Class 1 Dry Cider

1. Ross on Wye
2. Rosie’s Triple D
3. Bridge Farm
Highly Commended – Tony Jones

Class 2 Medium/Sweet Cider

1. Oliver’s Cider & Perry
2. Equal second, Sheppy’s Cider and Once Upon a Tree
Highly Commended – Henney’s Cider

Class 3 Dry Perry

1. Ross on Wye
2. Orchard’s Cider & Perry
3. Barbourne Cider

Class 4 Medium/Sweet Perry

1. Heck’s
2. Butford Organic
3. Ralph’s

Class 5 – Bottle Fermented / bottle conditioned Cider or Perry

1. Oliver’s Cider & Perry
No other prizes awarded in this category.

Best in Show (by a hairsbreadth from Ross on Wye Dry) Oliver’s Medium Cider
Best producer in Herefordshire – Oliver’s
Best producer in Worcestershire – Barbourne
Best producer in Gloucestershire – Orchard’s
Highly commended was a pear cider 9 made from dessert pears) from Fox
Barrel Cider, USA.

Congratulations to all the prize-winners. The judges agreed that the
standard was generally very high this year.

Well done to Rose Grant of Cider by Rosie for coming away with the Supreme champion cider (best in show) prize

Class 1 Open sweet cider
1st Thatchers
2nd Thatchers
3rd Thatchers

Class 2 Open Medium Cider
1st Thatchers
2nd Thatchers
3rd Sheppys

Class 3 Open dry cider
1st Andrew Lea
2nd West milton cider club
3rd Steve Hughes

Class 4 Organic Cider
1st Butford Organics best organic trophy
2nd Sheppys
3rd Mr G Travis

Class 5 Cider as presented to the retail trade
1st Tom Oliver Best retail judged from calsses 5 and 7
2nd Burrow Hill
3rd Thatchers

Class 6 two or more year old bottle fermented in champagne glass
bottles
1st Tom Oliver
2nd Burrow Hill
3rd Mr J Mitchell

Class 7 Single variety as presented to the retail trade
1st Thatchers
2nd Sheppys
3rd Thatchers
highly commended Sheppys
commended Tom Oliver

Class 8 Single variety apple juice
1st N Stewart
2nd Mr P Dart
3rd Hecks
Highly commended Broomfield orchard

Class 9 Blended apple juice
1st Perrys
2nd National Trust
3rd Lord King
Highly commended G Travis
Commended Broomfield Orchard

Class 10 Perry open
1st Butford Organics Best perry trophy
2nd Gwatkin
3rd Tom Oliver

Class 11 Farmhouse dry – 2008 apple crop only
1st A Heck
2nd Rose Grant
3rd Green valley cider

Class 12 Farmhouse medium – 2008 apple crop only
1st Rose Grant Reserve Farmhouse champion as judged on Wednesday -
Supreme champion cider (best in show) as judged by different judges
Thursday!
2nd Mr R Crabb
3rd Perrys

Class 13 Farmhouse sweet – 2008 apple crop only
1st Rose Grant Champion farmhouse cider as judged wednesday
2nd Perrys
3rd Bollhayes

Class 14 International
1st R Matlock – Jersey
2nd Michel Ameleine – France

International Cider & Perry Competition Results 2009

The results of the International Cider & Perry Competition held at the
Cider Museum on Wednesday 13th May 2009 are as follows.  The judges
were:  Mr. Bob Chaplin of Gaymer Cider Co, Somerset; Mr. Peter
Mitchell of Mitchell F&D Ltd, Worcestershire and Mr. Patrick Shave,
Proprietor of The Hop Pocket Wine Company Ltd, Bishops Frome,
Herefordshire.  A total of 120 entries were received from 35
cidermakers from throughout the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA.

OVERALL CHAMPION  -     Once Upon A Tree Ltd, Putley, Ledbury,
Herefordshire
(Single Variety Cider – Kingston Black)

Class 1 – Dry Cider
First                   Ralph’s Cider & Perry, New Radnor, Powys
Second                  The Amazing Cider Company, Ledbury, Herefordshire
Third                   Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry Co Ltd, Peterstow, Herefordshire

Class 2 – Medium Cider
First                   Burrow Hill Cider, Martock, Somerset
Second          H. Weston & Sons Ltd, Much Marcle, Herefordshire
Third                   Gwynt-y-Ddraig Cider, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan

Class 3 – Sweet Cider
First                   Thatchers Cider, Sandford, Somerset
Second                  Knights Cider, Aston, Birmingham
Third                   Blaengawney Cider, Newport, Gwent

Class 4 – Perry
First                   Gwatkin Cider Co. Ltd., Abbey Dore, Herefordshire
Second                  Gwynt-y-Ddraig Cider, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan
Third                   Stuart Cooper, Checkley, Herefordshire

Class 5 – Single Variety Cider
First           Once Upon A Tree Ltd, Putley, Ledbury, Herefordshire
Second          Oliver’s Cider & Perry Ltd, Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire
Third           Thatchers Cider, Sandford, Somerset

Class 6 – In-Bottle Fermented Cider or Perry
First           Oliver’s Cider & Perry Ltd, Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire
Second          Cidrerie St. Nicolas, Canada
Third           Newton’s Cider & Perry, Leominster, Herefordshire

Class 7 – Best Presented Packaged Cider or Perry
First           Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm, Truro, Cornwall
Second          Gwynt-y-Ddraig Cider, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan
Third           Once Upon A Tree Ltd, Putley, Ledbury, Herefordshire

James Crowden presented the awards as follows:

Draught Dry Cider
1st DD Wicked
2nd Gabe Cook
Joint 3rd The Real Cider Company, Henney=92s Cider

Draught Medium Cider
1st Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry
2nd Once Upon a Tree
3rd Gabe Cook

Draught Sweet Cider
1st Stuart Cooper
2nd Palmers Upland Cider
3rd Oliver=92s Cider & Perry

Draught Dry Perry
1st John Edwards
2nd James Marsden
3rd Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry

Draught Medium/Sweet Perry
1st James Marsden
2nd Marches Cyder Circle
3rd Troggi

Novice Class
1st Andrew Dean
2nd Gryfter Cider
3rd Skittery Cider

Bottle Fermented Cider
1st Oliver=92s Cider & Perry
2nd Steve Burson (Harechurch Cider)
3rd Wrenbury Cider

Bottle Fermented Perry
1st James Marsden
2nd Newton=92s Cider & Perry
3rd Butford Organics

Overall Cider Champion – Mike Johnson of Ross-on-Wye Cider
Overall Perry Champion – James Marsden of Greggs Pit

The Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association

The Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association is pleased to announce that entries are being accepted for the 4th Annual Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition (formerly known as the Great Lakes Old World Syder Competition). This unique, highly inclusive competition has divisions for both commercial and noncommercial producers. If you sell it, even on a small scale, you’d be considered commercial. It is open to ciders, perries, meads, beers, and commercial distillates, provided they are made with apples or pears. This competition has nineteen categories or subcategories of entry. For traditionalists this competition includes a category for Standard Cider & Perry. The Standard category has a requirement that the entry be produced from a minimum of 85% juice, not include both sugar and water (or sugar syrup and water) in the list of ingredients, and not have added flavor. The Association reserves the unrestricted right to submit commercial entries in this category to testing to verify conformity to requirements.

The entry fee will be waived for entries sent from outside of North America, though entrants will be required to pay their own shipping costs and customs/duty fees if any are applicable.

A list of entry categories and subcategories:

BEER

Fruit Beer (Restricted to beers made with either apples or pears only)
Specialty Beer (Restricted to beers made with either apples or pears only)

MEAD

Cyser (Apple Melomel). (Apple Juice and honey-no other ingredients).
Other Fruit Melomel. (Pear) Pear Juice or blend with pear juice and no other ingredients.
Open Category Mead (must contain apple or pear)

STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY

(Apple or pear only, fermented from single strength juice, with standard cellar treatments)
Common Cider (ie made with eaters and cookers commonly available in most places)
English Cider (sorry Roy, this is a broad focus on the majority and not meant to imply that East Anglian cider is not English)
French Cider (sweet, fizzy, astringent ciders do well in this subcategory)
Common Perry (not everyone has the UK’s enviable access to perry pears)
Traditional Perry

SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY

New England Cider (traditionally fortified with some combination of raisins, brown sugar and molasses)
Fruit Cider (cider with other fruits added, such as raspberry, cherry, elderberry, blackcurrant, etc.)
Applewine (cider with sugar added to increase alcohol content)
Other Specialty Cider/Perry (the category for anything that doesn’t fit elsewhere, such as spiced ciders)

MACRO CIDER OR PERRY

(for ciders or perries that aim to be standard in style but do not wish to be constrained by ingredient requirements; this category is exempt from testing for verification of content)

INTENSIFIED CIDER OR PERRY

Prefermentation (Ice Cider) (Open to commercial and noncommercial divisions)
Postfermentation (Pommeau) (Open to commerical division only)

DISTILLED

(Open to commercial division only)
Eau de vie
Brandy (Oak Aged)

Entries will be accepted between Tuesday, November 18, 2008 and Tuesday, December 2, 2008. Judging will take place in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Sunday, December 7.

Each entry must include a minimum of 750ml (or 24 ounces). It is suggested that at least two containers are entered (regardless of size). This gives the judges the freshest opportunity to sample your product should it be elevated to the Best of Show (BOS) judging.

To aid in maintaining fairness of blind judging commercial entries will be poured out of sight of judges by the stewards and identified by a randomly assigned identification number. Noncommercial entries will be poured at judging tables and must be sent in bottles free of permanent labels or markings.

For the full entry packet, including the entry form, please email gawdey @ att.net

Gary Awdey

Eden, New York

Class 1 Sweet Cider
1st Burrow Hill
2nd Cornish Cyder farm,
3rd Gaymers
Class 2 Medium Cider
1st Glastonbury abbey estate,
2nd Burrow Hill,
3rd Andrew Lea
Class 3 Dry Cider
1st Andrew Lea,
2nd Cornish Cyder farm,
3rd Perry’s
Class 4 Organic Cider
1st David Sheppy,
2nd Westons
Class 5 – 2 bottles of cider retail
1st Perry’s
2nd Welsh Cider and Perry Company
3rd Quinlan and Macdonald
Class 6 Bottle fermented cider
1st AGS (Alex) Hill
2nd Burrow Hill,
3rd Ashridge
Class 7 2 Identical single varietal ciders
1st Perry’s (champion cider)
2nd Welsh Cider and Perry Company
3rd Perry’s

Class 10 2 bottle perry
1st Gwatkin,
2nd Butford Farm,
3rd AGS Hill
Class 11 Farmhouse Dry
1st Blaengawney,
2nd Miss Rose Grant,
3rd Kington
Class 12 Farmhouse medium
1st Mr Nigel Carpenter
2nd Perry’s
3rd Andrew Lea
Highly Commended Mr Alan Berry
Class 13 Farmhouse Sweet
1st Mr Alan Berry,
2nd Mr Nigel Carpenter,
3rd Mr Ben Crossman
Highly Commended Blaengawney

Dry Cider
1. Once Upon a Tree, Putley
2. Thatchers Cider Sandford
3. Wrenbury Cider, Nantwich, Cheshire

Medium Cider
1. Once Upon a Tree, Putley
2. Thatchers Cider Sandford
3. Burrow Hill Cider, Somerset

Sweet Cider
1. Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm, Truro
2. Gwynt Y Ddraig Welsh Cider & Perry, Pontypridd
3. Burrow Hill Cider, Somerset

Perry
1. Gwatkin Cider, Abbey Dore, Herefordshire
2. Gwynt Y Ddraig Welsh Cider & Perry, Pontypridd
3. Weston’s, Much Marcle

Single Variety Cider
1. Wrenbury Cider, Nantwich, Cheshire
2. Thatchers Cider Sandford
2. The Boston Beer Co, USA

In-bottle fermented Cider or Perry
1. Butford Organics, Bodenham, Herefordshire
2. Gregg’s Pit Cider & Perry, Much Marcle
3. Ashridge Cider, Staverton, Devon

Best Presented Cider or Perry
1. Once Upon a Tree, Putley
2. Thatchers Cider Sandford
3. Gwynt Y Ddraig Welsh Cider & Perry, Pontypridd

Overall Champion
Gwatkin Perry

Cider

Gold – Green Valley Vintage Farmhouse Vintage Cyder, Devon

Silver – West Croft Janet’s Jungle Juice, Somerset

Bronze – Blaengawney Cider, Gwent

Perry

Gold – Greggs Pitt perry, Herefordshire

Silver – Ross-on-Wye Blakeney Red perry, Herefordshire

Bronze – Hartland’s perry, Gloucestershire

For a definitive list see http://www.bigapple.org.uk/cider_perry_trials/2008.html

Class 1 Draught Dry Cider
1st Ross Cider Company
2nd Newton Court Cider & Perry
3rd Gabe Cook

Class 2 Draught Medium Cider
1st  Marches cider Circle
2nd Peter Mitchell
3rd Albert Rixen & Eric Freeman

Class 3 Draught Sweet Cider
1st Gary Awdey
2nd Peter Mitchell
3rd Seidr Dai

Class 4 Draught Dry Perry
1st James Marsden
Joint 2nd John Edwards
Joint 2nd Troggi

Class 5 Draught Medium/Sweet  Perry
1st James Marsden
2nd Ralph’s cider & Perry
3rd Seidr Dai

Class 8 Bottle fermented/conditioned Cider
1st Hogan’s Cider
2nd Olivers Cider
3rd Butford Organics

Class 8 Bottle fermented/conditioned Perry
1st James Marsden
2nd Troggi
3rd Barbourne Cider

If anybody wishes to receive the competition details and entry form they can be obtained from Sally Lane, cider museum secretary, via enquires@cidermuseum.co.uk