Archive for 'About Cider'
Spiced Apple Chutney
Posted on October 7, 2011 by Jim C.
Why not use some of your apples to make this delicious chutney? Great with bread, cheese and cider! (a BBC Food Recipe) Ingredients 225g (8oz) onions, chopped 900g (2lb) apples, cored and chopped 110g (4oz) sultanas, raisins or chopped dates 15g (½oz) ground coriander 15g (½oz) paprika 15g (½oz) mixed spice 15g (½oz) salt 340g (2oz) [...]
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The Big Apple Cider and Perry Trials Winners 2011
Posted on May 1, 2011 by Jim C.
The annual awards in Herefordshire, coinciding with the blossom time event, had a good number of entries this year. The small scale cider makers that enter these awards had to pick from their collection of ciders and perries that had been fermenting over the winter.. Due to the long, extremely cold winter the fermentation of wild [...]
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Beautiful photos of pressing apples in Suffolk
Posted on October 4, 2010 by Jim C.
A food blogger in Suffolk took a fantastic selection of photographs over the weekend, it captures the essence of what makes cider making and the traditional process of pressing apples so special. A perfectly timed break in the wet weather cleared the way for a wonderful Saturday gathering apples from a favourite orchard in Suffolk. [...]
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International Cider Challenge results 2010
Posted on September 27, 2010 by Jim C.
The results of the International Cider Challenge 2010 are in. This is the first year of the competition and it attracted over a hundred entries. Drinks International recruited a panel of cider experts to blind taste the ciders, which were then awarded trophies and medals. The overall trophy winner was Merrydown Medium Cider. Judges were Simon [...]
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What’s in cider?
Posted on September 15, 2010 by Jim C.
It’s never been more popular to buy sustainably produced food and drink direct from the producer People are enjoying local and ‘real’ food more now than ever and with that demand comes interest in what is contained in the food, or rather what isn’t. As well as where it is made and the methods used to [...]
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Real Cider Elsewhere
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