Herefordshire
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£12.95Oliver’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.…
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£12.95Dry Still Cider. Oliver’s Vintage Fine Cider is a cider blended from the best barrels from the 2022 harvest. This iteration is a selection of old American oak casks from the many types of whiskey there are in the United States, making it rich and heady. The charring, the oak…
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£11.00Oliver’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…
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£21.00Lambic 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…
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£23.50Sparkling 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…
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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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£3.75Canned 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…
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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…
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£16.50
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.…
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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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£3.60
A 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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£8.95
In 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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£8.95
In 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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£11.00
Two 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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£3.60
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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£6.95
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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£11.00
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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£3.50
Bramley is an apple that needs no introduction – but did you ever try it as a single variety cider? We’ve grown Bramley on the farm for more than two decades and never released a S.V before, but that time has come! This is a beautiful sparkling cider full of…
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£3.95
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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£10.00
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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£9.50
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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£3.60
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…
