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The 19th Sussex Beer & Cider Festival will take place at Hove Town Hall on
12th, 13th & 14th March 2009
Cider & Perry
APPLE section of CAMRA site

After the popularity of ciders, perry and wine at the 2005 festival, we stocked a much wider range in 2006.

See below for details of some of our ciders and perries, or for more information, check out the APPLE section of the CAMRA website (opens in new window).

Keep 'em peeled for more news on the 2008 selection.

All the ciders and perries on this list are subject to confirmation; a complete list, with notes, will be available on the bar.

The Ciders

APPLEDRAM Sussex
Medium 7.5%
Fruity, clean finish with bite

BATTLE Sussex
Medium/Medium Sweet 7.5%
Mixed cider and other apples.

BOLLHAYES Devon
Medium 7%
Cider apples; a perennial prizewinner

BRIDGE FARM Somerset
Medium 6.5%
Cider apples; famously available each year at Glastonbury

CROSSMANS Somerset
Sweet 6%
Sweet, but more fruit than sugar - very drinkable and popular

GRAYS Devon
Medium 6.5%
300 years same family, same farm!

GWYNT Y DDRAIG Glamorgan
Medium Dry 8.2%
Dangerously drinkable - a prizewinner in waiting!

HECKS Somerset
Medium 6.5%
Single varietal; very well balanced and fruity

JB Sussex
Dry 7.5%
Local orchards, purely cider apples

JOLLY DRY Sussex
Dry 7.5%
A mix of desert and culinary apples

NAISH Somerset
Dry 6%
Cider apples, oak fermented; soft and unpretentious

OAKWOOD East Sussex
Medium 6%
Organic; single varietal dessert apple (Discovery)

PERRY BROS Somerset
Sweet 6%
Oak fermented cider apples.

PORTSLADE WILD THING Sussex
Dry 7.5%
Scrumps from the South Downs; last year's winner

SEDLESCOMBE Sussex
Medium 6.5%
Culinary and dessert apples, sweetened back with apple concentrate

SHEPPYS Somerset
Dry 6%
Very popular, made from cider apples

SPRINGFIELD Monmouthshire
Dry 7.2%
Elegant blend of Browns Apple and Dabinett

WESTCROFT Somerset
Medium Dry 6.5%
CAMRA Cider of the Year 2007

WILKINS Somerset
Sweet 6%
Cider from cider apples - superb cider, made by a living legend

WINKLEIGH Devon
Medium Sweet 7.5%
Culinary and dessert mix - very appley taste

The Perries

DUNKERTONS Herefordshire
Medium Sweet 8%
Organic; clean, wine-like in finish

GWATKINS BLAKENEY RED Herefordshire
Medium 7.5%
Finished early to give particularly fine vintage

GWATKINS MALVERN HILL Herefordshire
Sweet 7.5%
aka Stinking Bishop - irresistably mellifluous

GWATKINS OLDFIELD Herefordshire
Medium 7.5%
A class act by any standards

GWYNT Y DDRAIG Glamorgan
Medium Sweet ?%
Painted Lady (aka Blakeney Red)

OAKWOOD Sussex
Medium 6%
Organic; full of fruit and very easy drinking

OLIVERS Herefordshire
Medium 7%
Oak aged - smoky, oaky nose, smooth finish. Mmmmm...

ROSS ON WYE Herefordshire
Medium Dry 7.5%
Single varietal, Circus Pear - strong with gentle whisky notes


There will also be a selection of local wine at the festival

 

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