Barrel fermented & aged cider co-fermented with partial ice cider: made with classic bittersweet & bittersharp varietals such as Yarlington Mill, Dabinett, Michelin, Catley Red, Foxwhelp, & Redstreak, from traditional Herefordshire orchards grazed by sheep & Hereford cattle. Opens up with a pop, & foamy pour that settles quickly. Golden…
This keeved cider rests on the shoulders of older trees (at least 30 years) in grazed or mown Herefordshire orchards. Tom trusts the fruit is the best for keeving, which is a technique to produce slower fermenting and potentially naturally sweet ciders. The varietals are mixed cider apples but Sheep’s…
THE SECOND BARREL ROOM SERIES: This time around we have picked some of the tastiest and potentially tastiest barrels, from all 4 of the barrel rooms. Displaying different characteristics but all are or will be, scrumptious, still and food friendly. The second barrel room series is an opportunity to find…
Oliver’s Vintage Fine Cider is a cider blended from the best barrels from the 2021 harvest. This iteration is first vintage, using the more briny, vanilla oak Irish whiskey barrels. The charring of the oak barrel, the oak itself & the acidity bring a very different character to this cider.…
Tom Oliver’s favourite bittersweet cider apple, Yarlington Mill, blended 95% with a 5% dash of Foxwhelp, to help point the cider up. Bâtonnage is the French term for stirring up the lees in the vessel where the wine or cider has been maturing. The process of whizzing up the dead…
Oliver’s Cider favourite bittersweet cider apple, Yarlington Mill 95% with a 5% dash of Foxwhelp to help point the cider up. An arrested ferment means the sweetness is all unfermented apple sugars. All Herefordshire Yarlington Mill apples, probably the best in the country. The classic Yarlington Mill floral and spicey…
Lambic beer & Cider blend It’s the fourth incarnation of the legendary experiment by cider maker Tom Oliver, & brewer Jonny Mills. They first got together in 2015, & this latest iteration of their efforts saw the wort (unfermented beer) fermented with Foxwhelp juice & cider lees (active cider yeast) in…
Sparkling Medium Dry co-ferment made in collaboration with Mills Brewing! Made from an extra strong wort, drawn from a mash of barley and wheat malts, with added cane sugar. This recipe is similar to that used for a Belgian Golden Strong Ale. It was fermented spontaneously in first-use Irish Whiskey…
Canned Cider is at the partial mercy of technology. So a cider with good preservation qualities without sulphur but with good taste attributes yet as accessible as possible for the “new” / first time customers attracted to cider by the can is the focus. To do this we used a…
Made using the Traditional Method, Sur Pointe Cider uses heritage apple varieties, carefully selected from our Herefordshire orchards to create a refreshingly light and crisp cider. Delicate on the nose, with a dry yet fruity character complementing the biscuity undertones. Sur Pointe is the result of uncompromising attention to detail…
Cabernet Co. Sparkling Rosé Cider Dabinett apple juice fermented on the freshly pressed skins of our Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Cortis wine ferments. This cider has then been secondary fermented in bottle and aged for 12 months to produce a sumptuously fizzy, robust, rosé cider! Spicy, herbal aromas of coriander…
Traditional varieties of perry pears are gathered from local trees and orchards by hand. Made in the traditional champagne-method. Full bodied subtle pear fruit notes and a creamy brioche mouth feel. A lovely alternative to a sparkling wine. 750ml. 7%
Nigel and Elena Rollinson of Lower Court Farm produce some of the best cider apples in the country, and have been working with us and Dragon Orchard for a number of years. In 2018 we were delighted to make a single variety cider with them using their Katy apples, and…
Cider aged on new French oak. A field blend of bittersweet apples from Tidnor Wood Orchard and dessert apples from Dragon Orchard. Partial wild ferment & unfiltered. Golden brown with a slight haze. Rich mouth-filling still cider with soft creamy vanillin tannins and buttery spiced toffee apple fruit. Bone dry,…
Cidre Fermier (farmhouse cider) by Pacory is from the heart of French cidre country. It has fine bubbles that develop to give a delicate effervescence in this golden straw coloured cider. Its nose expresses cooked fruit notes and fruits jams in an elegant way. In the mouth its frank acidity gives it…
Perry saison. We aged a golden wild ale, fermented with our mother culture of wild yeasts and microbes, in an ex sherry barrel for 8 months with perry pear lees from our friends at Little Pomona cidery in Herefordshire. A beautiful marriage between pear, malt, lactic acidity, oak and funk.…
A super-smooth blend of mature Jonagold, with just a touch of funk and a dash of smoke on the finish; sweetened with our classic bittersweet keeved cider. The distinctive text-only label was created on a 1935 typewriter and features the exploits of the quick brown fox and the lazy dog…
Sparkling Medium Sweet Cider. The super tasty cider is made by soaking regent grape skins in Ellis Bitter apple juice for three weeks. The skins are strained off and the cider allowed to ferment and then mature for six months, before being blended with naturally sweet new season keeved cider.…
Sparkling Sweet Bitter Orange Co-Ferment This fruity cider combines wood oven roasted bitter oranges, fermented as a natural wine with Pilton’s naturally sweet keeved cider; back in the marmalade season, Martin caramelised Seville oranges in a masonry oven. They were roasted over ash logs, with juniper berries & branches of fresh bay & rosemary. The softened…
Six month smokey barrel aged keeved cider. This batch of keeved cider was spotted as being something different way back in the winter of 2020. With complex fruit and delicate balance it stood out as being worth particular attention to become a special product. It was first left to ferment…
This distinctive sparkling cider is made in Somerset by the artisan method of keeving. Fresh bittersweet cider apples are partially fermented to produce a naturally medium cider without sweetening or pasteurisation. Wild yeasts, cold cellars and the low nutrient orchards of Pilton are all key elements in the process. Light…
This fruity, keeved cider brings together bittersweet cider apples with their pomme family third cousin, the quince. The unique tart astringency of the quince is balanced here by the natural fruity sweetness of our classic keeved cider. Medium sweet. 750ml. 4.8%.
Keeved quince. This natural fruit wine is made exclusively from quince, hand picked in orchards on the banks of the river Brue in Somerset. The quince’s rose-like floral aroma and unique tartness make a truly distinctive, full flavoured drink with a long fruity finish. Acidic and tart it goes well…
This natural fruit wine is made exclusively from quince, hand picked in orchards on the banks of the river Brue in Somerset. The quince’s rose-like floral aroma and unique tartness make a truly distinctive, full flavoured drink with a long fruity finish. Acidic and tart it goes well with strong…