Gethins Pembrokeshire Cyder

Blend of Pembrokeshire dessert apples and Monmouthshire bittersweet cider apples.

Toasted the Queen's death and the new King with this one.

Golden, very very slight haze, slight sparkle

Lovely big nose. Hard to put a finger on it, it's very different. Slight sweetness of some kind from the desert apples but a bit different from normal.

Taste is lots of apples with a slight sweetness initially and a bit of burnt sugar but drying out quickly. That dryness is fairly quickly replaced by mouth watering aftertaste.

Not bad, goes down well but I think I prefer the Penny Farthing of theirs. It's on the dry side of Medium I think, I would certainly call it medium dry.

Tried this one again in 2024: Slight honey-ness to the flavour but a little bit of tartness to balance it out but you still get that cooked apple flavour. This is a cider you could drink all night as there's lots going on in there and well worth the effort to get hold of. It seems to be getting nicer by the year

From 2022: Made from Pembrokeshire apples only. Some very unusual apples in the mix, see the picture of the bottle.

Yellow, crystal clear, good fizz.

Not a huge nose, but slightly floral.

Nice flavour. A traditional cider flavour but with a good fresh taste. Bittersweet very slight cooked apple flavour from the desert apple.

Very drinkable and refreshing; rolling off the tongue nicely. Good aftertaste that lingers. Would certainly drink more.

I tried this again in 2024 and was much nicer drop I think. This year a bit more honey in it but still a very good strong cider. Dangerous as you don’t feel it.

From 2022: Made from a majority of Monmouthshire bittersweet cider apples with Pembrokeshire dessert apples to blend.

Golden clear and sparkling.

Fresh sharp apple nose.

Decent farmyard cider taste quite mellow. Not as crisp as the nose would make you expect. Fair amount of tannin but not offensive. Good tingle on the tongue and quite refreshing. The Dabinett though tends to dominate and make this a little bit more one-dimensional than the others I feel.

I personally prefer PennyFarthing just but this one is up there as well.