Ross on Wye
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£10.00Hereford Applefest is an annual October time celebration of the centuries old tradition of cidermaking in our county. This cider is the celebration of cidermaking in Herefordshire today; with equal parts cider from each contributing maker. Using classic cider apple varieties, we sought to come together to layer our flavours…
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£8.50This is the classic Herefordshire style blend: 75% bittersweet (two parts Dabinett, one part Ashton Bitter) with 25% sharp to add some juicy acidity and balance in the form of Browns Apple. We gained further complexity by fermenting the Browns and Ashton Bitter in Kentucky and Scottish oak casks respectively.…
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The three varieties in this cider were pressed and fermented individually, matured and then blended for bottling by us on a cold December morning. It begins with HMJ, a full and grippy bittersweet apple. We add another: Dabinett, fruit-forward and flavoursome. To complete, Reinette d’Obry, a light, yellow, acidic variety…
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£3.60A historic Herefordshire dessert apple first recorded in 1826, Adam’s Pearmain produces a soft, perfumed cider with a silky texture. There is light florality, a gentle hint of lemon, with an easy drinking quality. Not a complex cider but certainly a very pleasant one. Perfect with fish or charcuterie, best…
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£8.95In October 2020 we experimented by pressing three barrels of Ashton Bitter each co-fermented with a different sharp apple variety. This trio showcases the importance of apple choices; how even an apple as powerful and astringent as Ashton Bitter will perform different dances with different partners. Each bottle is similar…
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£8.95In October 2020 we experimented by pressing three barrels of Ashton Bitter each co-fermented with a different sharp apple variety. This trio showcases the importance of apple choices; how even an apple as powerful and astringent as Ashton Bitter will perform different dances with different partners. Each bottle is similar…
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£11.00Two classic bittersweet apples meet in one glorious oak barrel. The resulting cider is massive – bursting at the seams with flavour, tannic potency, and Ross-on-Wye character. ABJ & Dabinett are iconic varieties; and working together in harmony here they layer their flavours in all their forms. Aromas of dried…
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Cider is meant to be shared with friends, and so it’s not a surprise when the best ciders are the ones you make with their help. Nicky Kong, founder of the Manchester Cider Club and The Cat in the Glass bottle shop, with our dear friends Cath & Dick went…
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For more than 100 years, British orchardists have been growing this French variety of apple, which we knew as ‘Michelin.’ But now the truth is out! DNA fingerprinting reveals that this apple is in fact the variety ‘Bisquet!’ And ‘Michelin’ is a different, distinct variety. How curious! This apple is…
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Can a drink be a window? This is a single variety bittersweet cider, matured in an oak cask, aged patiently, and bottled when it was ready. Yet it is also a campfire of burning peat, it is the caramelized honey on the joint of pork, it is the singular expression…
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Blakeney Red is one of the most popular pear varieties in the Three Counties. This wonderful fruit has been celebrated for centuries for its full bodied flavour. This bottle showcases the distinct 2022 vintage – a year where we saw more structure in our drinks and bolder tannins. This edition…
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Hailing from Gloucestershire, Brandy Pear is a rather is a rather unusual variety to find as it characteristically produces smaller trees and so was quickly and aggressively grubbed out when it became less popular. The cause of its lapse in popularity is a mystery as it produces a rather delicious,…
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Bridgewell is the name of our small ‘mother’ orchard of new varieties, planted ten years ago. A number of new apple varieties that we now adore grow there – Northwood, Improved Lambrook Pippin, Gloucestershire Underleaf, Porter’s Perfection – alongside old favourites, such as Chisel Jersey and Bulmers Norman. This cider…
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In 2014 we grafted a row of Brown Snout & Chisel Jersey trees; two historic bittersweet varieties full of character. Their first crop, in 2019, was fermented in an oak cask, and produced a powerful, chocolatey, delicious cider. But all that tannin needs time; so we let it rest until…
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Brown Snout is a beloved Herefordshire bittersweet variety, but the orchard we used to buy apples from was grubbed up in 2017. Since then we have searched for a new supply fruitlessly! Finally in 2020, thanks to a tip-off from Pat of Jolter Press, eight of us spent a drizzly…
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Bulmers Norman is an often underrated bittersweet apple from Herefordshire. Widely planted thanks to its strong vigour, cidermakers have avoided it due to its strong tannins. However time softens the bitter character and starts to reveal a deliciously citrussy, apricot-like taste, balancing the robust mouth feel and lingering dryness. A…
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One of the most important cider apples taken in a new direction by the simple act of fermentation in an oak cask. A practice used by British cidermakers for hundreds of years; a tool to aid in the expression of flavour and development of tannin. A smooth, full bodied bittersweet…
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Butt is a wonderful pear which ripens late in the season. Hard as rock until just when it ripens, this bottle is actually a blend of Butt grown on Broome Farm and on Carswell Farm. The dual sourcing of fruit adds complexity to the single variety – showcasing the full…
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Foxwhelp is back. An early season cider apple that has been grown in Herefordshire for four hundred years. It is iconic, no apple is more recognisable instantly in the glass, through it’s strawberry-come-raspberry aroma or it’s lip smacking acidity. 2020 was an off year for our trees, meaning they produced…
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Our prizewinning Foxwhelp at this year’s International Cider Competition at the Museum of Cider – a Foxwhelp like no other we have made before. A remarkable Foxwhelp – the OG on this pressing started at 1.068, meaning this is made from apples with about 30% more sugar than in a…
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Cherry Pearmain is a curious apple; recorded in 1884 as being a ‘very old’ variety but with ‘no known history.’ We grafted this apple as one of our ‘2040 Project,’ aiming to introduce 64 new varieties to the farm by 2040. To our delight, the row of Cherry Pearmain trees…
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Chisel Jersey is a flavoursome, intense Somerset variety. Characterised as a full bittersweet; the flavour fills the mouth with leathery, spicy astringent tannins, giving the sensation of eating rich dark chocolate. Dry and bitter, but with complex fruit character running through the drink. Best harvested late, and then given at…
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A rare cider. The 2022 harvest produced such spectacular and exciting fruit that when a beautiful oak cask arrived on the farm to be filled in early November, we were hopeful we could make something special. A blend of Dabinett and Kingston Black apples has created a cider bursting with…
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Dabinett is the most important cider apple in Britain, widely planted for over two centuries. It is a vintage bittersweet with all the character that makes traditional English cider: tannin, complexity and body. This batch is our first main in stainless steel and the result is a very fruit forward…
