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New South Wales

Small Acres Cyder Sparkling Perry 2021
9 months ago

Small Acres Cyder Sparkling Perry 2021

Small Acres Cyder Sparkling Perry 2021 has just won a gold medal at the Japan Cider Cup. A big achievement for a small-scale cider maker from central New South Wales, Australia. Read More

Darkes Brewing Dry Cider
2 years ago

Darkes Brewing Dry Cider

Darkes Brewing Dry Cider is hard to find. In a little microclimate between Sydney and Woolongong sits Darkes Forrest. In the middle of the forest, Gum Trees give way to a hidden apple orchard. That’s where Darkes Brewing make their Dry Cider Read More

Incy Wincy Cyder Wild 2017
4 years ago

Incy Wincy Cyder Wild 2017

Incy Wincy Cyder Wild 2017 has been on the market for a little while but it is a cider that can age well. It uses wild yeast to turn the apple juice into real apple cider. Read More

Barrel and Hatch Vintage 2015
4 years ago

Barrel and Hatch Vintage 2015

Barrel and Hatch, a cider company founded by guitarists and inspired by chickens. Ok, it’s a little more complicated than that. They are approaching this from a completely different angle.  Read More

Hillbilly Vintage Blackberry 2018
5 years ago

Hillbilly Vintage Blackberry 2018

Hillbilly Vintage Ciders are always very good. A few years back I put that vintage in 2nd place on my Real Cider Reviews Best Ciders of 2014. In the years following, the quality has always been top shelf. Something different happened to a few of the 2017 vintage’s bottles. Blackberries! This is the story of the Hillbilly Vintage Blackberry 2018

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Incy Wincy Cyder – Huntsman 2017
5 years ago

Incy Wincy Cyder – Huntsman 2017

This is part 2 from Incy Wincy Cider. Scurrying along behind is the evolution on the X3, known as The Huntsman 2017. Named after the big Aussie spider known for living in cracks in wood.  Read More

Incy Wincy Cyder X3
5 years ago

Incy Wincy Cyder X3

Incy Wincy Cyder sent me a few bottles to try. The X3 and the Huntsman, so this is going to be a 2 parter. These guys are new to the market and are creating flavours that are pretty unique on the Aussie cider scene. First up is the Incy Wincy Cyder X3. Read More

Sydney Brewery Oaked Organic Cider
5 years ago

Sydney Brewery Oaked Organic Cider

Sydney Brewery, is the Brewery famed for pun-tastic beers named after iconic Sydney Suburbs; Manly Perry, Surry Hills Pils, Darlo Dark and Sydney Cider. Made in the heart of Australia’s biggest city. The Oaked Organic Cider may break the naming convention but how does the taste break down? Read More