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Royal Bath and West Show 2010 Results
Posted on June 5, 2010 by Jim C.
Class 1 Two bottles of sweet cider 1st Gaymer 2nd (joint) Alan Berry and Thatchers Class 2 two bottles of Medium < cider 1st Glastonbury Abbey 2nd Orchards Cider and Perry 3rd Burrow Hill VHC Rosie’s Triple D Class 3 Two Bottles Dry Cider 1st Sheppy and Son 2nd Perry’s cider 3rd Helen McDonald Class [...]
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Mangled Wurzels play Sausage & Cider festival
Posted on June 1, 2010 by Jim C.
What looks like a delicious event begins on Friday the 9th of July. The first Cider festival is being held at the Ship and Castle, Congresbury, North Somerset, – they are hoping to run them every year if its a success! There is no admission fee, the entertainment is totally free and there will be at [...]
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Cider types around the UK
Posted on January 17, 2010 by Jim C.
There are two broad main traditions in cider production in the UK – the West tradition and the Kent and East Anglia tradition. The former are made using a much higher percentage of true cider-apples and so are richer in tannins and sharper in flavour. Kent and East Anglia ciders tend to use a higher [...]
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Cider making with Roger Wilkins
Posted on January 6, 2010 by Jim C.
Roger has been cider making since he was a boy, taught the skills of the ancient art by his grandfather. The business was passed onto Roger through the family and now he produces around 15,000 gallons each year at his home at Landsend Farm, Mudgley, near Wedmore. Roger, who is married to Mary and has [...]
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Somerset web cam
Posted on December 18, 2009 by Jim C.
Want to see what is happening right now in a Somerset orchard? Well now you can, thanks to the guys at Somerset brandy who have a webcam showing their orchards, and another in the cellar! Their apples are grown on traditional standard orchards, grazed with sheep. They are the main real cider suppliers at Glastonbury [...]
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Where is cider country?
Posted on August 5, 2009 by Jim C.
An old, but very comprehensive guide to finding cider is on the Independent newspaper web site. Starting off with this statement The Wurzels couldn’t get enough of it and Julius Caesar liked a tipple, too. Cider may be seen as an English drink, but discovers its appeal stretches from France and Spain to as far [...]
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Real Cider Elsewhere
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