Cider and Perry
Another year, another Reading festival, another huge range of real cider and perry!
Once again Reading has the largest selection of draught cider and perry anywhere in the country. Last year saw a selection of over 200, this year (assuming everything arrives) we will have 220! As before we are limited by the size of the stillage, so while we will open on Thursday with 150, the remaining 70 will be held back to be put on sale on Saturday. These are highlighted in the list below and will not be available on Thursday and Friday. Yet again the overall volume has increased - this year to more than 13,000 pints - so do your best to rise to the challenge of drinking it all again.
Cider is fermented apple juice and perry is fermented pear juice. Depending on the style, cider can be made from a mixture of dessert apple varieties (eg Cox, Gala, Discovery) and cooking apple varieties (eg Bramley), or from specialist cider apples. Cider apples are smaller and harder than cookers or eaters, but produce excellent juice for cidermaking. Perry is usually made from specialist perry pear varieties - unsuitable for eating - but eating varieties have been known to be included.
Ciders and perries are usually made from blends of many different apple or pear varieties, but you will see some which use a single variety, indicated by 'SV'. Blends tend to produce a more rounded product by mixing flavour elements from the different varieties, but there are some varieties which hold up well on their own, such as Kingston Black apples or Blakeney Red pears. See if you can spot the pider - made from a blend of apple and pear juices.
This year's bar boasts a fine selection of cider and perry from local producers. There are eight producers within 30 miles of the festival represented, and these are indicated with green highlighting in the list below. I'm happy to say that we have cider from all four Berkshire producers this year, and both Tutts Clump and Lambourn Valley have perry.
For the eighth year, Reading Beer and Cider Festival is proud to be hosting CAMRA's National Champion Cider and Perry Judging. The gold silver and bronze ciders and perries will be announced at about 3.30pm on Saturday - will you agree with the judges' decisions?
If you have some time free on Friday between 12 and 4pm then you can volunteer to take part in a preliminary judging panel. The only qualification is liking cider or perry. If you want to join in, go to the cider and perry bar and you'll be allocated to a panel and given a time for judging. Each panel takes about 45 minutes.
To bring the Reading cider bar in line with those at other CAMRA festivals, the colour coding is changing this year. Perries are highlighted in this list with a yellow background to help you spot them. The cask end labels also distinguish between cider and perry - green for cider and yellow for perry.
If you're not sure where to start with such a range and choice, talk to the volunteer bar staff. As long as they're not too busy they may be able to offer you a sample before you buy, so you can work out if you prefer dry, medium or sweet ciders or perries. We have cider producers and wholesalers, members of CAMRA's Cider and Perry Committee and general cider enthusiasts behind the bar, so rest assured that you can be guided by a knowledgeable team.
The ciders and perries come from all over the country to the Reading beer festival! To see where this year's stock has come from, click on the map on the right.
Paul Scrivens
Cider Bar Manager
The Cider and Perry List
Where possible this list will be updated when changes occur, but there will inevitably be some cases where stock does not arrive. ABVs are approximate.
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| Allen | Gloucestershire |
| From Halmore in Gloucestershire. |
| Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Medium | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Appledram | West Sussex |
| Founded 1983 at Pump Bottom Farm, producing cider from seventeen acres of apples, mainly cider varieties. |
| Dry | 7.5% | | |
| Sweet | 7.5% | From Saturday | |
| Barbourne | Worcestershire |
| Their orchard has 30 mature standard trees (including Foxwelp, Bulmers Norman and Major) and was originally contracted to Bulmers. |
| Dry | 6.5% | | |
| Blakeney Red SV | 6.5% | | |
| Barkers | Worcestershire |
| Greenstreet Farm is a working farm with beef cattle and sheep. John Barker uses only unsprayed fruit from the old farm orchards and one local Victorian orchard. |
| BBC | 5.0% | | |
| BURP | 5.0% | | |
| Batcheldors | West Sussex |
| The apples are pressed using an ancient Sussex single screw press, at least 100 years old. |
| J. B. Dry | 7.5% | | |
| J. B. Medium | 7.5% | From Saturday | |
| Battle | East Sussex |
| Uses old English cider apples grown in one of the few remaining orchards in East Sussex. |
| Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Sweet | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Biddenden | Kent |
| Biddenden Vineyards was started by Richard Barnes in 1969. Still cider has been made since 1978 from the juice of farm-pressed Kentish culinary and dessert apples. |
| Medium | 8.4% | | |
| Blaengawney | Glamorgan |
| Andy Hallett and Stewart Lucas started cidermaking in 2006 and have been winning awards and increasing production ever since. |
| National Treasure | 6.2% | | |
| Sweet | 6.2% | From Saturday | |
| Bridge Farm | Somerset |
| Nigel Stewart started making cider under the name of Sanford Cider in Dorset before moving to Bridge farm. He uses apples grown in his own orchards or harvested locally. |
| Dry | 6.5% | | |
| Medium | 6.5% | From Saturday | |
| Bridles | Dorset |
| Bo Bridle's Cider comes from Shaftesbury, Dorset |
| Vintage Dry | 6.7% | | |
| Bristol Ciderworks | Avon |
| Organic cider company based in Easton. |
| Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Broadlands | Somerset |
| Cider made from local Somerset apples. |
| Dry | TBC% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | TBC% | | |
| Broadoak | Somerset |
| One of the largest independent cider producers with a range of traditional, keg and bottled ciders. Champion perry 2009. |
| Bristol Port | 6.0% |
| Moonshine | 7.5% | From Saturday | |
| Old Bristolian | 7.5% | From Saturday | |
| Medium Sweet | 7.5% | | |
| Brook Farm | Gloucestershire |
| Set up by Robert Cook in the 1990's. His son William now works with him, using apples from trees up to 100 years old. |
| Dry | 6.5% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | 6.5% |
| Perry | 6.0% | | |
| Broomfield Orchard | Kent |
| Broomfield Orchard is a small producer, producing dry, medium and sweet unpasteurised cider. |
| Dry | 7.0% | | |
| Burrow Hill | Somerset |
| Julian Temperley is a well known cider character, and has been producing cider brandy since 1989. His 'cider bus' serves Glastonbury festival. |
| Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Medium | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Butford Farm | Herefordshire |
| Butford Farm is a mixed organic smallholding. Janet and Martin Harris started selling cider in 2001, and have increased production each year. |
| Medium | 6.0% | | |
| Organic Perry | 6.0% | | |
| Cadogan | Gloucestershire |
| Made from traditional cider apples ripened on the banks of the River Severn at Awre. |
| Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Cam Valley | Hertfordshire |
| Fruit has been grown at this farm in Meldreth by the same family since 1846. |
| Dry | 7.2% | From Saturday | |
| Medium Oak Fermented | 7.0% | | |
| Carey Organics | Herefordshire |
| Produce of a working family farm in rural Herefordshire. |
| Cider | 6.5% | | |
| Chafford | Kent |
| Started 1983, using own orchards. The cider, made from Bramleys and other mixed dessert apples, is matured for up to two years before they are sold. |
| 'Hellishly Strong' Medium | 10.0% | | |
| Chiddingstone | Kent |
| Castle Cider was set up in 1987 by Tim Davies and his brother Rick. Only Kentish apples from local farmers are used. |
| Bone Dry | 7.5% | | |
| Medium sweet | 7.5% | From Saturday | |
| Chucklehead | Devon |
| Michael and John Dinnage began cidermaking in 1993. They use a blend of locally-sourced predominantly bitter-sweet cider apples. |
| Dry | 7.0% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | 7.0% | | |
| Sweet | 7.0% | From Saturday | |
| Ciderniks | Berkshire |
| Producing in Berkshire since 2003. Primarily uses local cookers and eaters, but Dab Hand uses Dabinett cider apples. |
| Combe Raider | 6.5% | From Saturday | |
| Dab Hand | 6.5% |
| Vat 3 | 6.5% | | |
| CJ's | Gwent |
| CJ has been cider making since his?school days, but used to supply the majority of his fruit to Bulmers until they dropped the price they would pay leading to the start of commercial production. |
| Dry | TBC% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | TBC% |
| Perry | TBC% | From Saturday | |
| Clives | Worcestershire |
| Nestling in the shadows of the Malvern Hills Clives Fruit Farm produces apple juice, cider and perry and allows you to watch the pressing take place. |
| Med Dry | TBC% | | |
| Cornish Orchards | Cornwall |
| A family run cider farm established for over 25 years. All apples are from their own orchards, with local varieties such as Harry Masters Jersey, Sweet Coppin and Dunkerton Late. |
| Medium Dry | 4.8% | | |
| Countryman | Devon |
| Cider has been produced since 1858. In 1972 the old press (on display at the North Cornwall Museum) was replaced by a hydraulic mill and press. |
| Dry | 6.5% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | 6.5% | | |
| Sweet | 6.5% | From Saturday | |
| Court Farm | Herefordshire |
| All cider is fermented in oak casks, mostly from 3 apple varieties. |
| Dry | TBC% |
| Medium | TBC% | From Saturday | |
| Crones | Norfolk |
| Crone's make traditional cider from blends of organic dessert apples, cookers and cider apples. It is allowed to clear naturally without use of finings and so is suitable for vegans. |
| Rum Cask Dry | 8.5% | | |
| User Friendly | 6.2% | | |
| Crossmans | Somerset |
| Ben Crossman uses a wide range of Somerset cider apple varieties to produce his traditional unfiltered farmhouse cider. |
| Dry | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | 6.0% | | |
| Sweet | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Dan-Y-Graig | Monmouthshire |
| A small producer in Grosmont, just inside the Welsh border. |
| Dry | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | 6.0% |
| Day's Cottage | Gloucestershire |
| Dave Kaspar and Helen Brent-Smith run Day's Cottage Cider. The main orchard was planted by Helen's great aunt in 1912. The orchards are now being restored using old Gloucestershire varieties. |
| Medium | 7.0% | | |
| Perry | 7.5% | | |
| Dewchurch | Herefordshire |
| aka Haig's Cider, from the small village of Much Dewchurch in Herefordshire. |
| Dry | TBC% | | |
| Medium | TBC% | | |
| Double Vision | Kent |
| The company started in 1995 in Staplehurst. They are the only Kent perry maker. |
| Cider | 7.4% | | |
| Impeared Vision | 7.4% | | |
| Dunkertons | Herefordshire |
| Dunkertons is a family company started in 1979 by Susie and Ivor Dunkerton in a smallholding of 18 acres. All their ciders and perries are organic. |
| Organic Dry | 7.0% | | |
| Organic Sweet | 7.0% | From Saturday | |
| Organic Medium Dry | 8.0% | From Saturday | |
| Organic Medium Sweet | 8.0% | | |
| Ermie & Gerties | Somerset |
| Naturally fermented from cider apples and then finished in either oak whisky barrels or Bordeaux wine barrels. |
| Cider | 7.0% | | |
| Govier | Somerset |
| Made in a shed. Variable availability, but ?cracking stuff? when it arrives. |
| Dry | TBC% | | |
| Grays | Devon |
| Devon's longest established cider maker, producing traditional cider form apples grown by themselves and local farmers' orchards. |
| Dry | 6.5% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | 6.5% | | |
| Sweet | 6.5% | From Saturday | |
| Green Valley | Devon |
| Green Valley Cider was founded in 1989 by Chris Coles using only traditional Bittersweet cider apples grown in Devon. |
| Dry | 7.0% |
| Medium | 7.0% | From Saturday | |
| Sweet | 7.0% | | |
| Greggs Pit | Herefordshire |
| Founded by James Marsden in 1992, Gregg's Pit produces award-winning organic cider and perry from the fruit from its own and neighbours' orchards. |
| Cider | 7.0% | | |
| Perry | 6.0% | | |
| Gwatkins | Herefordshire |
| Denis Gwatkin uses apples and pears from the farm's original orchards and other local orchards which grow along the Golden Valley. Gold award cider & bronze perry 2009. |
| Norman SV | 7.5% | From Saturday | |
| Stoke Red SV | 7.5% | | |
| Perry | 7.5% | | |
| Gwynt Y Ddraig | Glamorgan |
| Bill George and his nephew Andrew Gronow started making cider in 2001. Their ciders and perries can be found in pubs and supermarkets across Wales and beyond. |
| Black Dragon | 7.2% | | |
| Two Trees perry | 5.0% | | |
| Hancocks | Devon |
| Norman Hancock handed over a tradition dating back 100 years to his daughter Helen, who is the fifth generation in the cidermaking family. |
| Dry | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Sweet | 6.0% | | |
| Hartlands | Gloucestershire |
| Cider and perry making has been in the Hartland family for three generations. It is not filtered but, as Dereck says, ?has no bits floating around in it!?. |
| Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Sweet | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Perry | 6.0% | | |
| Hecks | Somerset |
| The Hecks have been making cider since 1840. They still use wooden barrels to mature the cider, with all apples grown in their own orchards, and produce many single varietals. |
| Medium | 6.0% |
| Port Wine of Glastonbury | 6.5% | | |
| Single Variety | 6.5% | From Saturday | |
| Perry | 6.5% | From Saturday | |
| Single Variety | 6.5% | | |
| Hunts | Devon |
| Family farm producing traditional cider from their own 18 acre orchards and selling retail from the farm shop. |
| Medium | 6.0% | | |
| Jonty's | Norfolk |
| Jonty Wright owns the Banham Barrel pub in Norfolk. |
| Early Night | 6.8% | | |
| Kennford | Devon |
| Kennford cider is made in the traditional way in a 17th Century barn, fermented in old oak barrels. |
| Dry | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Sweet | 6.0% |
| Kent Cider Co | Kent |
| A traditional Kentish blend from Faversham. |
| Bittersweet Dry | 8.0% | | |
| Lambourn Valley | Berkshire |
| Roy Bailey now mostly produces perry, using Berkshire fruit, mainly for bottled offsales. |
| Three Estates | 7.0% | | |
| Haymaker | 4.8% | | |
| Old Berkshire | 5.1% | | |
| Little Red Rooster | East Sussex |
| Unusually this producer combines their apples and pears to make pider. |
| Dry | 8.4% | | |
| Sweet | 8.4% | From Saturday | |
| Lyne Down | Herefordshire |
| Made the traditional way by using an ancient wooden scratter mill and 120 year old stone twinscrew presses with fruit from their 30 varieties of apples and pears |
| Roaring Meg Dry | 6.0% |
| Perry | 7.0% | | |
| Mad Hatters | Cheshire |
| A new producer in Stockport. |
| Cider | 5.5% | | |
| Mahorall | Shropshire |
| Starting in 2000, Mahorall Farm now produces over 30000 litres of cider a year using apples from the farm and surrounding area. |
| Whisky cask dry | 8.5% | | |
| Malvern Magic | Herefordshire |
| Rob Uren has been involved in orchards since 1988 and started making cider in 2000. All produce is fermented and matured in oak. |
| Cider | 6.0% |
| Perry | 6.0% | | |
| Meare | Somerset |
| Produces rum cask and single orchard ciders. |
| Dry | 6.5% | | |
| Merrylegs | Cheshire |
| John Reeke (aka Merrylegs) is better known as a wholesale distributor of cider and perry to pubs and festivals across the country. |
| Fred Perry | 6.0% | | |
| Millwhites | Hertfordshire |
| Made from organic windfall apples from the White family's orchards in Somerset, Millwhites Cider is fermented and matured in oak barrels in Hertfordshire. |
| Rioja Cask | 7.5% | From Saturday | |
| Rum Cask | 7.5% | | |
| Whisky Cask | 7.5% | From Saturday | |
| Minchew | Gloucestershire |
| Handmade ciders and perries from fresh local fruit. Kevin Minchew is also known as one of the most enthusiastic conservators of rare varieties, especially of perry pears. |
| Perry | 7.0% | | |
| Montgomery | Powys |
| Old Monty is a traditional golden cider made using age-old techniques in small high quality batches. |
| Old Monty Dry | 4.8% | | |
| Old Monty Medium | 4.8% |
| Moore | Gloucestershire |
| A specialist perry producer. |
| Perry | 6.5% | From Saturday | |
| Mr Whiteheads | Hampshire |
| A founding member of Swamp Donkey Cider, Angus Whitehead decided to expand and set up on his own in 2003. |
| Boxing Dog | 7.5% | | |
| Cirrus Minor | 5.0% | From Saturday | |
| Pear Light | 3.8% |
| Novo Pyrus | 7.0% | From Saturday | |
| Naish | Somerset |
| The Naish family have been making cider for over 150 years. Unsprayed apples move straight from orchard to mill and press, and the juice is fermented in oak barrels |
| Badgers Spit Dry | 6.0% |
| Badgers Spit Sweet | 6.0% | | |
| Netherbury | Dorset |
| Netherbury Cider is made exclusively from cider apples grown in a small orchard bordering the River Brit, close to Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's River Cottage. |
| Medium Dry | 6.5% | | |
| New Forest | Hampshire |
| A traditional cidermaker since 1987, Barry has adapted a forest commoner's holding to cater for the tourist trade. |
| Perry | 7.0% | | |
| Newton Court | Herefordshire |
| Newton's cider and perry is made by father and son team Tom and Paul Stephens. Their first batch was made in autumn 2000. |
| Medium | 7.0% | | |
| Dry | 6.0% |
| Knap SV | 5.5% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Oakwood | East Sussex |
| Organic Apple and Pear farm based in Robertsbridge. Matthew Wilson makes the perry and cider. |
| Organic Medium | 6.4% | | |
| Green Horse/Oldfield Blend | 6% |
| Olivers | Herefordshire |
| Olivers Cider & Perry is a producer of distinctive Herefordshire single varietals and blends. The pressed fruit is fermented by wild yeasts and then matured in oak barrels. |
| Perry | 6.0% | | |
| Orchard Pig | Somerset |
| Named after the Old Spot pigs in their West Country orchards. |
| Medium | 6.5% | | |
| Orchards | Gloucestershire |
| Orchard's first retail production was in 2000. Their cider won a CAMRA silver last year. |
| Cider | TBC% |
| Perry | 6.4% | | |
| Palmerhayes | Devon |
| A mixed variety of cider apples, including Dabinett and Yarlington Mill are used and two thirds are grown at Palmerhayes. |
| Dry | 5.8% | | |
| Medium | 5.8% | From Saturday | |
| Parson's Choice | Somerset |
| Phil and Jeanette have been making cider at Parsonage Farm for 12 years now, using all locally sourced cider apples. |
| Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Medium | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Perry Bros | Somerset |
| Family firm founded in 1923 and still going strong. Despite the name, they only make cider - no perry! |
| Dry Cider | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Vintage Sweet Cider | 6.0% | | |
| Pickled Pig | Cambridgeshire |
| A small home based producer from Stretham in Cambridgeshire. Using 100% whole local fruit to minimise food miles, the cider is fermented using the natural yeasts. |
| Porker's Snout | 6.5% | | |
| Perry | 6.8% | | |
| Pookhill | East Sussex |
| Produced at Middle Farm, the home of The National Collection of Cider & Perry - is a unique celebration of our national fruit. |
| Cidre Nouveau MD | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Rum Reserve MD | 8.4% | | |
| Ralphs | Powys |
| Ralph's cider and perry started trading in 1986. In 2003 they applied for an on-licence for the cider house which happily was granted. |
| Cider | 7.0% | | |
| Perry | 6.0% | | |
| Rathays Old Goat | Herefordshire |
| Rathay's is a mixed smallholding in rural Herefordshire. The owner's herd of Angora goats provide the fertiliser for their orchards; the resulting brew named accordingly! |
| Dry | TBC% |
| Perry | TBC% | | |
| Reddaways | Devon |
| John is the third generation of Reddaways making cider from apples grown at Lower Rixdale Farm. The cider is stored in oak barrels in the cellar under the farmhouse. |
| Dry | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | 6.0% | | |
| Rich's Farmhouse | Somerset |
| Gordon Rich started making farmhouse cider over 50 years ago. Today his daughter runs the business. The cider is matured in huge oak vats. |
| Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Medium | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Sweet | 6.0% |
| Rosie's | Denbighshire |
| Steve is currently establishing a multi-variety orchard (50 varieties to date). He produces 3 different ciders. CAMRA silver 2009. |
| Triple D Dry | 7.3% | | |
| Ross on Wye | Herefordshire |
| Mike Johnson is 2009 winner of CAMRA's Pomona award. Broome Farm has both modern bush and traditional standard orchards, which include over 70 varieties of cider apple and perry pear trees. |
| Dry | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | 6.0% |
| Sweet | 6.0% |
| Perry | 6.0% |
| Salthill | Berkshire |
| After a successful first batch last year, Greg Davies returns with more full-juice cider from Slough. As well as local Berkshire apples, Glastonbury Gold uses cider apples from Somerset. |
| Salthill Cider | 6.4% | From Saturday | |
| Glastonbury Gold | 6.4% |
| Sandford Orchards | Devon |
| Sandford Orchards maintain and replant old standard orchards to keep our heritage alive. |
| Cider | 6.0% | | |
| Sarah's | Herefordshire |
| Started in 2004 using windfall apples from the traditional orchard, which are grazed by Hereford Cattle during the summer. |
| Browns SV | TBC% | From Saturday | |
| Dry | TBC% |
| Medium | TBC% | From Saturday | |
| Sedlescombe | East Sussex |
| England's oldest organic vineyard, established in 1979, producing a range of wines, liquers, fruit juices and farmhouse-style cider from locally grown fruit. |
| Medium | 6.5% | | |
| Seidr Dai | Glamorgan |
| A Cardiff-based craft perry and cider producer specialising in single-varietal perries (using ancient Welsh varieties). Perry won Silver 2009. |
| Kingston Black SV | 8.4% | | |
| Perry | 7.4% | | |
| Seidr O Sir | Powys |
| Founded 1999 by Trevor Powell as a result of reading 'Johnny Appleseed' as a boy in New Zealand and a neighbour with cider apples spare. |
| Dry | 7.3% |
| Med Dry | 8.3% | From Saturday | |
| Severnsider | Gloucestershire |
| Their fruit is selected from local orchards producing traditional varieties that offer vintage quality of fruit. |
| Dry | 6.3% | | |
| Sweet | 6.3% | From Saturday | |
| Dry | 6.4% | From Saturday | |
| Sweet | 6.4% | | |
| Sheppys | Somerset |
| Family run cidermakers since the early 1800s with 47 acres of cider orchards and a cider museum. |
| Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Medium | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Sweet | 6.0% | | |
| Solway | Cumbria |
| Solway Cider was set up in 2005 by ex-Bristolian Garry Parsons. It is made using only the best local cider apple varieties including Morgans, Michelin, Yarlington Mill & Dabinett. |
| Cider | TBC% | | |
| Springfield | Monmouthshire |
| The bush orchards at Springfield Farm were planted in 1998 and contain cider apple varieties only. They started producing cider in 2004 using apples exclusively from their orchards. |
| Old Barn | 7.2% | | |
| Sledgehammer | 8.2% | | |
| Swallowfield | Herefordshire |
| Small-scale craft producer, formerly associated with Harechurch but now producing independently. |
| Perry | 6.0% | | |
| Three Cats | Derbyshire |
| Derbyshire CAMRA members Sue and Chris Rogers have planted a new orchard, and are now making traditional cider. Most of their cider is Eastern counties style, using cookers and eaters. |
| Cider | 6.7% | | |
| Tricky | Somerset |
| Tricky Cider (formed in 2004 by Steve Watkins and Alistair Brice) produces traditional farmhouse cider in the Blackdown Hills on the Somerset, Devon border. |
| Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Sweet | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Troggi | Gwent |
| Troggi Seidr was founded in 1986 by Michael Penney. The Troggi is the brook running through Earlswood Valley. Whole juice cider and perry are made using only traditional methods. |
| Dry | TBC% | | |
| Perry | TBC% |
| Tutts Clump | Berkshire |
| Tim Wale started making cider in Tutts Clump in 2006 using eating and cooking apples from within West Berkshire. Bottled and draught at 6%. Went commercial in 2009 |
| Dry | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Medium | 6.0% | | |
| Sweet | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Sweet | 6.0% |
| Upton | Oxfordshire |
| The orchard was originally planted by Stan Lynch in 1970 to supply apples to Taunton Cider. He formed Upton Cider in 1983, making his own cider. |
| Dry | 7.0% | | |
| Medium | 7.0% | From Saturday | |
| Sweet | 7.0% | | |
| Venton | Devon |
| Started in 2006 from a smallholding in Clyst St Lawrence, Mark Venton is now producing more than 1000 gallons of strawpressed cider each year. |
| Dry | 6.5% | | |
| W.M. Watkins | Gwent |
| Formed in 2003 to use the traditional cider orchard on the farm. The cider is fermented and matured in oak barrels, mainly ex rum barrels. |
| Dry | 7.1% |
| Perry | TBC% | From Saturday | |
| West Croft | Somerset |
| Founded in 1992. John Harris is a traditional cider maker, supplying both wholesale and retail outlets with his prize-winning ciders. |
| Janet's Jungle Juice Med | 6.0% | | |
| Westons | Herefordshire |
| A large commercial producer still making traditional cider and perry. Home to a cider museum in Much Marcle. |
| Perry | 4.5% | From Saturday | |
| Whin Hill | Norfolk |
| Located on the tranquil North Norfolk coast, Whin Hill Cider is a small company producing cider, perry and apple juice by traditional methods. |
| Medium | 6.5% | | |
| Wilkins | Somerset |
| Roger Wilkins is a well-known cider character. The family business was set up by his Grandfather in 1917. Land's End is a working farm but Roger is always available to make a trip to the cider cellar! |
| Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Medium | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Sweet | 6.0% | | |
| Wiltshire Cider | Wiltshire |
| a'Beckett's vineyard have been making cider from organic dessert apples since 2007. Paul has recently planted a number of cider apple and perry pear trees. |
| Barnstorming | TBC% | | |
| Winkleigh | Devon |
| Formed on 26 January 1999 on part of the site of Inch's cider. To honour Sam Inch, (founder of Inch's), one of their cider ranges has been named after him. |
| Autumn Scrumpy m/d | 7.5% | From Saturday | |
| Autumn Scrumpy m/s | 7.5% | | |
| Sams Dry | 6.0% | | |
| Sams Sweet | 6.0% | From Saturday | |
| Wiscombe | Devon |
| Tim Chichester has been making cider for more than 30 years and describes his business as an overgrown hobby. Everything, he says, is done by horsepower. |
| Suicider | 8.0% | | |
| Wyatt's | Berkshire |
| Ricks Wyatt's cider is made by natural fermentation of local cookers and eaters as well as cider apples from Douai Abbey. All his ciders are free from sulphites and artificial sweeteners. |
| Local | 6.4% |
| Local Lite | 5.0% |
| Preparation H | 7.1% | From Saturday | |
| Yarde | Devon |
| All fruit comes from traditional, organic equivalent orchards containing 50 ancient traditional trees. They have also just completed a replanting programme with traditional Devon varieties. |
| Medium Dry | 6.0% | | |
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