Bank Holiday Cider and Perry Festival at the Alma N1

 

They offering 20 Ciders and Perry's from :

Blaengawney Farm Cider - Wales

Palmers Upland Cider - Wales

Hecks Traditional Farmhouse Cider - Somerset

Springfield Cider - Wales

Mr Whitehead's Cider - Hampshire

Weston's Cider- Herefordshire

 

I went last night and  tried the Blaengawney Sweet a easy drinking pale cloudy cider and the Palmers  Cheeky Jackdaw, a medium dry cider, of a lovely orangey brown colour, of Honey flavours.

 

Address is

The Alma

59 Newington Green Rd

London N1 4QU

PH: 0207 359 4536

www.thealma-n1.co.uk

Re: Great British Beer festival - Cider

Yes the festival is now open with a great range, see http://gbbf.org.uk/ciders-and-perries

I wil be there every evening and Sat afternoon

LONDON GRAND

CIDER

CRAWL

Trips to North or West or East London.

SATURDAY 29^th Sept

Open to all CAMRA members from other branches.

Meet

11.30am Bree Louise thebreelouise.com

69 Cobourg Street, Euston, London NW1 2HH

Trips are :

a/ Central : visiting the Southampton Arms (winner of 2010 London Cider Pub of the year)  then to New Forest cider @ Borough market onwards to the Harp (twice winner of London Cider Pub of the year and ( winner of this National Pub of the year 2010) and Craft in Leather Lane near Chancery Lane, Queens Head Kings cross , finishing at the Euston Cider Tap.

b/ East  : Rose and Crown Walthamstow, then The Red Lion Leytonstone , Taking in  Tap East (home brew pub in Westfield Shopping centre, Stratford), to Bethnal green area for  Mason & Taylor and/or Seabright Arms, The Cock, Mare Street, then finishing at the Euston Cider Tap.

 c/ West  : Red Lion Isleworth (Lovely community pub ), Sussex Arms, Twickenham (Winner of this years London Cider Pub of the year ), Then to Harp( twice winner of London Cider Pub of the year and ( winner of National Pub of the year 2010 ) finishing at the Euston Cider Tap.

Map and more info at :

http://goo.gl/maps/qaTGU

Please register

at london_cider@btinternet.com, so we can confirm itinerary before the day.

Wassailing at 2 Doves, Bromley Common, Grt London 7th Jan 2012

It was a sharp January night for a trip from London to the outskirts of Bromley bordering on to Kent, for a Wassailing and a Mummerers Play.

The Ravensbourne Morris men has resurrected these events, this year was held at a lovely Young's pub.

First was a wassail in the rear garden where an apple tree had been planted in recent times,  the tree was well wassailed  with the time honoured chants and toasting. Afterwards we retired back to the warmth of the pub to recharge glasses.

 Later on in the evening we were treated to a mummerers play   ( see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummers_Play   and www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/feature_mummers.shtml )  a rather comic play about  death and rebirth ( symbolic the changing of the seasons ) , featuring characters such as St George the Turkish Knight, The Doctor , Grandfather Christmas and odd references to the current political situation !

The pub had  additional cider supplies to their normal range , so we had Dunkerton's, Aspalls and Biddeneden, to assist proceedings along.

With thanks to the Ravensbourne Morris men in organising this fine evening.

www.ravensbourne.org

Euston Cider Tap - Euston NW1 - Bar Review

It has been reviewed in this weeks issue,
see
Euston Cider Tap - Euston NW1 - Bar Review

Quick visit to Cider Tap

On Friday was just passing so nipped into the Cider Tap , twice in one week !
Just to see how it was going and a good crowd in there at 6.30. Only chance for a half, but the Ross On Wye medium dry was excellent.
Seems word is getting around of this place.

Return to Cider Tap

I had a meeting in Euston so what finer place to go to?

Even on a Tuesday it was lively. They had some excellent Troggi cider , that had a dryness which didnt  dry the pallet too much.  Good taste and mouthfeel. so good I didnt  try any others that evening.