Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Cyder Store Continues To Go From Strength To Strength

After our first year online we are proud to announce that our online store has been a great success with more and more products added to our already great lines.


The updated Cyderstore website has proved to be very popular and also includes a new recipe section.

So a year online and we're still Britain's premier independent online source for Cider and Perry from the great producers such as Dunkertons, Norburys, Minchews to name but a few.
We would also like to thank all our customers for the continued support throughout this first year and for the many more to come....

Monday, 10 August 2009


Little Green Man is WATCHING !


Lightly goldern to look at,with
a pleasant aroma on opening.

Taste is sharp (bite) with a
refreshing taste of apple,
slightly fizzy but pleasant,leaving
a lovely after taste on the palate.

Lovely session cider (4.5%) and good value at
6 for 10.99 and to top it off comes from the
county that Sir Edward Elgar was born in.


No need to over chill - ENJOY

Friday, 8 May 2009

Oliver's Shezam


What a lovely part of the country! If you are a cider/perry lover it's a must vist area to sample such a wide variety of cider and perries from numerous cider producers.

Olivers is of course a must vist (see website for directions).

Tom Oliver is a most welcoming host with a wide range of ciders & perries to sample!

SHEZAM

A lovely goldern brown cider that reflects an air of quality from within.

Open the bottle and the sense of bubbles hit your nostrils with a hint of apples. Mellow, smooth and an after taste of dryness of fruit which lingers and coats the back of the thoat.

Please note: Serve well chilled

Sunday, 22 March 2009

BURROW HILL CIDER



Burrow Hill cider made by the Somerset Cider Brandy Company.
Situated at Kingsbury Episcopi in one of the three vintage areas for growing apples for fermenting.

Up to forty varieties of cider apples are grown in traditional orchards (grazed with sheep), the apples have been pressed for cider for the last 150 years. Traditional methods used,fermenting juice in the Autumn without first turning it into concentrate.

A goldern brown cider - smells of apples, fruity and slightly sharp but refreshing with a hint of dryness on the back of the throat.

Monday, 12 January 2009

Healy's Cornish Rattler

Open the bottle and sniff the apples!

Fruity and slightly sharp with a dry fizz that hits the back of the throat
Healey's cyder producers of are the largest cyder makers in Cornwall, they also produce cyder brandy and fruit spirits.
Originally Cornish Rattler was only sold in draught form, now bottled - 6% apple juice some say. A blend of Cornish apples grown and pressed at the Cornish Cyder Farm's orchards at Penhallow near Truro.

Cornish Rattler gets it name from an old fashioned variety of Cornish apple- 'The Rattler' which comes from Penryn (just up from Falmouth) - quite a acid flavour but pleasant,pale,yellow in colour.They say it makes the best cyder!

Other Cornish cyder apples include - Pendragon,Pigs Snout,King Byerd, Stockbearer, and Cornish Spice.

Monday, 1 December 2008

Dunkertons Cider and Perry


Dunkertons can be found approximately one mile outside the ancient parish of Pembridge, a quintessential English village.
In keeping the tradition alive a large number of perry pear trees were planted in 2005. Twelve different varieties, Brandy, Yellow Huffcap, Judge Amphlett, Green House, Helens Early, Gin, Moorcroft, Greggs Pitt, Butt, Winnals Longdon and Hendre.
The cider and perry is organic, Dunkertons having held 'Soil Association Standard' since 1988. Sophisticated farmhouse cider!
PERRY
Possible the only organic perry in the UK? Smooth, delicate, slightly dry to the palate pear taste, with a hint of lightness.
PREMIUM
Smooth, refreshing at first, leaving a dry (with a hint of sweetness) appley taste on the back of the throat.
BLACKFOX
Medium dry with a delicate kick. Watch out for shadows, there lies the 'Black Fox'. Dry smooth with a hint of sharpness. Lovely aftertaste, which stays on the back of the throat for ages.

Saturday, 8 November 2008

Norbury's Perry

Nestling under the brow of the Malvern Hills, just North of Malvern, lies a small village - Leigh Sinton. On the outskirts, heading towards Hereford, can be found Norbury's farm, home to a fantastic perry.

A number of years ago while out selling cider, I called at Norbury's where they also produce 'BLACK BULL' cider. The name 'BLACK BULL' comes from the family name 'NORBURY' deriving from the French words noir (black) and boeuf (bull). The family crest has a black bull as the heraldic device.

While talking to Eddie, chief cider/perry maker at Norbury's he suggested I should sample some perry. Now this wasn't out of a bottle, nor out of the main vat which is used to fill cannisters with draught. No this was a sample taken from an unfiltered vat, a number of years old!

Well - the taste, dry, smooth, but with a flavour of pears that stayed on the back of my throat for ages - awesome.

I'd never experienced a taste like it before, but it certainly started my love affair with perry, especially Norbury's perry.