Monthly Archives: May 2007

Apple juice is good for the lungs

Posted on May 31, 2007 by uk cider

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6684757.stm Apple juice ‘may prevent asthma’ Apples appear to be good for the lungs Children who drink plenty of apple juice may be less likely to develop asthma symptoms, say scientists.

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Three Counties Cider and Perry Association – proposal

Posted on May 14, 2007 by uk cider

Three Counties Cider and Perry Association – 30th April 2007 3CCPA Committee Proposal The committee of the 3CCPA met on Monday 23rd April 2007 to discuss the issue and consider a formal response to the NACM and formulate a consensus … Continue reading →

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Get the Cider Pub Guide on your iPod

Posted on May 13, 2007 by uk cider

Richard Fairhust came up with a way to get the Cider Pub Guide extracted from off the ukcider wiki, and into a format which can be read into an iPod. Now I thought iPods were for just for listening to … Continue reading →

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ukcider meet in Dorset tomorrow

Posted on May 11, 2007 by uk cider

May 12th is the date for the Blossomtime celebration at Winterborne Houghton, near Blandford, Dorset. It’s a small village event, but ukcider members and cider producers will be converging at the Cider by Rosie orchard for something of an internet … Continue reading →

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Jungle Juice cider and Hartlands Perry win gold

Posted on May 10, 2007 by uk cider

CAMRA announce the winners: The National Champions 2007 are: Cider: West Croft Janet’s Jungle Juice, Somerset Perry: Hartlands, Gloucestershire The Harris family of Brent Knoll in Somerset have been producing cider since 1994 and source their fruit locally. In 1997 … Continue reading →

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New Forest Scrumpy Cider

Posted on May 4, 2007 by uk cider

Another blogger has managed to find Barry’s home cider farm.. New Forest Mini-break – Day #2 – Burley and Cider ..then up the road towards the busy little scrumpy cider farm (woo hoo!), found out they do borough market once … Continue reading →

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Listen again – Orchards

Posted on May 1, 2007 by uk cider

Linda Hartley writes: I just happend across an interesting programme about orchards this morning on Radio 4 and thought others might enjoy it too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/nature.shtml This link takes you to the page where you can listen to the programme and … Continue reading →

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