Blakeney Red pears in SE London ?

Had some excellent home made perry at a party, from tree in their back garden, I  think it may be a Blakney Red tree.

Also visited another tree a few streets away , sadly most of the fruit had dropped bout will go back there next year to pick .

Thus more investigation required as the road is called Perry Rise, in a ward called Perry Vale all interesting as this is not West Country but SE london !

Trip to local History library to see what was there before the houses, could turn up something ....

One Tree Hill Cider has Finished juicing for 2013

Last load were windfalls from a neighbours allotment look at the size of these beasts, time to pack the press away until. Next year, now to nurse my fermenting liquids.

One Tree Hill cider presses on

Another 2 gallons produced yesterday afternoon from cider apples from Herne Hill. 
Good colour see Photo

One Tree Hill cider 

Battle for the Alma

This pub that just was awarded North London Cider pub 2013 and now under threat.
http://www.battleforthealma-n1.com/

Cider pubs in Time out

Welcome article on some excellent pubs

see
http://www.timeout.com/london/bars-pubs/londons-best-cider-pubs

Pity they missed the Queens head in Kings cross that won London cider pub of the year 2013

Apple pressing One tree hill allotments 2013

A great afternoon

see  pictures on
http://www.ianwhite.info/Ap2013/Applepressing2013.html

A few Gallons of juice made ready to be turned into cider

Cider and Cheese Tasting evening at the Pineapple Tues 22nd Oct.

THU 10 October Cider Social crawl report

Quick report :
Prince of Wales N1 Did have Westons Old Roise, however had run out, so off to the renovated Wenlock Arms N1, good selection of cider including Gwatkins, London Cider co.   Baring N1 had Thatchers Heritage , Howl at the Moon N1  Lillys Sundancer , Old Fountain EC1V, had cider that had to be fetched from the celler we recall it was JB's.

LONDON ORCHARD FESTIVAL this Sunday. Kings X

I will be there doing a cider workshop with samples about 3pm
more info see
https://twitter.com/LondonOrchard/status/388022246163238912/photo/1

John Baird pub in Muswell Hill Cider festival

I have been informed from the pub :

We'll be having a cider festival in mid-October with 12 different ciders and perrys on over the course of a few weeks, as well as a 30 barrel real ale festival starting on the 17th October. It would be great to have some more cider enthusiasts in as we had a great response to the range of ciders we stocked over the summer.

October Events

Arranged for Camra members, however other members of the public are very welcome.

SAT 5 (2pm) Apple pressing afternoon, One Tree Hill Allotments SE23
We will be making apple juice on Sat 5th October 1pmish till 6ish
Come and help press apples and taste fresh juice, please wear old clothes and decent footwear as event is out doors. 
All ages welcome, but children must be supervised directly at all times.
Free event - welcome to bring snacks to share. 
Entry by Top Side Gate on Honor Oak Park  SE23
Directions
http://www.othas.org.uk/findus.html



THU 10 (7pm) Cider Social crawl 
Prince of Wales N1,(7.45pm) Wenlock Arms N1 (8.45pm) Baring N1,(9.30pm) Howl at the Moon N1,(10.15pm) Old Fountain EC1V.




SAT 19 (2pm) London Glider DHFC cider of festival presentation and crawl. 
Stoke Newington Farmers Market Apple Day Festival
Details to be updated nearer the time.



SUN 20 (11am) Visit to Apple festival at National Cider Collection at Middle Farm,Lewes.
please contact organiser if you want to go on london_cider@btinternet.com.
see
http://www.middlefarm.com/apple-festival.html


THU 31 (7pm) Cider Crawl SE1
Royal Oak 19.00, Simon the Tanner 20.30, The Miller 21.30

The Glass Works Summer Cider Festival at the N1 Centre Islington

I have recieved this :

Press Release

July 2013

Enjoy The Glass Works Summer Cider Festival at the N1 Centre Islington

The summer has arrived and at the N1 Centre in Islington there’s a festival feeling in the air.  The Glass Works is hosting a truly scrumptious summer cider festival from 10^th – 28^th July.  Ideal for quenching a summer thirst, enjoy ciders brewed from apples, pears, plums and even strawberries from just £2.95.  With the opportunity to try up to 16 of the tastiest ciders from around the UK, there’s plenty to get excited about.

Enjoy the traditional flavours of the South West, home to the legendary Glastonbury Festival, with Sheppy’s Farmhouse Cider. Or why not try Glamorgan’s Fiery Fox, winner of the 2011 Welsh Cider & Perry Championship. For a more light and fruity taste, try Green Valley’s ‘Strawby Cider’, the perfect accompaniment to a summer afternoon.

On July 10^th, come along and enjoy an introductory tasting event at the N1 Centre’s central piazza.  Pick your favourite from the wide range of ciders and perrys available.   Spice things up with Sanford Orchard’s Cider Ginger, brewed with whole root ginger and offering unbeatable citrus heat. Exclusive to the festival, try Mr Whitehead’s Plum Cider - plums give this unique cider a light maroon hue and a crisp finish.

Plus from mid-July, the N1 Centre’s central piazza is transformed into a summer lawned garden offering the perfect opportunity to pull up a deckchair and relax.

Vue Cinema Islington has some outstanding concert experiences to suit all tastes this summer.  From July 22^nd, the heart-warming documentary ‘Springsteen and I’ includes Bruce ‘The Boss’ Springsteen's most loved songs with previously unseen performance footage. From August 29^th,1D’s ‘Take Me Home’ Tour promises to show why 1D’s fans love them so much with great performances and backstage action. 

The Glass Works and The N1 Centre has it covered with the summer cider festival – a great way to bring the taste of the country into the heart of Angel.

For further information visit www.n1islington.com, follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/n1shoppingcentreislington or tweet with us @n1centre.

Alma Cider festival August bank holiday 2013

East Dulwich Beer and Cider fest 2nd May to 4th May

I am running the bar and I have ordered :

CIDER

CASTLE Medium Sweet & Medium Dry 7.5%

Chiddingstone, Kent

Very popular at our festivals. A clear and easy drinkable cider from Kent, Set up in 1987 and Only uses Kentish Apples.

COTSWOLD No Brainer, Medium Dry 6%

Oxfordshire

They only use Vintage cider apple varieties from their local area, A dry, still, hazy cider, renowned for its rich, fruity and distinctive quality.

CROSSMAN Sweet 6%

Somerset

Excellent quality cider produced from apples grown in Ben Crossman’s own orchards. Well known traditional unfiltered cider. Using many different varieties of Somerset apples.Very easy drinking.

DOUBLE VISION Dry 7.4%

Kent

Unfiltered cider using Kentish apples.Good apple character, nicely dry and tart with light tannins.

HANDMADE CIDER CO Rough Diamond Dry 6.0%

Chippenham, Wiltshire

The cider fruit comes from old traditional standard farm orchards in Somerset. full flavour cider is a blend from 2 vintages. Rough Diamond, is light and appley with a zesty acidity, full of Somerset's finest tannins giving a lingering finish over a soft acidity.

JOHNSONS Dry 8.3%

Kent

A strong cider from a small producer on the Isle of Sheppy, uses organic apples.

LONDON GLIDER Medium & Medium Dry 7.5%

NE London

London's main producer, founded 2010 in Woodford Green by three people, they source unwanted fruit from local back gardens , so reducing products that would go to waste and turning it into cider.

MARCHER CYDERS Medium 7.0%

Mortimers Cross, Herefordshire

A new one for us, they are a craft real cyder and perry making collective based around Leominster in Herefordshire. A medium cider using only Herefordshire cider apples.

MEARE Dry 6%

Meare Manor, Somerset

New one for us, a Small, side project from old orchard

MILLWHITES

Hedge Layer 4.8%

Rum cask 7.5%

Hertfordshire/Somerset

Made from apples grown and hand selected from their orchards in the heart of the Somerset countryside, fermented and matured in oak barrels. It is made of a unique blend of cider apples free from harmful pesticides and chemicals and, unlike other  ciders does not contain any sulphites. Can be obtained from Blackheath farmers market Every 3rd Sunday of the month

Hedge Layer - A light and refreshing cider. Lovely rounded, medium flavour. A real thirst quencher.

Rum cask - A premium cider aged in barrels from the Jamaican Rum Company. This cider was Champion Cider of East Anglia in 2009.

ONE TREE HILL CIDER

Honor Oak Park, London SE23

Herne Hill Mix 5%

Pressed Again 2.5%

Locally made cider made by Cider Bar manager with help from volunteers on a apple pressing day in Oct 2012 . Pressed on One Tree Hill Allotments, Honor Oak, SE23.

Cider Apples sourced from a Garden in Herne Hill complemented with other locally donated desert and cookers. A juicy cider with a lasting pleasing aftertaste.

A second pressing with additional water extracts further juice and results in a lighter cider.

Since small amounts are made so strictly one Third per each customer - Only festival that will have these Ciders.

SEIDR O SIR, Dry 6.8%

Llandrindod Wells,,Mid Wales

Founded in 2000, Seidr o Sir are makers of traditional cider and a limited amount of perry using 100% fruit, nearly all of which is sourced from their own or other cider orchards in Radnorshire. Entirely natural fermentation with absolutely no additives.

TRICKY Medium 6.5%

Churchinford, Somerset

Started 2004 from a hobby to a commercial operation. The Medium is a thirst quenching and delicious cider made from 100% apple juice from the Blackdown Hills.  The cider apple blend combined with natural tannins unlocked during the ageing process give a dry, fiery kick to make the perfect balance of flavours.

VENTONS CYDERS Dry TBC

Clyst St. Lawrence, Devon

Ventons’ methods are as traditional as they get! Hand-picked, vintage cider apples are crushed and pressed a ton at a time through straw on a traditional oak twin-screw press, then fermented and matured in oak barrels to produce a clear and clean natural cider.

WESTCROFT Janet’s Jungle Juice, Medium 6%

Burnham on Sea, Somerset

John Harris has been making cider since 1992 but his grandfather made it here at the same farm with the same apples. A large Wassail takes always place on the third Saturday after Xmas.

Silver National Cider Championship 2008.

WILKINS Medium Dry 6%

Mugdley,Somerset

Founded in 1917, Roger Wilkins is a well known character , appeared numerous times on TV, has been running since 1966, a pilgrimage to his farm overlooking Westhay Moor Valley is a must for cider lovers. This is Good favourite cider. A fairly dry cider, but not in an overpowering way. There is a slight bitterness and tang to it and just a genuine cider taste.

PERRY

BUTFORD 6.0%

Bodenham, Herefordshire

A Small Organic registered smallholding, set up in 2001, uses wild yeast's to ferment, also producing Champagne bottled ciders.

GWYNTYDDRAIG , Two Trees 6.0%

Glamorgan

Started in 2001, only makes cider using traditional methods and getting a good number of awards.

A pale, fruity perry with an aroma of fruit and a hint of honey on the palate.

HARTLAND 5.8%

Gloucestershire

This small family operation, was started by the late Ray Hartland, a local farmer at Flat Farm on the outskirts of Staunton. This award-winning perry is rich and tasty with flavours of pear, wood, spices, mild yeast and some white wine-like notes along with mild sweetness.

PENALLT TBC

South Wales

A small producer, new one for us, no other info available.

RAGLAN CIDER MILL TBC

Raglan, Monmouthshire

Ambitious new family run project including a cider house.

ROSS ON WYE 5.5%

Herefordshire

Set up ten years ago by a cider enthusiast. With increasing planting of more orchards for the future All Ross-On-Wye Cider & Perry Co’s produce is made from 100% pure apple and pear juice, pressed at Broome Farm mainly from their own fruit. This is a really good, award-winning perry - an overall sharp pear taste with an initial sweetness that gives way to a tart, dry finish.

TROGGI 6.5%

Monmouthshire

Troggi specialises in whole juice dry cider and perry and is developing bottle-conditioned products. If you like your ciders dry, then this is the one for you: plenty of depth and character.

Alma Cider fest 3rd to 6th May

Popular Cider Festival in North London returns to provide over 20 premium varieties of cider and perry with DJs and live music during May bank holiday weekend.

www.thealma-n1.co.uk

Cider has a strong tradition in this country. English apples have been ground and pressed for the purpose of producing refreshing alcoholic beverages for centuries. The Alma, a gastro pub in North London, has started it's own tradition – a festival to celebrate our fascination with this popular drink.

For four years now, the 19^th century public house in Newington Green has held Spring and Autumn Cider Festivals which provide premium selections from across England. This Spring, “bags in the box” filled with varieties from Somerset and Dorset will line the iconic front windows of The Alma from Friday May 3^rd until Monday May 6^th.

Culinary offerings to compliment your choice of beverage, live music from soul ensemble The Fae Simon Trio and DJ sets from Brighton reggae/dub producer Richie Phoe & New Zealand selector Pauly Who will create a true festival atmosphere for the long weekend.

Free Entry

For more information please contact: info@thealma-n1.co.uk

Bromley CAMRA's one day only Mad March Cider Festival

A great success,here is an article/ press release : 

Saturday (9th March) was a massive success with the festival having to close early as the 400 litres of real cider and perry were finished by 7.30pm. As soon as the doors opened at noon thirsty real cider fans and curious newcomers to the proper stuff came from far and wide and flocked into the HG Wells Centre, Bromley, to sample the thirty real ciders and perries on offer. The demand at the bar was constant and the hardworking bar staff didn't get any down time until the very last drop had been squeezed out of the boxes.

This was Bromley CAMRA's first cider and perry only festival, and as only a handful of pubs in the borough sell real cider, an attempt to introduce the people of Bromley to these fine drinks. Initially quite a few people were sceptical of the idea of a cider and perry only festival in Bromley and in March, what with many pub landlords saying 'Got a box of the stuff in once and nobody drank it' and 'cider's a summer drink', Bromley branch were even asked 'why they were even bothering?' Fortunately a core of Bromley branch members had faith and with the help of a good publicity campaign, sponsorship from one of the few pubs in the area that fly the flag for real cider and perry: The Grape & Grain in Crystal Palace, and backing from some cider producers themselves, the festival became a reality.

With the festival, Bromley CAMRA more than achieved their goal, the feedback from visitors to the festival has been nothing but positive, with new converts to real cider and perry and existing drinkers impressed by the good range of ciders on offer and just the general good vibe of the festival.

There's no stopping Bromley CAMRA now as on top of the branch's second beer and cider festival which is in planning at the moment, there are plans for a second real cider and perry only festival which will be even bigger and better! Watch this space.

Bromley cider fest

It is this Saturday
Bromley labour club
I can't wait

Sent from my iPad

2012 Cider Pub Of The Year Award

Made to Pete and Ash at the 

Sussex Arms

Staines Road, 

Twickenham,

TW2 5BG

And a good evening had by all.

The Gwatkins Cider was excellent!

CAMRA Cider pub Crawl Thurs 21 March

All Camra Members Welcome, plus friends, Including Ale Drinkers!

 

Quick visit to these pubs

Thurs 21^st March

7.30  Lyttelton Arms    1 Camden High Street, NW1 7JE     www.thelytteltonarmscamden.co.uk

8.15  Dublin Castle     94 Parkway                    NW1 7AN    thedublincastle.com

8.45  Earl of Camden  55 Parkway                    NW1 7PN    earlofcamden.com

9.30  Edinboro Castle 57 Mornington Terrace  NW1 7RU    www.edinborocastlepub.co.uk

10.15 Prince Albert   163 Royal College Street NW1 0SG    www.princealbertcamden.com

Bromley Cider festival Sat 9th March

Its the Mad March Cider Festival 

26 Ciders 4 perries to try!

HG Wells Centre  Bromley  BR2 9HG
2 minutes walk from Bromley Station.

First time in quite some while we have a first CAMRA  cider festival , I am looking forward to it and will be there in the evening .

More soon!

www.facebook.com/bromleycamraciderfest
www.bromleycamra.org.uk
Twitter @BromCAMRAcider