out in the finish. Its a young cider and lacks body - it could do with a ageing before its sold. That said its very fruity and refreshing and I’ll be buying it again. They also do a sweet and a medium dry. The shop is open every day between March and September.