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| 25 - 31 October 2004 |
Jersey Cider Festival Jersey http://www.jerseyheritagetrust.org/visitor/events.html |
| 23rd 24th October 2004 | Don't forget that next weekend is also the
Best of British Fruit Exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where
the NACM is running a cider bar on both days from 9.30 am to 5 pm. Only
four cider makers have accepted the invitation to take part - Constellation,
Thatchers, Westons, and The Lambourn Valley Cider Company |
| 21st - 24th October 2004 |
NOTTINGHAM BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL, NOTTS Beer festival Cider list Venue: Victoria Leisure Centre, Sneinton, Nottingham. CIDER BRAIN (Gloucestershire): fermented in a whisky barrel. For those who PERRY GWATKIN (Herefordshire): a choice of two single pear variety perries: |
| 16/17 October 2004 | Just noticed in my local paper that Sanders
Gardenworld at Burnham -on-Sea, Somerset, is having an apple & cider special event this weekend, 16/17 October. It is located just off M5 J22. Details as follows: - 300 varieties of apples on display- -friut trees & bushes for sale- -Advice on planting & pruning- -ciders to taste & for sale- -fun & games for the children- - rural crafts & local produce- -Bring your own apples and press them free of charge on their press- Personally, I have got more than enough of that to do here, but I might drive over there if it is a nice day. Rose. |
| Thursday September 30th 2004 until Saturday evening October 2nd. | We are intent on doing our bit for cider at
the North Herts Beer and Cider Festival - to be held at the Plinston Hall in Letchworth, starting on Thursday September 30th until Saturday evening October 2nd. We are hoping to have most of the Reading prizewinning ciders available, sadly Dennis Gwatkins has very little Blakeney red left not bottled, but we will make up with one from Hecks instead. Food available at every session; the venue is only a few hundred yards from the Railway station and we will have Morris men on Saturday afternoon. Loads of Beers and foreign bottled beers as well for those weak-hearts amongst us who cannot stomach cider! Hope to see you there Maggie and John Woolley |
| Thursday 16th Sept-Sat 18th 2004 | Birmingham Beer Festival starts tonight,
featuring the following: CIDERS: - Thatchers Dry - Mr Whitehead's Boxing Dog - Gwatkin Stoke Red - Broome Farm Dry - Gwynt y Ddraig Gold Medal Medium PERRY: Sorry for the short notice - been too busy organising to post the details! Cheers, |
| Friday 27 - Monday 30th August 2004 | The sixth Bewdley Beer Festival will be held
at St George's Hall, off Load Street Car Park, Bewdley, ( near
Kidderminster) over the August Bank Holiday weekend (Friday 27 - Monday
30th August). The Festival will feature at least 40 real ales plus nine
real ciders and a perry. There will also be a range of wines, bottled
beers and soft drinks
Each year we aim to provide new features at the Festival. This year we will have a BBQ in the courtyard. This will be available at lunchtimes and in the early evenings with a range of cold sandwiches available at other times. Two years ago we believe we were the first beer festival in the country to have a live web cam and this year's coverage is expected to be increased. We hope to have at least three cameras with one providing a constant live feed. The cameras will be operating from the Monday before we open so you'll be able to monitor our progress as the festival is put together. Last year we had a bubble machine which could be remotely operated via the web site. A separate family room will be available at all times. Families are most welcome. Anyone travelling to Bewdley by train, arriving on the Severn Valley Railway, can get in to the Beer Festival for half price when they produce their train ticket. There will be a live band on the Friday evening from abot 9 pm. The Jamesons play semi acoustic Irish music. Opening times will be Friday 27th 12 noon - 11 pm The latest news and more information including pictures from previous
years and during the Festival the web cams are available at http://bewdleybeerfestival.co.uk/ |
| 8-10th July 2004 | The first Welsh Cider and Perry Festival to
be held at the Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd, Canton, Cardiff is coming soon. The dates: Thursday July 8th, 5pm - 11pm. There'll be a selection of about 25 Welsh ciders and perries, with
One added attraction is that CAMRA will be presenting the 2004 UK Cider and Perry Champions (Seidr Gwynt-y-Ddraig, Denis Gwatkin) with their awards at 2pm on the Saturday. It is planned that the two winning brews will be on sale at that time. Cheers, Dave Matthews |
| 7 - 11 July 2004 |
Derby CAMRA Beer Festival The festival runs from Wednesday 7th July through to Sunday 11th July,
though usually the cider and perry is virtually supped by Saturday lunch,
if it lasts that long... Ciders: Times are: This is not a peaceful festival as there are no 'quiet' sessions, but the place is big enough and has enough rooms so that you can usually find somewhere peaceful to sit and enjoy. We will be there either Weds or Thurs evening - most probably Weds. As Rich's is on, We'll probably wear our Rich's polo shirts in support... Ray See their website for more details: http://derbycamra.europe.webmatrixhosting.net/2004_dsbf.aspx |
| 10th June 2004 to 13th June |
Chappel Cider Festival, Colchester http://www.earm.co.uk/cider.htm
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May 2004 bank holiday weekend Saturday lunchtime 29th May to Monday 31st May 2004 |
Welsh Cider Festival www.welshcider.co.uk cider, food and entertainment with free camping in beautiful surroundings. At least 30 traditional Welsh ciders and perries from about Live entertainment both in the pub and the pub garden. Special menu cooked using cider and perry. Pub snacks to Sales of Welsh varieties of cider apple and perry pear trees, You may pitch tents in the grounds of the Clytha. Plenty of B&B in Abergavenny, with a free bus service planned to and from the Clytha.
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| 14th - 15th May. 2004 | The Swan & Rushes, 19 Infirmary Sq, Leicester (0116 2339167) will be holding another Cider and Cheese festival on the weekend of 14th - 15th May. There should be around 12 ciders/perrys with a corresponding number of cheeses. I will post a list when I know what I've got. More details on the pub can be found at: http://www.swanandrushes.co.uk/ |
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Thursday 29th April 2004 (4.30 pm - 11 pm) to Sunday 2nd |
Here is a link to Reading Beer and Cider
Festival's cider and perry list http://www.readingcamra.org.uk/Beer_Festivals/Reading2004/cider.htm The festival runs from Thursday 29th April (4.30 pm - 11 pm) to Sunday
2nd May at Kings Meadow, Reading. |
| March -25th 2004 | Leicester CAMRA beer festival - Thursday 25th
March - Saturday 27th March. Details at:
http://www.kph.org.uk/~lcamra/festivals.shtml CIDER Biddenden (Med) - Kent PERRY Broome Farm (Med/Dry) - Herefordshire BOTTLED Dunkertons (Herefordshire) Organic Traditional Dry, Med/Dry & Med/Sweet
Cider; Med Dry Perry Hope to see a few of ya'll there, Mark (cider bar manager) |
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| DEC 2-6 (Tue-Sat) 2003 |
22ND PIGS EAR BEER FESTIVAL at The Old Town Hall, Here is the cider list for Pig's Ear Beer Festival, CIDERS Abbis PERRIES Brook Apple Farm
Mick Lewis |
| 27th-29th November. | Cider list for the Great Welsh Beer & Cider
fest, City Hall, Cardiff, more info: www.gwbcf.org.uk The Late Aubery Allan 2yr old Vintage Medium Cider Barker Upsydaysie Medium Perry Brain Natural Forest Dry Cider Rook Farm Cider Rook Farm Perry Crossman Medium Cider Seidr Dai's Berllanderi Blend Cider 2002, Burgundy Perry 2002, Major
Tom Day's Cottage Early Sandhurst 2003 Cider Green Valley 2nd Fill Rum Cask Finish Cider Gwynt Y Ddraig Silver Medal Blend Seidr Gwynt Y Ddraig Morgan Sweet 2003 Hecks Dabinett Medium Cider Kennford The Lama Craft Blend Medium Cider King Turner The Mahorail Medium Cider Moore Perry Newton Court Perry Naish Cider Orchards Farmhouse Medium Cider Orchards Blakney Red Perry O'Sir Seider Rafray Cote d'armor brut cider Reddaway Whiskey Cask Finish Cider Summers Gossington Gold Medium Cider Tilley Blended Farmhouse Medium Cider Troggi Seidr Troggi Perry Uren Malvern Magic Cider Witchfield Rous Rat Tale Cider
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| 27th-29th Nov | There will a small selection of cider and perry
at the beer festival which runs from the 27th-29th Nov at the Old Drill Hall Old Bedford Road Luton. Visit www.sbedscamra.org.uk for more details Mike |
| Wednesday 12th November 2003 |
BOOK LAUNCH Anyone in the Herefordshire area on Wednesday evening may like to come along to the launch of my book - yes, it has been printed at last - it took almost as long as the latest Harry Potter to get into print.....(but isn't quite as long page wise..) Ciderlore - Cider in the Three Counties, published by Logaston Press. to be held at The Bottle Museum, Westons Cider, Much Marcle at 7.30pm on Wednesday 12th November 2003, including a free talk and light buffet. Ciderlore tells the story of cider (and its sister perry) in the three counties of Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire through the history and stories of cider makers from 1900 to the present day. Fiona Mac. order the book through ukcider below: |
| 27 Oct-1 Nov. | It is hoped to have the following available
at Norwich Beer Festival, St Andrews Hall, Norwich, CIDERS Banham - 3 types PERRIES Gwatkin
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| 25th & 26th October | Somerset are holding a number of cider related
events at the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury. In particular,
there is a Cider Making demonstration during the weekend of 25th &
26th October, 2 - 5pm (free). On Wednesday 29th October at 7.30pm there is a talk by James Crowden: 'A sideways look at the history of cider', followed by a tutored tasting with Julian Temperley of Burrow Hill (tickets limited, £2 a head). For more details check out: http://www.somerset.gov.uk/museums/musweb4.htm |
| 16th October |
Nottingham CAMRA Beer Festival is on from 11.00 am Thursday
16th October through to Sunday 19th October. The Nottingham festival
usually has a good range of ciders and perrys, and is well worth a visit
if you are in the area. Usual venue of the Victoria Leisure Centre,
Sneinton, literally a stones throw from the new Ice Stadium and arena.
It's equidistant from Victoria and Broadmarsh bus stations, and the
Midland railway station. |
| 11th - 12th October | There will be a Big Apple event on and
around the Marcle Ridge, October 11 and 12. The event will include apple identification, fruit tree care, orchard conservation, cookery, talks and creative crafts. For further details contact Big Apple Woodcroft Putley Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 2RD or call 01531 670544 - from Geoff Morris |
| 10th - 12th October | Swan & Rushes, 19 Infirmary Square, Leicester. At least 12 ciders and perries will be available over the weekend, sourced mostly from the Three Counties, with a range of English cheeses to accompany. The festival will run from 6-11pm on Friday, and 12-11pm on Saturday, 12-10.30pm on Sunday. Contact 0116 2339167 or mark.shirley@bt.com for further details.Cider & Cheese Fest at Swan From 6pm on Friday 10th Oct until Sunday 12th (stocks permitting) there will be a cider and cheese Festival at the Swan & Rushes - 12 traditional ciders and perries (like cider but made from pears) and 12 top quality cheeses from England and Wales. The cheeses can be bought in snack portions with bread or crackers or by weight to take away. The ciders are all a lot stronger than normal beers so we recommend that you sample in half pints! Below is a list of the ciders and perries we'll be serving: CIDERS PERRYS |
| Cider and Perry Month - October 2003 | The Head Of Steam already sells real cider
in most of its outlets but will enhance that to the status of 'almost a cider festival' during October. The outlets concerned are at Euston (London), Huddersfield and Newcastle upon Tyne (the Cluny). The ciders we plan to present over the month, either on handpump or direct from the cask, are as follows: All outlets are called THE HEAD OF STEAM 1 EVERSHOLT STREET, EUSTON SQUARE, LONDON ST. GEORGES SQUARE, HUDDERSFIELD Westons - Herefordshire Country Perry
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| 27/28 Sept. |
Brogdale cider festival, Kent Location: Telephone: Dates: |
| 4th- 6th September | the Birmingham Beer Festival. The festival runs from Thursday 4th to Saturday 6th September 2003. Times: Thurs. 12-3, 5:30-11:00pm, Friday 12-3, 5:30-11:00pm Saturday 12:00-11:00pm. Location: Aston University Students Guild, Aston Triangle, Aston Street, Gosta Green, Birmingham B4 7ES (10 mins walk from Birmingham City Centre/Moor Street Station, 15 minutes walk from New Street Station). Map 1: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=407615 Flyer: http://www.camrabirmingham.fsnet.co.uk/festfacts03.htm Cider & Perry list: Westons 1st Quality Cider, Herefordshire - 5.0% Tania |
| 21st to 25th August 2003 | Two Brewers Dumfries Street Luton are
having a cider & perry festival 21st-25th August. The pub wil have 15 ciders & 4 perrys and is only 10 min walk from the bus & railway stations. Phone 01582 616008 for more information. I was going to include the list of Ciders & Perrys but someone nicked my list in the pub last night. Mike |
| 5th-9th August 2003 |
Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia. Over 450 British real ales, as well as real cider and perry. |
| 14th-16th August | 14th-16th August is the date of the Worcester Beer &
Cider Festival, which features a cider and perry list to be proud of (if you prefer your drink made from cider and perry fruit that is ;0) http://www.camra-worcs.freeuk.com/www2003/index2003.html Mark |
| 16th August 2003 |
There will be a cider festival at the Yew Tree, Peterstow, a couple
of miles North of Ross, starting at 12 noon August 16th till 11pm. Ross on Wye for the cider festival at the Yew Tree on 16th August - it's about 2 miles outside Ross on the Ross - Hereford bus route.
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| 24th to 26th July 2003 |
Kent Cowshed Beer (and Cider) Festival http://www.kentbeerfestival.co.uk/beer.htm CIDERS |
| 9th July 2003 | Derby Beer Festival - usually
has a reasonable selection of ciders and a few perrys. Remember though:
it's grim up north!
Details are: Cider list appears to be: Post mortem: Had a great time at the Derby Beer Festival last night. Between us
we managed to sample all the ciders and perrys on offer - along with
many other cider/perry drinking punters. A delight to see! Many were
obviously new to the real stuff so it was fun listening to the bar staff
explaining what perry is and how it's made. We personally found Hecks'
Bramley & Honey cider was too sweet for our tastes and that La Paquine's
Normandy Cider was also v. sweet, although it was labelled 'Medium'.
Haye Farm's Cornish Scrumpy was excellent to our taste, as was Hartland's
perry. Tim Chichester's Suicider was different but I enjoyed it. Thumbs
up to all. |
| 21st June 2003 |
THREE COUNTIES CIDER & PERRY FESTIVAL As rumoured on ukcider : The Three Counties Cider and Perry Association present a Cider and
Perry Food will be available at times tbc. We are at present canvassing members to assemble the list of products
and This festival is with the very kind help and support of Chris and Richard We aim to have all producers who supply the festival to be "behind
the bar" Tom Oliver |
| 7th June 2003 |
Wiltshire Cider Festival Brewery Inn, Seend Cleeve, Cider Festival The Brewery's second festival, next weekend (7th of June) will have the following cider and perry - Ciders Broome Farm;Lyne Down;Olivers;Gwatkins;Newtons;Brooklyn Farm;Brooke
Apple;Thatchers;Thornham Farm;Days Cottage;Wilkins;Naish;Westons Perry
Ben Wallace |
| 24th May 2003 |
Here's the provisional cider and perry list for the Welsh
Cider Festival, at Abbey Apple Cooperative Boatside Cider Clytha Perry Seidr Dai Mervyn Davies Gower Heritage Centre Growing Heart Cooperative Gwynt y Ddraig Ralph's Cider Seidr O Sir Troggi Seidr Ysbyty Mynediad
Dave Mathews |
| 20th March 2003 |
London Drinker Beer & Cider Festival, Camden Centre, March Ciders:- Brooklyn Farm; Broome Farm; Coombes; Ermies & Gerties - spirit barrel; Hartland; Mynediad Ysbyty -Ellis Bitter/red Vallis; Newton Court; Summers - Breadstone ; Uren - single variety ;Whitfield ;Wilkins Perry:- Broome farm - Bartestree Squash; Hecks - Hendre Huffcap; Oliver - Red Longdon Mick Lewis |
Going to a Festival?
Most beer festivals have a good selection of real ciders and perrys on offer, and these are organised throught the year around Britain. Keep an eye on the Beer Festivals calendar and why not tell the ukcider mailing list if you are intending to turn up at one, and maybe some of us can have a bit of a meet-up by the cider bar.
You can help to identify yourself and promote ukcider at the same time by printing off a few leaflets and placing them at the cider bar. For this purpose I've included a link here which will bring up a printable page of 2 @ sight A5 leaflets on a single A4 landscape page which can be printed directly from your browser . ( I used Netscape 4.6 ). Then cut the pages in half.