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Dec 1, 2023
Fermentation - Christmas markets - Hyper Consumerism
The pressed apple juice is still fermenting, the tanks remaining a cloudy yellow / orange colour as the liquid churns...
Nov 1, 2023
Boomers - Lean Pickings
Our 2023 pressing season is done – condensed over 4 weeks, it was a busy and hectic time! This season we were ably as...
Oct 1, 2023
Harvest! - Hunting for Apples
The busiest time of year at the cidery with picking and pressing in full swing!
Our Apple Appeal has again resulted i...
Sep 1, 2023
Indian Summer - Apple Appeal - Picking days
As September starts, we are enjoying a blast of late summer heat and sunshine – the orchard is a particularly pleasan...
Aug 1, 2023
Ripening fruit - Flavour Experiments - Last Tap Night
The early variety apples are starting to turn red and slowly ripen – we have an apple called ‘Discovery’ at B&B H...
Jul 1, 2023
June Drop - TWO MEDALS! - Batch Tasting
With regular downpours of rain and occasional bursts of hot sun, the apples in the orchard have ‘set’ (the base of th...
Jun 1, 2023
Fruitlets - Spanish Tap - New Batches
The trees in the orchard that finished flowering are now sporting little ‘fruitlets’ – the swelling of the stem just ...
May 1, 2023
Blossom! - Tap Nights! - Brewhaven
A bumper year for blossom – we haven’t previously seen flowers quite so prolific in the orchard at B&B HQ – provi...
Apr 1, 2023
Flowers - Injuries - New batches
Spring has been pretty cold so far, but finally the blossoms on the fruit trees are starting to burst into life. Plum...
Mar 1, 2023
Its Cold - Tank Cleaning - Preparing for Summer
Buds are starting to appear on the fruit trees as we finally see an end to winter – although snow still falls around ...
Feb 1, 2023
Wassail!
Wassaile the trees, that they may beare
You many a Plum and many a Peare:
For more or lesse fruits they will bring,
A...
Jan 1, 2023
Tidying and Sorting - Bottling machine
After the busy festive period, January gives us an opportunity to catch up on a few tasks around the cidery - rearran...