Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry

Fine cider fans — huge news 🍏

We’ve added 750ml sharing bottles of fine cider + perry at B33R@33 — pour by bottle or glass.

First pour this week: Hendre Huffcap Blakeney Red Perry 2023 (Pét Nat).

More bottles rotating weekly. Come taste. 🏆 #CiderPubOfTheYear2025

In Praise of the Part-Time Cider Maker Barry sings a song of praise to part-time cider and perry makers, artisans with a deep commitment to craft, tradition and the land.

Barry @barmas.bsky.social sings a song of praise to part-time cider and perry makers, artisans with a deep commitment to craft, tradition and the land.

#cider #PerryisAlive

Cheers Matthew. A cider that's aged beautifully! Hope you've been keeping well!

I bought this a few weeks ago from @thatbeerplace.co.uk and I can confirm, it's incredible. Real cider from real cider people @rosscider.bsky.social

Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry Festival 2025 Some of our contributors reflect on the 2025 Ross Cider Festival, where cider, community, and personal connections all manifest in one place.

Some of our contributors reflect on the 2025 Ross Cider Festival, where cider, community, and personal connections all manifest in one place. @rosscider.bsky.social
Featuring @barmas.bsky.social @adamhwells.bsky.social @andrewmassoura.bsky.social @morrighani.bsky.social Brett St Clair and Jack Toye

Raison D'Etre 2023 from @rosscider.bsky.social in @thatbeerplace.co.uk is much softer than the 2022 which surprised me. Definitely one of my favourite editions of the Raison

Ciders from @rosscider.bsky.social @templecider.bsky.social Oliver's Fine Cider, Kerisac, and Superstition along with a Mistel from Somerset at tonight's @chesterciderclub.bsky.social in @thatbeerplace.co.uk along with a few from one of our members who makes their own. Top night, great people!

🍎 🍏 Cider Release On Thursday 🍏 🍎

Handily coinciding with the next Manchester Cider Club, we’ve got a real treat this week with our second ever cider release. We’ve got five ciders for you, all made using cider from the 2023 season.

Was lucky enough to be on the judging panel for this cider and it blew me away! An absolutely perfect Yarlington Mill S.V. - the character of the variety captured at perfect ripeness and fully expressed.

A bottle of Temple Cider's Yarlington Mill Keeved 2022 cider, on the edge of a flower trough. The International Cider Challenge 2025 Gold medal is in the corner of the photo.

We are delighted to announce that our Yarlington Mill Keeved 2022 has won a gold medal in the International Cider Challenge. 🎆

Thank you so much to the expert judges for rating this cider as highly as we do. 🥂

Available now from our webshop!

#ICC2025

Sorry folks, in the name of education, we're going to be closed on 15th July as The Ciderologist, Gabe Cook hosts the Cider Association's Certified Cider Professional training, both for our team & some other lucky peeps.

Maybe some of the attendees will go on to become fully fledged Pommeliers 🤔

A particularly fun cider. We bottled half and kept half, and now, solera style, we've blended in some 2023 vintage. New edition comes out at end of August!

@rosscider.bsky.social

Albert. This is gorgeous.

Flights booked to get me to the 2025 @rosscider.bsky.social festival. It’s the kind of event that reinvigorates my passion for cider and perry, so I just have to go!

What a pub!

Finished up at Beer Shop Folkestone with some really good cider & perry from @rosscider.bsky.social and Baron Bigod cheese. Lovely place, good vibes, great drinks & snacks selection!

Kicked off the weekend @uddersorchardcider.bsky.social cider festival. A brilliant community event with over 25 ciders on offer. Going to be a beautiful weekend, so may have to nip down again.

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My latest What’s Brewing column is out now. I was going to write about the Bass reboot, keep it simple, but decided there was a more important topic that I wanted to write about instead 🏳️‍⚧️

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The Fireblight Menace in 1920s and ’30s New Zealand New contributor Kathryn Bruce explores the lessons learned from how New Zealand reacted to fireblight in its first appearance outside the US.

The Fireblight Menace in 1920s and ’30s New Zealand.

New contributor Kathryn Bruce explores the lessons learned from how New Zealand reacted to fireblight in its first appearance outside the US.

Lovely to get to meet you in person!!

Apple blossom in the garden

Martha the black lab

The list, we had the top 4

FramFerment

Well I had a lovely evening yesterday @framferment tasting some awesome ciders and perry's with Albert from @rosscider.bsky.social
Particularly enjoyed Martha the black labs soft soft ears

NEW - Olivers
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This Is Cider 2022.

7.4% abv. £9.50/75cl

A bit like the Travelling Wilburys/Avengers* of cider.

(*delete as appropriate)

Sun might be shining but my freezer helped me rock the autumn vibes.

Partridge roasted in wildflower honey butter and thyme stuffed with blackberries, miso green medley, red onion stuffing, roast tatties and yorkies puds

Washed down with a yet to be released @rosscider.bsky.social 👀

And so much detail in Albert’s talk

It was a bloomin great afternoon. Much thanks to @rosscider.bsky.social and @b33r-at-33.bsky.social for organising such a lovely event. 🙂

Now there's a cider id love to have a bottle of again! What an amazing lineup you've been tasting through at the wonderful @petersgatetap.bsky.social

The first from @rosscider.bsky.social - very tasty!

The deadline to buy tickets for CraftCon 2025 is tonight. I'm very grateful to my fellow organisers for planning the event. Attendance is up 43% since 2023, a huge rise. There will be more than 150 cider industry professionals meeting in Hereford next week. Make sure you are one of them!

Rumour has it there are only FIVE CraftCon tickets left, and only 36 hours to get them. It's one of our favourite events of the year, so much so that we're now both on the 3CCPA Committee, and are really looking forward to being able to attend once more 💕