Lambic beer & Cider blend. An ongoing collaboration between cider maker Tom Oliver and brewers Gen & Jonny Mills has helped shape the approach to fermentation and blending influencing both. Tom Oliver makes cider and perry in small batches, using fresh pressed cider apples and perry pears, fermented by wild…
Why guilty? Because listed in the ingredients you will see sugar & carbon dioxide – it’s sweetened & carbonated: this is the cider to drink at the end of the wine fair; the one for street food; to have sat in the fridge for a time most desired; because you’re having…
A fruity, rich, viscous perry. A choice blend of at least 40 different perry varietals from Ocle Pychard. A big, bold and juicy perry, full in the mouth and a hint of biscuit in the finish. Touch of rhubarb and pear on the nose and a rich melon and pear…
Later season bittersweet cider apples were keeved and then blended in the spring to give a lively complex well conditioned celebratory cider. Dabinett, Yarlington Mill, Sheep’s Nose, Ball’s Bittersweet feature heavily. Typical Oliver’s bottle conditioned cider, full of earthy tannins, a touch of bitterness in the finish and enough bubbles…
Sparkling Medium Cider. This bottle conditioned cider honours those made in the 1600’s in Herefordshire, using vintage Herefordshire Cider apples & blending the best of the 2022 seasons harvest; this sparkling cider uses old language to describe the most modern of drinks. Nicely chilled, it opens with a fine nittiness…
(Barrel 14/20) was selected. As Ross on Wye Cider have elevated the Bulmers bush orchard duo to new levels in their “Raison d’Etre”, we pay homage to the 2 most widely planted cider apples in the UK over the last 50 years. There is a reason why these 2 varietals…
(Barrel 16/20) was selected. This is a later season blend of cider apples, picked in November 2020 in my Home Orchard in Ocle Pychard and again fermented & aged in an older whisky barrel. Varieties in the home orchards are Breakwell Seedling, Foxwhelp, Kingston Black, Brown Snout, Yarlington Mill, Bloody…
Still Medium Dry Perry. A Gin perry pear dominated perry, fermented and matured in old Rum casks. Bottled straight from the cask. This Gin pear perry is made from fruit harvested from Whitehouse orchard in Preston Wynne, Herefordshire. 2023 was a poor sugar level but good crop of Gin perry…
A classic blend of late season bittersweet featuring Yarlington Mill, Dabinett, Sheep’s Nose, Michelin, and a host of small amounts of another 40 odd varietals from the Home Orchards. Keeved and bottled with some residual sweetness to condition in a beautifully full and lively way. Bottle conditioned Herefordshire cider as…
A blend of bittersweet cider apples collected from traditional Herefordshire orchards, keeved and bottle conditioned. A fun, contemporary cider. Combining the rich apple fruit of keeved cider with the tangy post-malolactic tang of Foxwhelp. A clean, light, vibrant, fun fully fermented cider. Escalating acidity over a rich red apple floor.…
The pair of “Still” drinks was the idea of Michael Kaiser from Good Beer Hunting. It was to encapsulate the feeling of stillness and solitude that emerged during lockdown and to represent that in terms of 2 drinks that had been “in barrel” during that period. The “Still” Cider was…
The pair of “Still” drinks was the idea of Michael Kaiser from Good Beer Hunting. It was to encapsulate the feeling of stillness and solitude that emerged during lockdown and to represent that in terms of 2 drinks that had been “in barrel” during that period. “Still” Perry is a…
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…
The return of The Next Big Thing. A rich, succulent cider like drinking liquid apples. The sweetness is from keeving and so unfermented apple sugars give bags of sweet fruit anchored by the soft gentle tannins of the bittersweet cider fruit. 750ml. 4.2%.
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…
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.…
Dry 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…
Oliver’s Cider favourite bittersweet cider apple, Yarlington Mill 95% with a 5% addition of two bittersharp apples, the Frederick and Foxwhelp, to help balance up the full bodied nature of the Yarlington Mill variety with some acidity. All Herefordshire Yarlington Mill apples, probably the best in the country. This cider…
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…
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%