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09/05/2020

Memories from The Big Apple Blossomtime a year ago.
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This year's event was cancelled but you can create your own proxy experience by visiting https://www.bigapple.org.uk/blossomtime-2020/ to see how to buy some great local ciders. All the cider makers listed are people I know and I can recommend their authenticity! There are also some lovely pictures showcasing the emerging blossom from a range of different apple varietals.
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Great to hear Simon Day of fame, current chairman of the Three Counties Cider and Perry Association trumpeting the cause of local cider with Andrew Easton on the radio this morning .
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Wassail! @ Putley, Herefordshire, United Kingdom

05/05/2020

Dreams coming true. My favourite cider of 2019 now available in Japan at

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Words do not do this Dabinett - HMJ Pet Nat 2018 from justice, but our continual purring & rapturous groans of euphoria just might. Outstanding and available 🥂 Quantities are limited!
「Ross-on-Wye（ロス・オン・ワイ）」の「Dabinett- HMJ Pet Nat 2018（ダビネHMJペットナット2018）」の美味しさは、言葉では上手く表現できないのですが・・・美味しいです。英国サイダーの特徴が味わえるうえ、飲みやすくて、食べ物とよく合います☺️Japan Cider Marketにて「数量限定」で発売中です👍
#インサイダージャパン #サイダー #シードル #シードル女子 #シードル好き #ハードサイダー
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20/04/2020

Nature doesn't stop for anyone.
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12/04/2020

Enjoying roast lamb at this time of year is an ancient tradition. But why not set new standards by pairing it with a traditional cider like this beauty from ?
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Light tannins, soft acidity, dry but easygoing, this is one of my all time favourite ciders because it is such a great alternative to a red burgundy. Tom Oliver has captured the spiritual terroir of Herefordshire Dabinett.
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I've got a stash in my cellar but see if you can get some delivered by or .
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11/04/2020

Travel definitely broadens the mind. But in lockdown, unable to leave town, we can unlock our imaginations and head for new culinary destinations.
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It's not karei raisu, it's not massaman curry, it's not beef rendang. But it's a bit of all of these. Fragrant spices, coconut milk and just enough chili set us up perfectly for this luscious, fruity, yet bone dry pet nat cider from
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10/04/2020

Younger people may not remember the 'good old days' when we had this curious custom called 'social proximity'. We did strange things such as gathering in large groups like this cider share at CraftCon 2019 a year ago. How many famous cider makers can you spot?
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As a general rule, what happens at CraftCon stays at CraftCon but I can reveal here that one the highlights for me was spending an evening becoming rather well acquainted with eleven girl perry from Bartestree. (Swipe right to see.)
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03/04/2020

Wow, what a difference a year makes! A year ago today we were just wrapping up Hong Kong's first ever cider festival, a week of cider events across the territory.
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Now the whole world is in lockdown. But we still have our memories, we still have our dreams and there is still great cider to look forward to.
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In the immortal words of Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall) right at the end of the 'I love the smell of...' scene from Apocalypse Now: 'Some day this war's gonna end'.
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Stay safe. Drink fine cider. And perry. @ Hong Kong

19/03/2020

Look at the colour of this Yarlie from Gwatkin!
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Don't forget the essentials if you are preparing to self-isolate. Plenty of good ciders like this beauty available at
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18/03/2020

Oooh! Look what's happening in Japan!
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Some of the 🇬🇧’s best ciders will soon be available for the first time in 🇯🇵 🥳 Follow for release announcements!
英国トップクラスのサイダーが日本初上陸✨！もうまもなく発売となりますが、少量しかない限定サイダーもありますので、事前予約の受付を開始いたします🇬🇧！ご興味のある方は、[email protected]へお問い合わせください！
#インサイダージャパン #サイダー #シードル #シードル女子 #シードル好き #ハードサイダー
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15/03/2020

Great to see with in Japan!
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Thank you very much for coming to Little Pomona tasting!
ご参加の皆様に感謝します🍎

09/03/2020

Very exciting times for fans of fine cider in Japan!

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Get ready 🇯🇵 time to rethink cider.🤘🏻
日本の皆さん❗準備は良いですか⁉
️🇬🇧からすごいサイダーが入ってきますよ❗
#インサイダージャパン #サイダー #シードル #シードル女子 #シードル好き #ハードサイダー
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21/01/2020

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When these guys finally fly the cage they’ll be in Tokyo.

PS we saved some bottles for the UK too

20/01/2020

Enjoying a special tour behind the scenes at the Cider Museum as part of the AGM.
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20/01/2020

Neonotic Cider meets Authentic Cider in the centre of the ciderverse that is The Shire!
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20/01/2020

Great to see that people are travelling from all over the world (Hong Kong, Korea...), braving a crisp, frozen, foggy morning in The Shire to learn from the legendary Peter Mitchell this week.
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31/12/2019

This 'Cidre Brut aux pommes de Savoie' is made with fruit grown in the lower valleys of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France.
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I don't have much information other than that it is a blend of apple and pear (100% juice). It has a cidery nose and is lovely and zingingly refreshing with a lot of the pear shining through. 2.5% abv.
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27/12/2019

I haven't kept track of all the perries I've sampled this year but there have been many and most have been good. One maker I keep coming back to is Bartestree Cider. Dave and Fiona have been winning awards for their cider and perry for almost 20 years and Dave, a Welshman, has done much to track down and identify perry varietals unique to Monmouthshire. Dave once told me he prefers sweeter cider and perry so he ferments using either keeving or cold racking to arrest the fermentation thereby preserving the natural sweetness from the juice. I've never had a perry from Bartestree that I didn't love so they are my top perry maker for 2019.
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Pictured is their Oldfield single varietal from the 2018 harvest. Oldfield is sometimes called the queen of perry pears and is said to have originated in Gloucestershire hundreds of years ago. This Bartestree Oldfield is bottle conditioned, pale gold, medium sweet and has the softness I've come to love from Bartestree. Yum!
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http://www.bartestreecider.co.uk/

26/12/2019

In a year of outstandingly good ciders it has been difficult for me to choose my #1 for 2019. But this Dabinett / Harry Masters Jersey from tops it for me.
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It's a totally natural cider that captures the fruit and the Broome Farm terroir. Fruit pressed at the peak of ripeness, wild yeast ferment, pet nat* and importantly, absolutely yummy! 😋 Well done guys, you've set the bar even higher! 😅
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PS It's no wonder they won the BBC's Food & Farming award for *Best Drinks* Producer 2019.
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*Pétillant-naturel a.k.a. méthode ancestrale means the cider was bottled before primary fermentation had finished, without the addition of sugar (unlike champagne) so the sparkle is totally natural.

24/12/2019

How about a Cryo-conditioned to sparkle things up for Christmas!
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Merry Christmas!

23/12/2019

What kind of Herefordshire Cider Christmas are you dreaming of?
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Merry Christmas!

18/10/2019

Lovely how apples can generate such beautiful aromas. Getting hints of cherry Tunes damped down with fresh cucumber from this 2016 cider from
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From the Welsh English borderlands in deep Herefordshire / Powys. These brothers are guys to keep watching. @ Kington, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

15/10/2019

Long story short, this is great! It's been a long time on my shelf, more's the pity!

14/10/2019

Ellis Bitter apples at Little Pomona today. More gorgeous smells ... can you believe watermelon?
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13/10/2019

It's all action today at Woodredding Cider! And the smell, the smell!

13/10/2019

Foxwhelp at Lyne Down Organics.

13/10/2019

Just look at that colour! Enjoying the smells of ripe apples and woodsmoke in the orchard at Lyne Down Organics.
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12/10/2019

Warming up for the Ciderlands 2019 Cider Banquet at with this cheeky little Wild Flight, a Dabinett single varietal, wild yeast fermented, bottle conditioned for several years. A beauty from .
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11/10/2019

What a blast! The Three Counties Cider and Perry Association bar at the Ciderlands event in the Hereford Cider Museum this evening. 40 ciders and perries from 20 makers served by many of the makers themselves. Plus visitors from cider making regions all over the world. As local as you can get but also truly global.
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10/10/2019

Just a couple of days to the 30th annual Big Apple Harvestime event on 12-13 Oct. Come and see some guardians of traditional cider and perry making in and around Much Marcle, near Ledbury in Herefordshire.
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I'm honoured to have been invited to conduct tutored tastings of cider and perry at three small producers. One of these is Lyne Down Organics 11am on Sun 13 Oct.
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Big themes for Lyne Down are the sense of responsibility for the orchard they took over from the late Jean Nowell (a legend in the cider community) combined with their minimalist intervention approach. You may even get a chance to press some apples too! Don't miss it! More details of the whole weekend at www.BigApple.org.uk 🍏
@ Much Marcle

05/10/2019

Don't. Miss. This.
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02/10/2019

If you are travelling by train via Birmingham to the cidery celebrations this month at and Harvestime, or if you ever have a little time to kill between trains at Birmingham New Street railway station, be sure to check out the Birmingham Stable. It's just five minutes walk from the station and sports a great selection of ciders and perries.
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Passing through today, I particularly enjoyed the draft perry. Lightly chilled, zingingly refreshing and deceptively easygoing (5.8% abv).

28/09/2019

Another superb Cider Club hosted by with award-winning sharing their story and some of the beautiful drinks they are crafting using the apples and pears from their orchards near Cork in Ireland. Fantastic!
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@ Yew Tree Peterstow

27/09/2019

It's been a long day/week. Just enough time for a drop or two of refreshment a little cider oasis in Central London before the ride back to The Shire.

26/09/2019

L👀K at this cider pairing menu! In two weeks Herefordshire is hosting visitors from all over the world for the first meet up of the International Ciderlands. This top notch cider banquet in Hereford is the flagship event designed to showcase some of the finest ciders from this region.
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For my Hong Kong 🇭🇰 cider friends who can't attend, don't despair because ciders from FIVE of the makers featured in the banquet are available in Hong Kong via my online store CIDER.COM.HK (clickable link in my bio).
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Do you know which five of these makers' ciders are in Hong Kong? If you know the answer you can show off by telling us all in the comments 😆🍾🥂

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22/09/2019

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