CAMRA announced that Gwatkin’s Yarlington Mill cider of Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, and Broadoak Perry of Clutton, Somerset, won Gold medals at CAMRA’s National Cider and Perry Championships 2009, held at the Reading Beer and Cider Festival over the May bank holiday weekend.

The results are:

Cider

GOLD – Gwatkin, Yarlington Mill (Abbey Dore,Herefordshire)

SILVER (Joint) – Orchards, Wye Cider (Brockweir, Gloucestershire)

SILVER (Joint) – Rosie’s Triple D Cider (Llandegla, Denbighshire)

Perry

GOLD – Broadoak Perry (Clutton, Somerset)

SILVER – Seidr Dai Painted Lady Perry (Cardiff, Glamorgan)

BRONZE – Gwatkin Blakeney Red (Abbey Dore,Herefordshire)