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Iford Wild Fermented Cider is made by a 1-man team of cider makers from southeast of Bath in Somerset. As they say, “it’s just wild fermented fresh apples”. Read More

Sheppy’s Cider Redstreak Cider gives us the chance to go back to Taunton for another dose of Somerset Cider, this time it’s a single variety cider made with Redstreak apples. Read More

The Taunton Cider Co Vintage 2019 is is about as Somerset as cider comes. Local apple varieties, grown locally, all from a single season. Read More

Walk into any reasonable well stocked bottle shop/ off-license / liquor store anywhere in the English-speaking world you’ll probably be able to find a bottle of Thatchers Gold Medium Dry. Well, you might be able to find a bottle of it. I couldn’t, I found a 4 pack of cans.

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Chalkdown Cider has aimed for the top end of the market, they are trying to dethrone champagne and prosecco as premium sparkling choice for the discerning English drinker. Well that’s the aim, have they achieved it? Read More

Breakwells Seedling is a pretty rare apple discovered in Monmouth, a little town on the Welsh border, a little over a century ago. Dunkerton’s orchards just so happen to have a few of these trees and used them to make the Dunkertons Breakwells Seedling Cider. Read More

Day 3 of my UK Cider Tour starts outs fine. I rolled out of Monmouth on my preplanned route. I did my research and planned to ride on quiet roads and bike paths. Today’s bike path is more of a walking trail with lots of gates along the way. It ends far too quickly. Read More

Henney’s Dry Cider is a typical Herefordshire dry cider. It’s so typical of the style it has been awarded PGI status by the European Union. But is this a typical cider or something more? Read More