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Animals enjoying the apple season :)
Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by Jim C..
This is what happens when animals get a taste for real apples! With hilarious consequences.
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Britain’s biggest cider festival
Posted on 02. Aug, 2010 by Jim C..
Britain’s biggest beer festival takes place this week from 3rd to 7th August 2010 at Earls Court, London. The Great British Beer Festival (often shortened to GBBF) is a yearly beer festival organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA GBBF is styled as the “biggest pub in the world” and offers around 450 beers [...]
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Cider Ice Cream
Posted on 01. Aug, 2010 by Jim C..
Ingredients: 1 large Bramley apple ½ pint of cider ½ pint of sugar syrup Juice of 1 large lemon 2lb sugar 1 pint water Directions: To make sugar syrup: Place the sugar and water in a strong saucepan and allow the sugar to dissolve over gentle heat. Do not stir. When the sugar has dissolved, gently boil [...]
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Links of the month – July
Posted on 25. Jul, 2010 by Jim C..
Here is our regular monthly collection of cider links, from newspapers, food web sites that we find with interesting content, and articles that appear in our RSS feed tagged “Cider” These articles are hand picked issues and topics that are of interest to cider producers, publicans and cider fans. Here are July’s collection: Apple strength to [...]
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Mendip Pimms Recipe
Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by Jim C..
Forget the original Pimm’s that is enjoyed at all the finest sporting events across the UK. I spotted this recipe in the Mendip Times during a recent visit to Somerset. A Mendip version of recipe created by John the Chef from Fernhill Farm. We haven’t made it yet, but if you do please let us [...]
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Royal Bath and West show 2010
Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by Jim C..
A selection of our most favourite photographs of the week. View this years Cider and Perry winners at the Show. See you next year!
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A Cider lovers Tour around Somerset
Posted on 01. Jul, 2010 by Jim C..
Somerset and cider go hand in hand – in fact no visit to the county would be complete without a trip to an orchard or cider farm. There are over 25 cider producers in Somerset alone, many of them small family businesses. Shepton Mallet, Somerset, is home to the largest cider plant in Europe, Gaymer’s. Many [...]
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Links of the month – June
Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by Jim C..
Here is our regular monthly collection of cider links, from newspapers, food web sites that we find with interesting content, and articles that appear in our RSS feed tagged “Cider” These articles are hand picked issues and topics that are of interest to cider producers, publicans and cider fans. Here are June’s collection: Fourth cider win [...]








