A guest post by Julian Temperley from the Somerset Cider Brandy Company www.ciderbrandy.co.uk:
“I read with interest how Devon Cider Brandy is produced in Devon
and how they have permission to distill, either the second or third license
in the UK . All sounds brilliant especially the bit about the importance of
provenance. The photos of their stills look good too. The looked to me
very similar to our stills, Josephine and Fifi, normally to be found in our
distillery in Somerset.
As far as I am aware we distill all of the Devon Cider Brandy at
our distillery at Burrow Hill, Somerset. Some barrels of the spirit find
their way to Liverpool for maturing and some are still in our bond here
though not for much longer.
Sadly not a word of thanks even though we provide them with the
barrels and much else, just a series of half truths more suited to
MacDonalds or a politican. A shame on them. Sadly for them the public are
not that stupid.”
Regards,
Julian Temperley,
director Somerset Cider Brandy Co Ltd and distiller of apples for the past 20 years.”
Julian Temperley
