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May 6, 2022
Cool to the Core Winners - Brewhaven - Blossom everywhere
Wow! A bumper year for blossom. The trees have been laden with stunning flowers and (touch wood) so far have largely ...
Apr 15, 2022
The blossom is here - We are a COOL Brand (officially)
Spring time at the cidery is great, not least because our hands don’t freeze while bottling and packing!
The orchard ...
Mar 4, 2022
Cool to the Core!
Bignose & Beardy celebrate being voted a Cool Brand by recognising other people, who actually are cool, with a ne...
Mar 1, 2022
Getting Shipshape - Oak Matured Cider
A quiet time of year at the cidery, providing that all important time and opportunity to get better organised – stora...
Feb 2, 2022
Giant molehills - Leaking tanks - Buds on the trees
Following on from January’s tasting and testing of our new spring batches, we are starting to firm up names – a retur...
Jan 28, 2022
Its cold - Pruning - Batch Testing
Happy New Year!
The cidery’s a chilly place to be at this time of year, in the outdoor fermentation area, the unheate...
May 7, 2021
Frost Strike! - Lambs - Three Acre Collab
With such a cold April, the blossom has been slow to appear on a majority of the apple trees – as it turns out, not a...
Apr 7, 2021
New names - Keeping it local
Thanks for all the name suggestions for our new 2021 batches – we settled on ‘Cheeky Mick’, ‘Remains of the Day’ and ...
Mar 19, 2021
Bignose & Beardy Cider Cured Ham
One benefit of lockdown, has been the extra time available to try different things…..at B&B HQ, I thought I would...
Mar 7, 2021
The Chicks Hatch! - Four new tanks opened!
Along with warmer and lighter days, the animals at B&B HQ are reminding us of the time of year - the chickens pro...
Feb 17, 2021
Chocolate and Cider Pairing event - video and tasting notes
Our second pairing event saw us collaborating with East Sussex based chocolate makers Rowdy and Fancy's. A specialist small batch producer with great branding and a delicious product made them feel like a good fit. We weren't sure it would work but were pleased as punch when it did.
Feb 10, 2021
February 2021 Club letter
This month will see us pruning the orchard at B&B HQ. It’s one of those milestone tasks of the year that, althoug...