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Fruit Cider: Cost, Compromise & Craft

The rise of the fruit cider category over the last 10 years or so has been both dramatic and divisive in the cider community, on the one side you have the purists and traditionalists who believe cider should only contain apples while on the other you have lots of cider newcomers who are enjoying the […]

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How We Make Cider

How We Make Cider: Part two, The Pressing

How We Make Cider: The Pressing Pressing an apple to release the juice held within may seem pretty straight forward, and to an extent it is, but as with everything else in cider making it’s the finer details that can make all the difference. The first thing to consider is when to press? The apples […]

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How We Make Cider: Part One, The Harvest

How We Make Cider: The Harvest   Ask any cider maker what their favourite season is and there’s a good chance they’ll answer with autumn. It’s certainly my favourite season by a country mile. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy summer (especially when it’s as warm and sunny as 2018’s was), spring and of course […]

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What is Craft Cider?

Ever since the term Craft landed on our shores from the US there’s been debate about what exactly the term may or may not mean to us here in the UK.

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UK Cider ingredients

Why we need compulsory ingredient labelling for cider in the UK

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How low can you go? Juice limbo with mainstream UK ciders

we drink more cider per person than any other country in the world! But there’s something missing and it’s of crucial importance.