Aeble Cider Club Tasting Notes
February 2024
Box of 3
Rull Orchard Browns Redstreak Dabinett
Devon, England
ABV 7%| 750ml | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Artisan Devon cider made with only the best ingredients. Still, bone dry and nothing but juicy Devon apples.
TASTING NOTES
A harmonious blend of three heritage cider apples from the West Country. Browns (40%) brings a touch of berry zing, Dabinett (10%) brings it’s classic spiced marmalade notes and texture whilst the Redstreak (50%) ties the two together worth biscuit and dried fruit notes and a soft structure. Still and bone dry.
Food - Hearty stew
Music - Nick Cave Murder Ballads
English Wine Project Queen Of The Orchard
Derbyshire, England
ABV 7%| 750ml | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Unfiltered, naturally sparkling Col Fondo style cider. A blend of Dabinett and Derbyshire orchard apples. Fermented and matured in Burgundian Oak and American bourbon barrels.
TASTING NOTES
Autumnal apple and cinnamon on the nose. Pear, biscuit and zippy lemon on the palate. Think Refresher Bar with a sprinkle of Custard Cream on top.
Food - Lemon tart
Music - Miley Cyrus - Flowers
Unfiltered with no added sweeteners, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Pilton Tamoshanta
Somerset, England
ABV 5.9%| 750ml | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Naturally sweet cider matured in Speyside whisky barrels.
TASTING NOTES
Stewed apple notes with hints of caramel and oaky barrel and dried fruit cake on the finish.
Food - Haggis
Music - Auld Lang Syne
Box of 6
Artistraw Strange Shrew
Herefordshire, England
ABV 7.7%| 750ml | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
This cider was made with fruit harvested from two of the most beautiful orchards we care for, Jury and Duffryn, some of the trees in which must be approaching 80 years old.
TASTING NOTES
A mouth filling wave of fizz is followed by warming ripe red apple skins with a whisper of succulently piquant lemon. Minerality and phenolic tannins are in perfect balance in this fresh, luminous cider.
Food - Farm shop sausage roll
Music - Cream...obviously
Little Pomona Throne Farm Perry
Herefordshire, England
ABV 6.7%| 750ml | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Long Bois and Antricotin make up the blend of this still perry. Wild fermentation and nine months in second- and third-use oak barrels, before bottling.
TASTING NOTES
Candied lemon, honey, thyme flowers, creamy pears and citrus fruit. Visually reminiscent of northern Italian white wines, this perry is pale, crystalline clear, green tinged, and its pretty aromas of sweet meadow flowers, incense perfume and freshly cut pear only serve to confirm the wine comparison. Simply one of the greatest drinks ever made...anywhere. Ever.
Food - Anchovies, oil and candied lemon
Music - Domenico Modugno - Nel blu dipinto di blu
Caledonian Cider Co Dearcan Dorcha
Black Isle, Scotland
ABV 7%| 750ml | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Dearcan Dorcha (Gaelic for dark berries) is a straight dry cider fermented with a load of blackcurrants grown by cider maker Ryan's mum in her garden up in Brora. We love seeing the pink foam float on the dark purple cider. A fully natural version strongbow dark fruits I suppose, great fun!
TASTING NOTES
A tart, mouth puckering flavour of brambles hits instantly but is followed by a mellowing of the wersh flavours and a soft, jammy sensation fills the mouth as you're reminded of how most dark berry ciders don't actually taste like dark berries
Food - Black pepper aubergine curry
Music - Prince - Purple Rain
October 2023
Box of 3
Kerisac Cidre Breton Brut
Brittany, France
ABV 5.5%| 1L | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
This is a classic French farmhouse cider made by a collective of growers in the Brittany region. Rustic, earthy and made to be shared with friends around a table or a warm baguette.
TASTING NOTES
Dry but fruity with loads of texture. Delicate farmy funkiness on the nose and bursting with stewed apple notes and dates. This should transport you straight to a French orchard on a hot summers day.
Unfiltered with no added sweeteners, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Caledonian Dearcan Dorcha
Scotland
ABV 7%| 750 ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Natural cider made from fresh pressed apple juice and Highland grown blackcurrants from Brora. The apple juice and berries are fermented wild together and bottled early to give this Scottish dark fruit cider a high fizz. Not quite the same as the dark fruits you might be used to in most establishments, this is for fruit purists and drinkers who like something a bit playful.
TASTING NOTES
Sharp and bright acidity with lip smacking brightness from the blackcurrants. Creamy on the finish with lingering notes of blackcurrant crumble and bramble jam.
Unfiltered, unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Welsh Mountain Cider Ping Pong Pét-Nat
Monmouthshire, Wales
ABV 6.9%| 750 ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
A light, naturally sparkling cider made from 100% fresh pressed Cox’s Orange Pippin apples.
All Welsh Mountain ciders used to be aged in a barn under a Ping Pong room, so this bouncy title seemed appropriate. Ping Pong Pet Nat is a single variety Cox's Orange Pippin cider, bottled Pet Nat. It is aged on the lees for fuller flavour, so either pour carefully for a clear cider, or shake to wake.
TASTING NOTES
Green apple, basil and battenburg on the nose this is a zingy and playful wee cider with loads of character and zippy acidity. Lemon oil and lychee in the mouth create a moreish cider that will appeal to everyone.
Unfiltered, unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Box of 6
Eve's Albee Hill 2020
NY, USA
ABV 7%| 750 ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
This is a very special cider from the archives. Still, off dry cider made with apples from a single organic orchard in Upsate New York, USA. Autumn and Ezra from Eve's cidery are unrivalled in their skill for blending and create truly incredible ciders using only wild fermentation and letting the fruit speak for itself.
TASTING NOTES
Honey and pine on the nose with apple flesh, lemon curd and beeswax on the palate. This is a super complex cider with layers of tart tatin and dried fruits.
Unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Smith Hayne Late Season Blend
Devon, England
ABV 4.5%| 750 ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
A pétillant naturel blend of 85% keeved & 15% non-keeved cider. A rich autumnal juicy blend of late ripening apples
TASTING NOTES
Flavours of woodspice, apricots and dried fruits. The blend of keeved cider and non keeved cider creates a finely balanced drink that has the perfect level of sweetness and tannins.
Unfiltered, unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Nightingale Fledgling No 3
Kent, England
ABV 7.1%| 750 ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Fledgling No.3 is a single variety Discovery apple cider form the 2021 vintage. Fledgling No3 cider is the third in the Fledgling series showcasing ciders made using the ancestral, or pét-nat (pétillant natural) method. This involves bottling before the end of primary fermentation, allowing the process to complete in the bottle itself.
TASTING NOTES
This cider has aromas of strawberries, roses and lychees with red fruit on the palate and balanced acidity. A perfect alternative to a sparkling white wine to enjoy with some light seafood or oily pasta dishes.
Unfiltered, unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
August 2023:
Box of 3
Olivers Cheddar On My Mind
ABV 6.8%| 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
A collaboration between Tom Oliver and Cellarman Sam to celebrate
the world of farmhouse food as well as cider. Blended to be paired
with a quality artisan cheddar,. This is a classic blend of bittersweet
and bittersharp cider apples, a touch of barrel smoke to compliment
the umami and saltiness of a good, crumbly cheddar!
TASTING NOTES
Dry, lightly sparkling cider with gorgeous soft tannins and hints of barrel smoke on the finish to compliment that wedge of cheddar you're trying not to finish before you go to bed.
Unfiltered, unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Newton Court Black Mountain Perry
ABV 4.5%| 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Black Mountain Perry is a keeved perry. The Black Mountains overlook Herefordshire, with its red soil, Hereford cattle and sprawling orchards where perry pear trees bear their forgotten fruit. Unlike cider, perry does not contain as much tannin but is more astringent in taste. Using the Normandy method, this perry was bottled before its fermentation has finished, capturing the natural fruit sugars, allowing secondary fermentation to occur, thus resulting in a naturally sparkling keeved perry.
TASTING NOTES
Naturally sweet perry with notes of melon and lychee on the nose and a beautiful hit of candied pear drops on the tongue, finishing with a touch of slate and minerality. Elegant, sophisticated and way classier than any of us.
Unfiltered, unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Cairn O'Mhor Wild Ferment Cox & King Jim
ABV 6.7%| 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
This is the debut wild yeast fermentation coming out of Cairn O 'Mhor cidery and they have not left us disappointed! The Cox apples were milled and left overnight to develop flavour before pressing. This gives a more intense richness and texture to the cider. This juice was then wild fermented and blended with the tannic King Jim giving a beautifully balanced cider not a million miles form an orange wine in flavour.
TASTING NOTES
Apricots and orange bitters on the nose and the first encounter on your tongue is a pure thirst-quenching burst of juiciness from the Cox. Then comes the texture from the King Jim and a stinging minerality that lures you in for another scoop. Drink this one just below room temperature and all in one go to really capture the freshness.
Unfiltered, unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Box of 6
Gregg's Pit Blakeney Red, Brandy & Winnals Longdon 2021
ABV 5.5%| 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
A wonderful trio of pears, this was launched at last years Cider Salon
to universal acclaim. Another keeved and naturally sparkling cider from Herefordshire made using a traditional stone press in Ledbury, Herefordshire.
TASTING NOTES
Dry, tempered by a touch of natural sorbitol that
perry pears are so famous for, with light, chalky tannins and a touch
of oak.
Unfiltered, unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Little Pomona When Burum Met Pomona
ABV 7.4%| 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Burum Collective is an online publication, platform, and collaborative organisation about encouraging a safer, healthier and more equitable working environment for those within the drinks and hospitality industry.
When Burum Met Pomona 2021, a still cider, is the first of a pair. Gorgeous hand-picked Dabinett apples from Brook House Farm were wild fermented and then matured in ex-Chardonnay barrels for six months before bottling.
TASTING NOTES
This wonderful collaboration by two of our favourite folks is a super juicy, “peach juice and tangy orange dripping from your chin” type of cider. If you trapped it in coloured gelatine pastilles, this would be the world’s tastiest wine gums! But that would be pretty laborious and probably impossible.
Unfiltered, unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Ross On Wye Bastet
ABV 7.6%| 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Cider is meant to be shared with friends, and so here's another collaboration for you! Nicky Kong, founder of the Manchester Cider Club and The Cat in the Glass bottle shop, went with dear friends Cath & Dick down to Broome Farm to blend a cider for sharing with your mates. Five apples – Dabinett, Michelin, Reinette d’Obry, Sweet Coppin & Somerset Redstreak – bring their unique characters to a delicately balanced cider.
TASTING NOTES
This one is absoilutely oozing with flavour and complexity. Signature robust tannins from Ross On Wye and that superfunk on the nose that we've all come to expect (and love?) from them. Bottle conditioned for a delightful spritz and texture this is a cider drinker's cider for all you cider drinkers.
Unfiltered, unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
June 2023:
Box of 3
Thornborough Champagne Method Cider
ABV 6.5%| 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Perfectly fermented, dry champagne-method cider with a beautifully fresh apple aroma made on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales with 100% fresh juice from locally-grown desert and cider apples.
Pressed in small batches on a traditional rack-and-cloth cider press and matured for at least 12 months in stainless steel vats before bottle-conditioning. Each bottle then goes through the traditional process of riddling and disgorging by hand to remove the sediment, before adding a dosage made from pure Dabinett cider apples.
TASTING NOTES
The result is a modern dry sparkling cider that makes a perfect alternative to Prosecco or Champagne - try it as an aperitif or paired with food.
Unfiltered, unpasteurised and with no added sweeteners or sulphites, gluten free and suitable for vegans.
Ciderkins
Kingston Black
ABV 6.5%| 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
A medium dry single varietal cider (ABV 6.5%) made from Kingston Black cider apples grown in a small orchard near Hereford. Made from 100% pure apple juice, pressed in Kintbury, and does not contain any additives (no sulphites, no sweeteners, no flavourings, no added water or anything else), so suitable for vegans and vegetarians. Not all ciders are the same! Winner of the CAMRA South or England Cider Competition 2015.
Kentish Pip
Chisel Jersey Still Cider
Somerset
ABV 5.5%| 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Chisel Jersey is an old Somerset apple variety we grow at Woolton Farm. It is late ripening, with high levels of astringent tannin and a wonderfully pure cider apple note. This still cider is dry, unadulterated, mouth-puckering goodness.
TASTING NOTES
It is best drunk with food, we recommend a classic cider pairing: mature Somerset Cheddar, roast pork and apple chutney. Consume at room temperature.
Box of 6:
Olivers Yarlington Mill Battonage 2021
Little Pomona Hard Rain Simcoe Pear
April 2023:
Box of 3
Rawlins Family Cider
Keeved Yarlington
ABV. 4.4% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Single variety Yarlington Mill from new cider maker Rawlins Family based in Somerset. Made using the method of keeving to create a naturally sweet cider this is a drink everyone can enjoy.
TASTING NOTES
Keeved and then disgorged to produce a sparkling fine cider with natural sweetness. Caramel and tropical flavours, soft tannins balanced with sweetness. This has all the depth and complexity you'd expect from a Yarlington Mill with hints of smoke and pepper but enough sweetness to make it very accessible.
Pair with:
Toasted bannock and honey
Ralph Stanley - Oh Death
Jam-making
Wilding Cider
Autumn 2020
ABV. 5.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
A blend of Yarlington Mill and Stoke Red this cider was initially bottled before the initial fermentation finished (pét-nât) to give it a light sparkle but it had other plans and decided not to continue fermenting. As a result we have a slightly sweet, cloudy cider.
TASTING NOTES
Ripe apples, orchard floor, copper, boiled sweets and spice. This easy drinker is another cider for all people and all occasions and will not disappoint with friends and enemies alike.
Pair with:
Bean cassoulet
Melanie - Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
Leaf blowing
Smith Hayne Cider
Vintage 2020
ABV. 4.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
A blend of keeved and non keeved cider the Smith Hayne Vintage is a superbly well balanced cider harking back to times of old with a beautifully understated and unfussy style. A blend of Tremlets Bitter, Yarlington Mill, Dabinett, Browns, Michelin, Fillabarrel and Sweet Coppin this is a signature Devon cider.
TASTING NOTES
Sweetness and tannins balance well with a little touch of funk on the nose and a real sense of barnyard zestiness and a texture that will fill your mouth many times over. This one goes on forever and will feel like an old friend by the end of the bottle.
Pair with:
Dark berry crumble
Nancy Sinatra - Summer Wine
Outdoor badminton
Box of 6
Little Pomona
Table Perry
ABV. 7% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Much like Little Pomona's Table Cider this Table Perry is one that should be enjoyed with friends, good conversation and the occasional argument over a game of dominos. Not one to be overthought, just crack it and pour and let the good times commence!
TASTING NOTES
Creamy, juicy and incredibly smooth. Soft prickly pear and hints of boiled car sweets from a tin that's been in the glove box since 1978 but still taste amazing.
Pair with:
Lemon tart
Arab Strap - Driving
Tables
Trabanco
Sidra Natural
ABV. 6% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
This is a traditional Spanish sidra from the world renowned Asturias region. Trabanco is one of the best known sidrerias there and like all makers they follow strict guidelines on how they make their cider right down to final levels of acidity present in the final drink.
TASTING NOTES
Still, high acid cider with notes of pineapple on the nose and zingy lemon, citrus on the palate. Classic Spanish sidra. Pour from a height in to the glass to give a little carbonation to the cider. Have a mop handy for that!
Pair with:
Sweet paprika sausage casserole
Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Tamacun
Lots of loud voices
Artistraw
Dark Side Of The Shrew
ABV. 5.7% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
These shrew obsessed cider makers a re a lovely pair and really are one of the most exciting new cider makers in the country. Using the method of racking to retain sweetness in some of their ciders, Tom and Lydia a re dedicated to the natural approach of cider making and the care and attention that goes in is plain to see in every bottle (and every label designed and drawn by Lydia).
TASTING NOTES
Lots of fresh red apple flesh, strawberries and dewy orchard trees. Think of a hug from a big sweaty apple (not in a creepy way).
Pair with:
A doorstop slice of white farmhouse loaf and chutney
Do we really need to recommend music here?!
A meadow
February 2023:
Box of 3
Chapel Sider: ‘Franko’
ABV. 7.8% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Blend:100% Dabinett fermented and aged in an ex-red wine barrel. The result is well-rounded, mature and complex. A little like Francis Cook who you see on the front label affectionately known as ‘Franko’.
TASTING NOTES
Juicy and dry, ripe red apples and orange squash. This is typical Dabinett with all it’s orange flesh, vanilla and spice coupled with the influence of the red wine barrel which has elevated all the elements as well as added some extra red fruit bitter tannins. A little flourish of acidity is quickly expelled by a long dry finish with a chalky texture.
Fleming's Cider: Le Mariage 2021
ABV. 7.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Blend: It was made by taking the best of two Fife apple pressings that year and blending them at bottling with four separate fermentation vessels which each contained different cider apple varieties. Bittersweet Dabinett and Harry Masters Jersey, plus Bittersharp Stoke Red and Kingston Black were obtained from England.
These cider apples were a joy to press, and very different from our own local apples. Whilst the Fife fruit produced juice that was light, green and tangy sharp, the cider apples produced dark, sweet, and tannic juice. Even the left-over pomace was red!
TASTING NOTES
The intertwining of both the tannic body of the traditional cider apples and the zing and jangliness of the Fife apples creates a rounded pleasant cider with loads of character and bottled pet-nat with a gentle fizz.
Caledonian: High and Dry
ABV. 6.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Blend: Single variety of locally grown James Grieve apples wild fermented through the winter in ex whisky casks.
TASTING NOTES
Bottled pet-nat very close to being finished so only a light sparkle. James Grieve is an Edinburgh heritage varietal full of acidity. This one is all about that fantastic jangly acid, similar to a bag of tangfastics, fruity and sharp.
Box of 6
Oliver’s: Lubrication
ABV. 6% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Blend: Yarlington Mill, Dabinett & Michelin apple together; with a dash of Foxwhelp apple juice pitched in for good measure. All five are classic, traditional cider apple varietals.
TASTING NOTES
Sparkling Bone Dry Fine Cider. With a dark but rich amber colour, & with juicy ripe mandarin citrus on the aroma & in the taste. Fully fermented with wild yeasts, & vibrant carbonation keeps this fresh and so easy drinking.
Eve’s: Emerald Necklace
ABV. 8% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
The Emerald necklace is the name of the high elevation land encircling the southern ends of New York’s deep, glacially carved lakes with a network of publicly owned land where forest-edge succession dominates the landscape and wild apple seedlings thrive. The apples in this sparkling cider were foraged in the hills and hollows of this place, and allowed to ferment with their own wild yeast.
TASTING NOTES
Tropical fruit, gravelly loam, grapefruit pith. Before the fermentation finished, we bottled it to capture a gentle spritz, pet nat style.
Ross On Wye: Raison D’Etre 2019
ABV. 8.4% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Dabinett & Michelin apples grown in their own orchards, fermented in oak barrels using the wild yeast from the farm, and matured for two years until the tannins reached their peak complexity.
TASTING NOTES
Traditional, bone dry, conditioned in the bottle, fermented in an oak cask and aged.
December 2022:
Box of 3
Box of 6
October 2022:
Box of 3
ABV. 3.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Bottled pet nat
Blend: Kingston Black, with Chinook hops grown by the award-winning Brook House Hops in the field right next door to our cidery. We then condition with local, organic blackcurrant cordial.
TASTING NOTES
Simply put, it’s a super refreshing, naturally sparkling juice bomb that marries the grapefruit of the hops with the intensity of blackcurrant and the crunchy bite of the apples in a truly astonishing and delicious way. Summer picnics and barbecues just got a whole lot better!
SERVE
Serve very well chilled. Gently rouse sediment before pouring.
ABV. 5.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Bottled pet nat
Blend: The super tasty cider is made by soaking regent grape skins in Ellis Bitter apple juice for three weeks. The skins are strained off and the cider allowed to ferment and then mature for six months, before being blended with naturally sweet new season keeved cider.
TASTING NOTES
Fresh fruit on the nose, followed by a complex interplay of grape and apple tannins. Complex and sessionable in balance, it’s fruit forward, and summer in a glass.
Aipple
ABV. 5.4% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Blend: a careful mix of both Scottish Heritage and Classic Cider Apples.
TASTING NOTES
This small batch of AIPPLE 2021 is a slightly sparkling, light and refreshing cider, with mellow apple aromas, a citrus note on the taste, good balance, and a crisp, dry finish.
Box of 6:
Three Cherries release from Little Pomona, Pilton
+ Once Upon a Tree
The brainchild of Martin Berkeley, Pilton Cider, three producers – Martin, us, and Simon Day, Once Upon A Tree – have secretly been beavering away at this co-fermentation dream. Take some of the nation's best cherries. Share with three different cidermakers, giving them free rein to co-ferment with apples and/or pears.
ABV. 6% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Blend:Trying to capture the essence of the entire fruit, Little Pomona placed whole cherries into a stainless-steel tank to undergo carbonic maceration. Later they pressed the cherries with similar amount of perry pears, fermenting the juice spontaneously in barrel before bottling it as a pet nat.
TASTING NOTES
Flavours are of all the fruit, everything from the stalk to the stone, like a sessionable eau de vie. It's vibrant red so you think it's all cherry, but the perry pears are there lending tannins, some unfermentable sugars and a fleshy, creaminess to the drink.
Pilton: Three Cherries
ABV. 5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Blend:This complex fruit cider combines a barrel-fermented cherry and crushed lime co-ferment with new season keeved cider.
Black cherries were fermented on their skins, with a handful of crushed limes in July 2021 and aged in a neutral oak barrel for seven months.
TASTING NOTES
Fresh lime aroma on the nose joins rich cherry on the palate. Natural sweetness and soft tannins are layered in from Somerset bittersweet apples for a confident cider finish.
Once Upon a Tree: Three Cherries
ABV. 6.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Blend: We undertook a carbonic maceration of the cherries with a long co-fermentation and maceration with our Dabinett Cider, before pressing and maturation.
TASTING NOTES
The cider has a deep copper appearance with a gentle fizz, and soft underlying sweetness. The aromas have cherry with herbal, tobacco tin notes. Palate opens to more ripe cherry and almond, and soft tannins to the finish. Pair with game or try it with a Bakewell tart!
August 2022:
Box of 3
Wild West Cider: Triple Jump
Somerset
ABV. 3.7% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Bottled Still
Blend: Sweet Coppin, Yarlington Mill and Stoke Red
TASTING NOTES
A naturally-sweet cider, highly aromatic with delicate flavours of fresh apples and a hint of spice and leather
PAIRING
Easy drinking with pals. Anytime.
Serve chilled
PERNILLA PERLE
ABV. 8.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Swedish Still cider
TASTING NOTES
On the palate – Pear, ripe apple, lychee, orange, almonds and white cherries. Light lingering structure, slightly grippy. Sweet attack with really juicy fruit flavours, nice acid profile on finish.
FOOD PAIRINGS
Can be serves as an aperitif, or with Asian flavours, right through to heavier dishes. personally I like it with a range of dessert.
Serve chilled
Riestra Sidra Natural
Box of 6
Townsend: Dabinett - Still
Herefordshire
ABV. 6.9% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Blend: Dabinett
TASTING NOTES
Expect green fruits, driven acidity, & a mouth filling texture. More still than sparkling; slight fizz on opening but soon drops.
Ivor: Early Season
Worcestershire
ABV. 5.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Blend: Apples and pears that are the first of the season to ripen
TASTING NOTES
The juice is from cooking apples, bringing bright acidity and freshness, and perry pears which add some sweetness and soft tannins. It has a slight effervescence and makes for a great apéritif.
ABV. 6.3% | 330ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Pet Nat Kent cider
Blend: Falstaff, Bramley
TASTING NOTES
On the nose – Red fruits, pineapple
On the palate – Green apple skin, citrus and tropical fruit
PAIR WITH
Roast pork, oysters, birdsong
Serve chilled
June 2022:
Box of 3
Little Pomona Table Cider
ABV. 7.3% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Bottled pét-nat and unfiltered
Blend: Dabinett, Browns Apple, Egremont Russset, Ellis Bitter and Ashton Bitter
TASTING NOTES
On the nose – Farmhouse, apple and orchard
On the palate – Bold fruit and tannins with balanced acidity make this a super approachable and incredibly moreish cider to share with friends in any situation.
PAIRING
With pals. Anytime.
Serve chilled
ABV. 6.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Wild fermented single variety Bramley aged on lees for at least 24 months.
Blend: Bramley
TASTING NOTES
On the nose – Fresh green apples, tropical notes
On the palate – High acidity initially but with a creamy smooth finish due to malolactic fermentation
PAIRING
Roast bean stew, Moroccan tagine
Serve chilled
ABV. 6% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Sparkling pét-nat cider
Blend: 37% Bittersweets: Somerset Redstreak, Medaille d'Or 40% Bittersharps: Virginia Crab, Krys 33% Sharp and Aromatics: Akane, Reinette Zabergau, Bramley's Sedling, Cox Orange Pippin
Fermentation: Primary spontaneous in stainless steel then bottled pet-nat style to continue in bottle fermentation
TASTING NOTES
On the nose – ripe apples, sweet red cherry, vanilla
On the palate – Leathery mid palate with toffee, nuts and a buttery finish
FOOD PAIRINGS
Cured meats, sourdough toast with cultured butter
Serve chilled
Brutes Toot Your Own Horn 2020
ABV. 7% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Sparkling cider made from mixed Swedish apples
Blend: Wealthy, Cox Pomona
Fermentation: Wild with 5 day maceration
TASTING NOTES
On the nose – A little farmy but clear and sharp.
On the palate – Dried, sweet fruits and baked apples meets sharp acidity in perfect balance.
PAIR WITH
Shellfish, manchego and Eurovision
Serve chilled
ABV. 6.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Blend: Aberdeen 80% locally sourced fruit,
with the remaining 20% being the Somerset Dabinett.
TASTING NOTES
Soft, rounded and gently flowing top-notes whilst the cultured yeasts bring structure and depth to proceedings.
PAIR WITH
One for by the fire!
The complexity of the cider is best experienced at a good-going room temperature
Sassy: Poire
ABV. 2.5% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Made from 100% Normandy pears (12 varieties) grown and harvested near the Chateau de Sassy.
TASTING NOTES
Crisp with subtle acidity and a smooth effervescence, balancing perfectly with the pear’s natural sugar.
PAIR WITH
Best enjoyed as an apéritif or alongside fish, seafood and light chocolate desserts.
Serve chilled
March 2022
Box of 3:
Naturally sparkling, unfiltered dry cider. Wild fermented in stainless steel tanks and ex-sherry casks made solely from hand picked Scottish apples.
TASTING NOTES
Dry, sublime, light, fresh and zippy cider. Lots of green apple and elderflower notes. Just a smidge of tannin to add body and structure. The conditioning is absolutely spot on.
Serve chilled
Box of 6:
Same first 3 as above plus...
Little Pomona - Harvest 2019
ABV. 7% | 750ML | VEGAN | GLUTEN FREE
Sparkling cider made from the best of 2019 harvest
Blend: Browns, Yarlington Mill, Dabinett, Harry Masters Jersey
Fermentation: Wild fermentation, bottle conditioned
Maturation: In barrel
TASTING NOTES
On the nose – Citrus, green apple, orchard cuttings
TASTING NOTES
It is medium dry. These should be drunk like wines, with a large glass and some cheese or pork dish or savoury snack of your choosing.