Sum of the Parts is our foray into the risky business of long barrel ageing and fractional blending, based loosely on the solera systems used in sherry production. Our solera began in 2017 and contains ciders from that vintage through until 2021, exclusively either high acid or high tannin varieties,…
Released seasonally in rolling small parcels, our Table Cider reflects the sheer joyous drinkability of great cider, its natural affinity with food and its ability to capture the essence of each harvest in every glass. With its juicy fruit, gentle sparkle, supple tannins and modest alcohol, Table Cider makes for…
bottle conditioned dry perry The UK is home to a little known natural treasure. It’s called the perry pear. They come in all shapes and sizes growing on trees which are famously long lived. Although beautiful to look at, they are rarely pleasant to eat, but their fermented juice is…
Fine Still Cider This is the fifth edition of the Cider Sessions, our series of small batch, intriguing liquids for those that like to explore the outer limits of cider! This one is a blend of our favourite apple, Egremont Russett (70%) with Dabinett and Chisel Jersey in roughly equal…
Three Points 2020 is a special cider, crafted with special people for their special day. We were thrilled to be asked by Adam and Caroline to craft with them a cider specially for their wedding day. And “with” really was the operative word, with the pair getting involved with every…
With this bottle, thanks to our friends at Throne Farm in Weobley, Herefordshire, and their plantings of French varieties of pears, we have fulfilled a long-held ambition to make a still, dry perry. As ever simple techniques and the magic of time have made this. Beautiful fruit – Long Bois…
Tiny Dancer is the happy result of letting flying cidermaker and Neutral Cider Hotel podcast host Martyn Goodwin-Sharman, aka @cidershit on the socials, loose amongst our barrels – all 140 of them! Fortunately he has a very good nose for piecing together interesting blends and once again he hasn’t let…
To Boldly Go opens a new frontier in winemaking – or do we mean perry making? Our craziest idea yet has brought together Bacchus grapes, sourced by our lovely friend Ingrid from Dunleavy Vineyards, with mid-season Herefordshire perry pears – Green Horse and Hendre Huffcap. Throw in carbonic maceration and…
A home for our experiments in wine- and cidermaking, this is the second iteration of To Boldly Go! We brought three fruits together this time – sour Keleris cherries, perry pears and Discovery apples, all locally sourced. The cherries went through a four-week carbonic maceration, a process that deepens colour…
This edition of To Boldly Go broadens our horizons of perry making – or do we mean winemaking? Bringing together two grape varieties, Solaris and Seyval Blanc, with two pear varieties, Longbois and Antricotin, in a roughly equal blend for a wild co-fermentation before being bottle conditioned and hand disgorged,…
🎉 Little Pomona & Burum Collective collaboration 🎉 Taking advantage of the harvest internship which Burum’s co-founder, Helen Anne Smith, spent with us in 2021, we decided to make some ciders together. In documenting the process, in words, images and video, the Burum team have created a fascinating addition to…
When Nicky from The Cat in the Glass approached us about making a cider to celebrate her second anniversary as one of the leading UK online suppliers of fine cider, we jumped at the chance! On a glorious summer’s day in 2022, we welcomed Nicky to the cidery to create…
Homage to Hogg is a tribute to Robert Hogg (1818-1897), the father of British pomology who classified countless apple varieties in his lifetime. This cuvee is made from one such variety, vinified and aged for 10 months in ex-Champagne oak barrels. Bottled on cork. Always vintage quality (as Mr Hogg…
Sitting up above the main orchard, now masked in trees, is the Flagstaff. An ancient highpoint that was used to signal across to Dundee by raising flags and lighting a Lanthorn. It now acts as a backdrop and important windbreak to the orchard sitting at its feet. This blend of…
Sitting up above the main orchard, now masked in trees, is the Flagstaff wood. An ancient highpoint that was used to signal across to Dundee by raising flags and lighting a Lanthorn. It now acts as a backdrop and important windbreak to the orchard sitting at its feet. A blend…
A traditional Method blend of Cider and culinary apples. This fruity and playful blend perfectly captures the diverse nature of the humble apple. We oak vinify the bittersweet and bittersharp apples to carefully soften the tannins and then brighten the profile by adding oak and steel vinified culinary apples. Tasting…
Our raison d’etre. A Traditional Method blend of Eating and cooking apples, part oak fermented, creating a truly unique and engaging Cider. Tasting note: Light yellow gold with a steady stream of tiny bubbles. Lemony nose with crushed sea salt, soft fudge and toast. Creamy front end with a crisp…
This bottle fermented cider is crafted from a blend of Brown’s Dabinett and Harry Masters, producing a bold dry cider. – The perfect tipple to enjoy alongside a ploughman’s. 750ml. 6%.
Our River Cottage Yarlington Mill cider is a homage to the magnificent Yarlington Mill apple which combines fruit bowl flavours, zesty acidity and pleasing light tannins in a single apple. The resulting cider is medium sweet with a rich fruity taste, raisin notes and a dry finish. You might pick…
We haven’t released a still or small pack Egremont Russet since 2018 so are incredibly excited to welcome this mighty apple back into our core range. First time to try this in six years, we’re so proud of this one – full body pure deliciousness! Weighing in at a sessionable…
Fledgling no.2 is a single variety cider made with red love apples, a unique red-fleshed apple grown at Gibbet Oak Farm. This cider has aromas of sweet red apples and berries and a flavour profile similar to a dry, acidic white wine. Pair this with a creamy cheese. Serve lightly…
Highland Disco is a collaboration with Grant Hutchinson of Re:Stalk. We came up with the idea during a conversation about cider, whisky and music. For this exceptional cider, we’ve barrel-aged a blend of 2019 and 2020 Discovery Cider in a highland whisky barrel for 18 months. It was then blended…
The Satakieli series celebrates the richly complex and versatile characteristics of cider. expect the unexpected. ‘Satakieli’ is the finnish word for nightingale. It literally translates as ‘one hundred tongues’, which perfectly describes the beautiful and diverse song of our namesake song bird. Satakieli no.1 is a still, dry and mysterious…