2015 cider and perry list
Leave a commentBarnes & Adams: Gloucestershire
Old Parlour cider 6% M
Deep golden colour, with a whiff of barnyard, and refined apple taste.
Bayham Court Perry 5% M
Crystal clear pale green, tart dryness in finish.
Bridge Farm: Somerset
Perry 6.5% M
Light and cloudy, sweet pear, CAMRA Perry of the year 09.
Butford Farm: Hereford
Organic Perry 7.1% M/D
Hazy gold, aroma of light heavy pears, med/dry flavour of pears.
Chucklehead: Devon
Cider 7% M
Orange in colour, apple and barnyard aroma, with full fruit flavour.
Cornish Orchard: Cornwall
Cider 4.8% M
Sweetened with apple juice for a very apple-y finish.
Perry 5% M
Bright gold in colour, smooth perry.
Dorset: Dorset
Nectar cider 5.5% S
Golden in colour, light apple aroma, fresh apple taste, champion Powerstock Cider Festival 2012.
Double Vision: Kent
Impeared Vision Perry 7.4% M
Hazy yellow, tasty med/sweet pear with dry finish.
Vision in Pink Cider 5.3% M
Orange colour, with a heavy apple and strawberry aroma, moderately sweet apple and strawberry taste.
Dunkertons: Hereford
Cider 7% M/D
Dark yellow in colour, nice apple aroma and flavour.
Perry 8% M/D
Hazy yellow, bags of fruit, and a thirst quencher, CAMRA’s2013 gold perry award.
Gammons: Cheshire
Big hands Cider 5.8% M/D
A blend of Cheshire grown apples, hand pressed. Crisp, clean tasting with notes of honey and peach.
Glebe Farm: Cambridge
Elderflower cider 6% M
Hazy yellow, with apples and elderflower.
Ginger cider 6% M
Hazy, apple and ginger aroma, and a warming apple and ginger flavour.
Gower Heritage: Parkmill, Swansea
Mill Cider 7.4% M
Golden colour, with apple aroma, earthy fresh fruit flavour, slight acidic finish.
Fruit Cider 7.4% M
This fruity cider is based on the mill cider above, but with either elderflower or blackberries added.
Grays: Devon
Cider 6.5% M/S
Hazy golden colour, sharp apple aroma, and sweet apple taste.
Gwatkins: Hereford
Malvern Hills Perry 7.5% S
Golden, aroma of pears with sulphur notes, light pear taste.
Gwynt-y-Ddraig: Llantwit Fardre, Pontypridd
Black Dragon cider 7.2% M
Matured in oak barrels, rich in body and colour.
Celtic Warrior cider 5.5% S
Golden colour, apple nose, medium sweet honey/apple taste.
Dog Dancer cider 6.5% M/D
Bittersweet apples blended with sharp apples, smooth, crisp.
Farmhouse Scrumpy 6.5% M
Golden colour, apple aroma, slightly sweetish fruity flavour.
Fiery fox cider 6.5% M
Golden cider, fresh crisp sharpness.
Haymaker cider 6.5% M
Flavours are sweet apple with hints of caramel, some barnyard notes.
Happy Daze cider 4.5% M
A light fruity aroma with a balanced finish.
Pyder 6% M
Blend of apples and pear juice matured in wood.
Welsh Warrior cider 6% M
An oak aged cider, with a fruity taste and mild acidity, produced in aid of the Welsh Warrior foundation.
Two Trees Perry 4.5% M
A pale, fruity perry with an aroma of fruit and a hint of honey on the palate, CAMRA’s 2013 silver award.
Hallets Cider: Crumlin, Caerphilly
Hallets Oak cider 6.5% M
Oak conditioned.
Hallets Rum cider 6.5% M/S
Rum conditioned.
National Treasure cider 5% S
Sweet cider with delicate fruit flavour.
Hecks: Middle Leigh St, Somerset
Port Wine of Glastonbury 6.5% M
Hazy golden colour, aroma apple and wood, med/sweet flavour of earthy apples.
Honey & Daughters: Somerset
Milford cider 6.5% M/D
Made from 100% fresh West Country apples, giving you a flavour of traditional Somerset cider.
Merry Moon: Kent
Dark cider of the moon 6% M
A combination of apples and blackcurrants, which results in a smooth fruity taste.
Lemon Moon cider 6% D
Hazy yellow colour, with lemon and apples.
Red moon cider 6% M
Orange yellow colour, with an apple and sweet chilli aroma, and a warming appley chilli taste.
Middle Farm: E Sussex
Little Red Rooster Pyder 8.4% M
Orange colour, woody apple/pear aroma, apple/pear tart taste.
Nempnett: Somerset
Pigglets Choice Perry 5.5% M/D
Golden colour, with dryish pear fruit, from rare 100 year old trees.
Olivers: Hereford
Shazam cider 6.5% M/D
Cloudy orange, with aroma of apples and tart lemon, smooth apple finish.
Rosie’s: Clwyd
Black Bart cider 7.2% S
Sweet, subtle rum cask flavour.
Wicked Wasp cider 7.4% M/D
Bramley apples, with oak and whisky notes.
Ross-on-Wye: Hereford
Perry 6% D
Hazy yellow, moderate pear and woody aroma with pears in oak taste.
Sheppy’s: Somerset
Cider 6% M/D
Golden colour, fruity apple aroma, light acidic apple taste. CAMRA cider of the year 2014.
Springfield: Monmouth
Sledge Hammer cider 8.2% M/D
Pale still cider with whisky notes
Wobbly Munk cider 7.8% M/D
Golden colour, fruity flavour, CAMRA’s UK 2013 gold cider award.
Stanford Orchard: Fordton, Crediton, Devon
Shaky Bridge cider 6% M
Sheepnose, Yarlington mill, and woodbine, lend a richness to this bittersweet cider, complex, long finish.
Pear-shaped Perry 7.5% M/S
Bright, & crisp, Medium Sweet Full Strength English Perry with a classic, aromatic and light character.
Thirstly Cross: Dunbar
Jaggy Thistle cider 7.4% D
A dry cider, full bodied, made using wild yeast that’s local to East Lothian.
West Croft: Somerset
Janet’s Jungle Juice cider 6% M/D
Cloudy amber in colour, sweet apple juice aroma and a med dry finish, CAMRA Cider of the Year 2007.
West Milton: Dorset
Cider 5% M
Glorious body, rich dark colour, brimming bags of fruit, and CAMRA’s 2013 bronze cider award.
Wilce’s : Hereford
Cider 6% M/D
Amber colour, moderate apple aroma, sweet apple lightly acidic, Runner up cider 2014 of the year.
Wilkins: Somerset
Farmhouse cider 6% M
Golden colour, aroma of apples and wood, nice farmhouse cider.
W.M.Watkins & Sons: Monmouth
Lazy Days Perry 5.2% M
Cloudy golden, sharp perry aroma, with a proper pear flavour.
(Compiled by Alan Attwell)