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Fleece Inn, Bretforton

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It's the lull before the storm. We've been hard at work filling 18 barrels and boxes ready for dispatch over the next week or so, including a couple for a beer festival at the Globe , Hanslope near Milton Keynes. Cider and Perry stocks have[...]

The Future's Pear Shaped

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Excitement is building as the new cidermaking season approaches. We don't aim to start pressing until late September at the earliest, but in the spirit of 'forearmed is for forewarned', last week we went to have a look at the Worcestershire orchard[...]

Rain (almost) Stops Play

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The final cider apple harvest of the season very nearly didn't happen this weekend. Friday arrived along with severe weather warnings, and a mild dose of 'Sore Throat & Sniffles'. I'm not very good at being ill, particularly when there's work to[...]

Top Five Places for Cider

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A California-based travel Website called VirtualTourist.com chose Spain’s Asturias region to top its list of the world’s “Top Five Places for Cider. Cider makers in Asturias embrace showmanship in its pouring rituals,[...]

The Ciderhouse is Buzzin'

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Here's another mystery apple from the orchard in Worcestershire. The single tree that these orangey, speckled and striped apples come from is now mostly rootstock, producing a sharpish, green, ribbed apple of little value to us for cidermaking.[...]

A Vintage Year For Perry?

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The new cidermaking season has started a little earlier than usual, though it's not Cider we've been making, but Perry . This season has turned out to be a bumper one for pears, and Perry Pears in particular. We managed to press a[...]

Cheeky Spouse on the Radio

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Firstly, I can't quite believe it myself, but I am going to be taking part in a radio programme for BBC Three Counties Radio! Three Counties Kitchen , which is to be broadcast live at 7pm on Sunday 7th November, is a two-hour long show all[...]

Ciderhouse News - September

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It's been a Mop and Bucket kind of a weekend. The ciderhouse has received a full top-to-bottom clean ahead of the first pressing of the season, which will hopefully be next weekend if we can catch the Malvern Hills perry pears in time. Word[...]

Drink Cider for Conservation

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Here's a little snippet of news which caught my eye from The Times today. Apparently, Naturalists from Butterfly Conservation , in partnership with the mighty National Trust , want us all to drink more cider... Hmm! Let's dig a little bit[...]

The Cider Must Get Through...

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Daring adventures in deep snow are not usually my kind of thing, but it's sometimes worth taking a few risks in pursuit of good cider. Our local the Red Lion needed cider, award-winning Herefordshire cidermaker Mike Johnson has a barn-full of[...]