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.