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Real Cider Forum: Recent Topics http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ chat about cider and perry making online en-US Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:24:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/search.php wye weaver cider on "Making our first batch of cider" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/making-our-first-batch-of-cider#post-80 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:15:01 +0000 wye weaver cider 80@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ we are just about to make our first ever batch of cider doing it as a hobby, but if we did want to take it to a fete or a small festival to sell...what licensing and administrations would we need ? cheers Jim Callender on "First Ever Batch of Cider" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/first-ever-batch-of-cider#post-71 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:13:16 +0000 Jim Callender 71@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hello All This was our first year of making our own cider. From the results of the first batch it appears we have done ok. The cider is very smooth no nasty after taste but possibly lacking in depth of flavour and could be slightly sharper (any tips?). I am very happy with the results however and would like to thank everybody who gave me advice over this season. Look forward to racking off my next batch. JOSE OJEDA on "CIDER LABELS" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/cider-labels#post-34 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:05:03 +0000 JOSE OJEDA 34@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ I live in the north of Spain (Asturias) a little region where cider is, by far, the most apreciate drink. We are really proud of our cider and many people collect all kind of things related with it. I'm one of then and I have a great deal of cider labels (more than 2.000). I would like to contact with some English collector to exchange with him. I have many Spanish cider labels to offer to somebody who could give me English cider labels. My mail address is <a href="mailto:jose.ojeda.lopez@hotmail.com">jose.ojeda.lopez@hotmail.com</a> Best regards to everybody Jim Callender on "Favourite current cider?" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/yarlington-mill#post-2 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:44:31 +0000 Jim Callender 2@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ I have to say I have always been a big fan of Yarlington Mill, especially the tipple made by Gwatkins (<a href="http://www.gwatkincider.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.gwatkincider.co.uk</a>) Fantastic aroma, great colour and full, crisp flavour, just like a real cider should be! There is also a Gwnyt y Ddraig bottled blend which is very nice too! What cider are you currently enjoying? rider on "introduce yourself" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/introduce-yourself#post-73 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:14:33 +0000 rider 73@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ hi guyz . . . :-D my name is talha and em 20 years old . . . this is my first post and thread in this forum looking forward to get some useful info and some good friends . . . :-D have a nice day . Torkard Cider on "Torkard Cider - True, Real, Nottinghamshire Cider." http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/torkard-cider-true-real-nottinghamshire-cider#post-64 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:11:45 +0000 Torkard Cider 64@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ We are artisan craft cider-makers based in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire and uniquely make ciders using Nottinghamshire-grown apples *only*. "We" are a husband and wife team who spend quite a bit of time travelling the UK to visit cider-makers, large and small. We have been making cider for many years but only started to sell our ciders after being talked into it at a CAMRA festival (we are also long-standing CAMRA members) and of course after sorting out the legal formalities. We have so far won 5 "CAMRA Cider of the Festival" awards. We source all of our fruit from inside the county-boundaries of Nottinghamshire, much of the fruit we use we grow ourselves in our garden or small orchard; we have recently planted a further 36 cider-apple varieties and are planting a further 50+ cider-apple varieties this coming 2010 / 2011 winter (the latter are already heeled in and acclimatising, awaiting planting out). We also use fruit collected from other apple-growers and small-holders in Nottinghamshire, as well as wildings and crabs we find growing along the highways and byways of the county. We do not try to copy or ape ciders made in other parts of the UK; our aim is to produce the best clean-tasting ciders we can from locally-grown fruit. oakbarrelcreations on "Coming soon, Oak cider barrels made to order." http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/coming-soon-oak-cider-barrels-made-to-order#post-63 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:25:47 +0000 oakbarrelcreations 63@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hi everyone, Hope im not intruding but i would just like to let you guys know i'll soon be able to make and repair all types of oak barrels/casks for your cider needs once my worskop is complete sometime in august. There ain't many of us guys around now and i'll be the only known qualified cooper in north wales, possibly the whole of wales. Please feel free to mail me with any requests you may have <a href="mailto:info@oakbarrelcreations.co.uk">info@oakbarrelcreations.co.uk</a> <a href="http://www.oakbarrelcreations.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.oakbarrelcreations.co.uk</a> Thank you very much and i hope i can be of help. PS, once i'm in production i will offer the site a fee to advertise for me so we can help each other out. regards pete coates pomme man on "Clochard apples for cider making" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/clochard-apples-for-cider-making#post-12 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:22:50 +0000 pomme man 12@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Does anyone have any views concerning the suitability of Clochard apples for cider making? Now that we have purchased a crusher and a press, this year we have started making cider again. Most of our apple trees are Clochard and whilst this variety is held in high regard as an eater, we have been able to find nothing concerning its use for cider production. In the absence of other input, we'll find out next spring as we've already pressed four batches - there is about 300 litres of apple juice fermenting in the old bake house - and we reckon on making somewhere in excess of 500 litres when all the apples are down. Cyderist on "Nursery clearance - cheap trees in Somerset" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/nursery-clearance-cheap-trees-in-somerset#post-60 Thu, 27 May 2010 14:04:46 +0000 Cyderist 60@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hello, I have just received an email regarding a apple tree nursery clearance in Somerset. The owners are looking to get rid of a lot of their nursery apple trees. If you collect they are charging £5 per tree to cover costs. This is very cheap for trees of this age. If you are interested give Tessa a ring (see copy and paste of email below). They have a number of cider varieties. "Hi Katherine Thanks for your time. As mentioned we've recently purchased 15 acres of ex nursey land from Scotts Nurseries, on which is planted a variety of trees, mainly fruit trees (the majority of which are currently 6-8 feet tall). We are looking for them to be cleared this winter (or at least the majority of them) so please feel free to pass my details on to anyone who might be interested. I understand that there are a number of local, old fashioned varieties. Below is by no means an exhaustive list (it probably represents only about 25% of the varieties); don't hesitate to call me if you have any Q's... regards Tessa Foot 07779660910 American Mother Annie Elizabeth Floribunda Ashmeads Kernel Beauty of Bath Blenheim Orange Bramley Seedling Discovery Egremont Russet Ellisons Orange Grenadier Cowgate Wonder George Cave Jupiter Laxtons Epicure Sanspareil Newton Wonder Lord Lambourne White Star/ Altro Sanguinea Queen Cox White Jersey Viberie Taylors Seedling Bilkins Apple Sroxwold Ellwhel Tsolmes Foxwhelp Stoke Red Stembridge Hersey cHisel Jersey Stembridge Cluster Sposinwin Zumi Calocarra Wisley Crab Wintergold Golden Gem Golden Herne White Star Van esseltine Vetch's Scarlet Transitoria Toringe Toringiodes Sun Rival Snow cloud Sargentii Royal beauty Royalty Robusta .... sprenger red siberian Profurn Imp...e.. Red Sentinele red Snow Red Vine Profusion Lemoilei Roberta Pixie Merton Worcester Melrose Goldsurther Horehensis Ischnowski Royal Jubilee Royal Russet Red Jad Rubinette Red Delicious Red Levil Red Falstaff Rival Hupehenso Aillieri Saint Cecilia Sanspareil St edmunds Pippin Bountiful Brownlees Ruseet Carlisle.... Cathead Bakers Delicious Claygate Pearman Cockles Pippin Cornish Aromata Cornish Gilliflower Cornish pine Costird Court Pendoplast Crawley Beary Crimson Bramley Crispin Crownfold Duchess Favoorit Duchess of Oldenburg Whitewax Roburta ex John richard Palor Autumn Pearman Ashmean Kernel Ard Cairn Russet Allens Everlasting Alfriston Alderman H W Barnes White Jersey Morgan sweet Chisel Jersey Aston Brown Jersey Backwell Red Wyedde Brown Snout Red pear Chanticlear Beech Hill Old home Oldfield Ginn Blakeney Red Vega Shosar Johnny mount Pear Pacham Triumph ...itmason Duchess Subhirt Pend Rosea Serrula Shirafugen Tessa Foot" I hope this is of help to someone out there. Happy cydering Ed <a href="http://www.checkleybrookcider.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.checkleybrookcider.co.uk</a> Cyderist on "late fermentation after long cold winter" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/late-fermentation-after-long-cold-winter#post-56 Fri, 07 May 2010 19:17:08 +0000 Cyderist 56@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hello, I,m Ed French from <a href="http://www.checkleybrookcider.co.uk">checkley Brook Cider</a>. I am a small scale producer in Herefordshire. I live and work in Cambridge and sell most of my cider here. Did anyone else have a late fermentation this year because of the long cold winter? Last weekend I took a reading of 1010 gravity when usually my cider is a 1001-3 by this time of year. Lots of sugar still to process. anyone else had this experience? Cheers Ed magnersfan on "magners fan site" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/magners-fan-site#post-53 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:26:27 +0000 magnersfan 53@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ hi there, i've set up a <a href="http://ilovemagners.co.uk">magners</a> fan site for us magners fans. see: <a href="http://ilovemagners.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://ilovemagners.co.uk</a> any comments welcome! thanks. Jim Callender on ""Knowledge I need to fulfil my cider making dreams"" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/knowledge-i-need-to-fulfil-my-cider-making-dreams#post-52 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:37:03 +0000 Jim Callender 52@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Dear Real-cider I would be very grateful if you could give me some advice please. I have been working as a self-employed gardener for over 5 year and lived and ran a pub for many years. My drinking passion is cider. I would love to develop my gardening business in a specific way: that is by buying a piece of agricultural land, growing cider and making my own local cider on a small scale. This might sound ambitious, but I have the ambition and the vocational desire to do it. Sadly, my knowledge of growing cider apples and cider production is virtually zero. Saying this, starting from a blank sheet would allow me to utilise modern techniques, etc. Could you, therefore, please point me in the right direction of some literature that would allow me to obtain the knowledge I need to fulfil my cider making dreams. Many thanks. Steve from Kinver, West Midlands. Roger the Shrubber on "Hitler planted my apple tree" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/hitler-planted-my-apple-tree#post-39 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:15:58 +0000 Roger the Shrubber 39@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hi there or might I say "Servus"! I live in deepest Bavaria, near the Alps. I'm a Brit expat influenced by Jamie Oliver and Hugh's stuff. I have these 80 year old apple trees in my garden which according to my local "Gartenbauverein" were orderd to be planted by The Führer himself back in the day when my house was built. nI love these trees - May blossom, autumn apples, full of bees too. It was one of the features of the house - two old apple trees which made me want this place. Every year I harvest the apples, which are known as St James Apples as they come very early, and borrow a mill and press the juice and bottle up the juice. Last year's harvest sadly is still sitting undrank in the cellar as it was too acidic. How might I go about turning this into far more useful CIDER? CamperVanMan on "Hello" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/hello#post-35 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:53:18 +0000 CamperVanMan 35@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hello Cider Folk I enjoy my cider but living in the Highlands of Scotland makes it difficult to find real cider regularly on tap. Fortunately Blackfriars in my local town, Inverness, has Westons on tap most of the time. I am a local CAMRA member and do my bit for cider lovers by keeping this page as uptodate as I can - <a href="http://highlandcamra.webnode.com/pubs-just-for-you/real-cider-is-served/" rel="nofollow">http://highlandcamra.webnode.com/pubs-just-for-you/real-cider-is-served/</a> Cheers, CVM. Cider Wrangler on "'Cider' on the other side of the Atlantic" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/cider-on-the-other-side-of-the-atlantic#post-17 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:42:22 +0000 Cider Wrangler 17@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Living in Vancouver, Canada for a couple of years (I'm a Brit) shocked me at what passes for cider over here and in the USA. If you thought Strongbow was bad then you should try some of the 'ciders' here (I use the term loosely). They come in many fruit flavours and taste sugary, chemical and repulsive. I would love, not only to warn potential victims of these attrocities, but to find out if there is a list or association of craft cider & perry producers over here. - Jim Callender on "Hello from Real Cider" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/hello-from-real-cider#post-13 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:07:43 +0000 Jim Callender 13@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ So, you have found the forum, and want to learn all about apples, cider, and maybe even cider making? Perhaps you have been enjoying cider longer than me, probably! About me - I'm a 30 something techie guy, that loves being outdoors. Currently my day job involves handling various client projects for my web company <a href="http://www.callendercreates.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.callendercreates.com</a> which I am director of. My love of cider was in the early 2000's, when a friend introduced me to the many types of delicious Somerset ciders. Hecks, Wilkins and his own produce were put in front of me, that evening began in a cider appreciation night, and the rest is history. I like to attend as many cider events, festivals as possible. There are a great range of beer and cider festivals, where you will be able to sample the good stuff, perhaps local cider to you. My favourite cider festival is probably Welsh cider festival (<a href="http://bit.ly/453XUK" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/453XUK</a>) every May bank holiday. This year we have also started making our own cider (<a href="http://bit.ly/fVHnN" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/fVHnN</a>) which we hope will encourage our learning of the production process of cider making on a small scale. More details about me and the real cider site here - <a href="http://www.real-cider.co.uk/about-realcider/" rel="nofollow">http://www.real-cider.co.uk/about-realcider/</a> All the best with your cider journey, let's hope we can champion the cider movement together! Jim C. Founder of the Real Cider community web site Jim Callender on "Local networks sharing surplus apples" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/local-networks-sharing-surplus-apples#post-11 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:30:04 +0000 Jim Callender 11@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Here are the list of local networks sharing apples and fruit: <a href="http://citycider.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://citycider.org.uk/</a> - Making city cider from urban apples in Bristol <a href="http://landshare.channel4.com/" rel="nofollow">http://landshare.channel4.com/</a> - Landshare connects growers with landowners <a href="http://www.uddersorchard.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.uddersorchard.co.uk/</a> - Udders orchard make cider from ordinary apples around Huddersfield <a href="http://theorchardgroup.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/the-scrumping-project-is-go/" rel="nofollow">http://theorchardgroup.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/the-scrumping-project-is-go/</a> A group collecting cider apples from various orchards in South Gloucestershire Do you know of any others? Add them here! Jim Callender on "I would like to grow some apple trees" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/i-would-like-to-grow-some-apple-trees#post-8 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:26:44 +0000 Jim Callender 8@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Dear Real Cider, I have a small paddock in which I would like to grow some apple trees with a view of possibly making a small amount of cider. I know nothing about what trees to purchase or if it is even a practical idea. Can you advise on where is the best place for me to get help, buy trees or in fact learn all about it. I live near Norton Priory in Cheshire. Best regards, Tony Price. Jim Callender on "Selling up to 6 tonnes of cider apples to a cider producer in the UK" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/selling-up-to-6-tonnes-of-cider-apples-to-a-cider-producer-in-the-uk#post-3 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:19:56 +0000 Jim Callender 3@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ If I sell a tonne of cider apples to a cider producer in the UK, how much am I likely to get for it? I live in Brittany, have 350 cider apple trees, of mixed variety, and am told maximum yield of 6 tonnes. For the price I got paid for them last year by the local cooperative, I am thinking it would be more cost effective for me to actually ship them to the UK!! Would be interested in an answer to my query if anyone has the time to indulge me! Many thanks, Lizzie <a href="mailto:nicolasmehta@hotmail.com">nicolasmehta@hotmail.com</a> Jim Callender on "How long does cider take to mature once pressed?" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/how-long-does-cider-take-to-mature-once-pressed#post-4 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:20:50 +0000 Jim Callender 4@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hello I have fermented for 3 weeks and have now sucked out the liquid and moved it to new containers, how long does this natural made cider need to mature for many thanks bob