7 years ago
The Cidery Sweet Rosie
Long time readers will remember The Cidery, A Western Australian house that has been making cider for many years. I was kindly given some samples back then and promptly forgot …
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7 years ago
Montague Jazz Apple Cider
Montague Cider House had their first release this season. As they own the master licensee for the Jazz Apple in Australia they have the exclusive right to use the trademarked name. So they put it to good use creating the Montague Jazz Apple Cider, which, you guessed it is made from the Jazz apple.
7 years ago
Pure Blonde Crisp Apple Cider
Carlton United Breweries’ low carb beer brand Pure Blonde has released the “Pure Blonde Crisp Apple Cider” low carb cider. Claiming 60% sugar and 50% fewer carbohydrates than regular cider. Wait what? What the hell is a regular cider? And exactly how much sugar is in Pure Blonde’s Cider?
7 years ago
Harcourt Dry Cider
Harcourt Cider has been busy drying out their original Harcourt Apple Cider. After 40,000 litres of testing and 2 years honing the recipe, they have dropped the new Harcourt Dry Cider onto the market.
8 years ago
Alpine Cider Pink Lady Dry
Alpine Cider and their Pink Lady Dry is another new entry to Australia’s growing cider market. However, they have been a force on the apple market for years. This apple orchard in the Victorian high country has been one of the biggest since the 1950’s.
8 years ago
Sweet Julie
Recently, at the Australian Cider Festival, I had a chat to Shane from Hillbilly Cider who introduced me to the best in class award-winning Sweet Julie Cider. This is the first cider to feature the new Australian apple BPN 02 or to give it its’ trade name “Julie”
8 years ago
Darkes Howler Cider
Recently I had the opportunity to have a tour around Darkes Orchard. Darkes Orchard is in the little town of Darkes Forest about an hour drive south of Sydney. I originally had planned to travel down there to learn about the Howler Cider but ended up learning so much more about the realities of running a commercial orchard.
8 years ago
Spreyton Cidermaker’s Select Vintage 2016
2 years ago I looked at the Spreyton Vintage 2014 and thought that it was a pretty decent cider with bags of potential. Spreyton Cider Co, stylistically, have been growing rapidly. Now they have released the Cidermaker’s Select Vintage Select 2016. Read More