“Pass Vale Farm at Burrow Hill near Martock in Somerset, we decided, is the Domaine de la Romanée Conti of cider.”
- Financial Times
Burrow Hill is at the heart of England’s fine cider revival. The farm has been making cider in Somerset for over 300 years. Apples are the starting point for both our cider and apple brandy, we believe it is vital to know their origins. Our orchards are home to more than 100 varieties of vintage cider apples, including Brown Snout, Stoke Red, Harry Masters and the legendary Kingston Black. All are grown organically in ancient, traditional orchards. It is the art of blending the fruit varieties that is the key to cider making.
It has long been recognised that England has three 'vintage' cider apple areas where the soil and climate creates apples of a superior quality. The terroir of the orchards around the farm is recognised as one of these three unrivalled vintage areas. The other two areas are also in South Somerset which is the heart of England's artisan cider world.
Burrow Hill has helped pioneer the UK’s fine cider movement, proving that cider deserves the same respect as wine or spirits. As the Financial Times wrote, founder Julian Temperley has “done more than anyone else in Britain to develop classy drinks from homegrown apple juice.”
Watch the film below for a tour of the orchards with Julian and Matilda Temperley
OUR CIDER
Draught / Sparkling / Perry / Bottle Fermented
“Cider that treads the path between rustic and refined with assured ease.” The Independent
“The cider-maker’s craft at its best.” The Guardian.
Burrow Hill Cider Bus is slightly sweeter, a bit lighter, crisp and refreshing
“A delightfully quaffable booze with a thirst-quenching dryness” The Independent.
“I’d drink it rather than Champagne any day of the week” Joanna Lumley
ICE CIDER
Our Ice Cider is a very unusual cider. Juice from a secret blend of apples is frozen, then the ice is removed. The remaining, concentrated, juice is then fermented in small oak barrels. This gives the resulting 11.5% abv cider an intense and unique flavour that combines the bitter-sweet and bitter-sharp qualities found in traditional vintage apples.
"A genuinely innovative drink, a real find.' 'looks like Palo Cortado sherry, smells like Calvados, tastes like a cider pudding', 'brilliant tannins, layers of flavour with soft apple embrace'. 'Ice Cider is great on its own but should be on the shelf of every cocktail bar in London as a serious contribution to mixology"
- The Financial Times
"Cider has been made in England since ancient times, the skills to make it brought here with the Norman invasion. The terroir, the ecology and climate around Kingsbury Episcopi and Burrow Hill lends themselves so naturally to fermenting apples"
- Rose Prince