26th South Downs Beer & Cider Festival - Cider
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Ascension, ‘What’s the Market Value of a Soul? (MS)4.0%
Polegate, East Sussex
A delicious sweetish cider blended with black cherries.
Ascension, The Sky Beneath (M)5.2%
Polegate, East Sussex
Braeburn apples with wild strawberries, again delicious
Beechwood, 2023 Hatfield Red (D)6.8%
Worthing, West Sussex
From a single tree, the Hatfield Red variety gives a nice reddish tinge and a fresh aroma of apples.
Beechwood, 2023 Perry (M)5.7%
Worthing, West Sussex
A very rare one as the pears are from a single tree near Southwick which fruits infrequently, this being the first crop since 2020, residual sugars make it slightly sweeter than the previous version.
Beechwood, Hatfield Red Vintage Extra (D)8.8%
Worthing, West Sussex
Ageing another year has given this one more depth of flavour and a cleaner, drier finish, this was from 2022.
Bignose Beardy, Session Sweet (S)5.0%
Framfield, Uckfield, East Sussex
Eastern Counties style cider with a crisp, clean acidity and layers of complexity from slow fermentation. The ciders are as ‘real’ as you can get being 100% fermented apple juice all sourced from the Framfield area.
Bignose Beardy, Shelter From the Storm (D)6.6%
Framfield, Uckfield, East Sussex
The apples were sourced from Little Shepherds Orchard, a blend of Bramley, Cox, Russet, Spartan, Michelin, Dabinett and Kingston Black. This cider would usually be sweetened but as it is so smooth they have left it alone as the first dry one from here.
Bignose Beardy, Ugly Dog 2021 (MS)7.0%
Framfield, Uckfield, East Sussex
A blend of juices pressed from apples harvested in 6 different orchards.
Crones, Rum Cask (D)6.0%
Kenninghall, Norfolk
An excellent Norfolk dry cider aged in rum casks. Tannin & spirit
Hecks, Port Wine of Glastonbury (M)6.5%
Street, Somerset
This is one of the tastiest single varietals,
Nuthurst, The Joker (D)5.6%
Nuthurst, Horsham
Quince and Medlar – a surprising cider blending Saint Martin and Black Dabinett with Quince and Medlar – possibly the closest to a Quider you will get in these parts!
Oliver’s, Classic Blend Perry (M)6.0%
Herefordshire
So good last year it is back, an award winning classic.
Severn, Severn Cider Box Kernel6.4%
Newnham, Gloucestershire
This variety has recently been saved from extinction by Nick Bull of Severn Cider. Very limited supply.
South Downs Cider, 50 Years of CAMRA (MD)
Northease, Lewes, East Sussex
South Downs have released their vintage for us as a fiftieth birthday present ( marking 50 years since the founding of the Brighton and South Downs branch of CAMRA )
South Downs Cider, Elderflower Cider (MS)4.0%
Northease, Lewes, East Sussex
Back again due to popular demand, this one is infused with elderflower essence which they harvest from the South Downs.
South Downs Cider, Rhubarb Cider (MS)4.0%
Northease, Lewes, East Sussex
Last year’s favourite we had to get it again. Infused with the tart juice of freshly pressed Rhubarb.