Standen Deliver

Many hardy people braved wind and rain to harvest the apples in this batch at Standen Community Orchard Association’s Apple Day. We swapped apples for cider and used the unusual varieties to produce this complex, very drinkable cider.

10% of sales from this batch go to maintain and preserve this wonderful community resource.

Dabinett SV

Shepherd's Gold

With a nod to the orchards that provided most of the fruit, Shepherd's Gold is a homely mix of cookers and eaters from Little Shepherds and Little Goldsmiths Farm (plus a few from Alex the Vet) all in our parish. Long matured it has a clean crisp mouth feel softened with sweet apple tones.

Turning Japanese

(Available to Cider Club members only)

Style: Dry, Real Cider.
Strength: 5.8% ABV.
Year: 2017.
Attributes: Certified Gluten Free, Unfiltered, Unfined, Vegan, Vegetarian.
Allergens: Sulphites.

Back in 2017 we mixed Blenheim Orange from Laurel Tree Farm, cookers from Mick Scrace’s orchard and the last of the villagers gifted fruit, to go into oak barrels. With more juice than barrels we put aside the leftovers and forgot all about it - those extra years maturing have created something special. Light, floral, oaky and refreshingly astringent, delivering layers of apple fruit and skins and finishing with a lingering memory of those Blenheim Oranges.

A fiesty batch this. The fermentation went on and on and when the sun shone it blew the lid right off the tank. A mix of John O Prince, Breaburn and Spartan from Greenway Farm and Scrace Cookers have produced a strong, refreshing crisp green cider with notes of Granny Smith sweet and sharp. 

We pressed a batch of cider and dessert apples from Cockhaise Mill Farm back in 2015 and come the summer, well, it hadn’t had enough time yet. So we poured it into old oak barrels and let it sit. The result shows that sometimes patience is the most important ingredient. Bursting with deep rich tannins over a fresh acidic base, the apple tones balance beautifully with the oak.