There will be no Sussex Branches Beer &
Cider Festival in 2020; hopefully back in 2021!.
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After
the popularity of ciders, perry and
wine at the 2005 festival, we've stocked
a much wider range at subsequent festivals.
See below for details of the 30 ciders
and 14 perries
and 1 cider
perry that were pencilled in for
the start of the 2011 festival.
For more information, check out the
APPLE
section of the CAMRA website (opens
in new window).
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2011 Festival
Provisional Selection:
The Ciders
- Appledram Cider (West
Sussex)
Dry 7.5%
Culinary/dessert apples. Fruity, clean
finish with bite.
- Burrow Hill Cider (Somerset)
Medium 6%
Cider apple varieties. Famously available
each year at Glastonbury.
- Crossmans Cider (Somerset)
Sweet 6%
Cider apple varieties. Sweet fruity flavour,
not too sugary.
- Gibbet Oak Russet &Falstaff
Cider (Kent)
Dry 5.8%
Falstaff & Highgate Wonder (russet)
apples. Light, soft, gently fruity.
- Grays Cider (Devon)
Sweet 6.5%
Cider apple varieties. 300 years same
family, same farm.
- Green Valley Devon Farm Cyder
(Devon)
Dry 7%
Cider apple varieties. Fresh and fruity,
off-dry.
- Green Valley Stillwood Vintage
Cyder (Devon)
Medium 8.3%
Cider apple varieties. Mellow, almost
winelike.
- Gwatkins Stoke Red Cider
(Hereford)
Sweet 7.5%
Cider apple single varietal. Sumptuous,
succulent, full of flavour.
- Gwynt y Ddraig Black Dragon
Cider (Glamorgan)
Medium 7.2%
Cider apple varieties - high % K.B. Runner-up
CAMRA Cider of the Year 2010.
- Gwynt y Ddraig Happy Daze Cider
(Glamorgan)
Medium 4.5%
Cider apple varieties. Easy drinking "session"
cider.
- Hecks Hangdown Cider (Somerset)
Medium 6.5%
Cider apple single varietal. Oak-fermented,
great body, honeyed feel.
- Hecks Kingston Black Cider
(Somerset)
Medium 7%
Cider apple single varietal. Oak-fermented,
CAMRA Cider of the Year 2006.
- Hecks Port Wine Cider (Somerset)
Medium 6.5%
Cider apple single varietal. Oak fermented,
vintage apple, pinkish cider.
- JB Cider (West Sussex)
Medium Dry 7.5%
Cider apple varieties. Well-balanced cider
- more tannic than some due to Kingston
Black.
- Hunts Sedlescombe Cider
(East Sussex)
Medium 6.5%
Culinary/dessert apples. Sweetened back
with apple concentrate.
- Merry Moon Lunatickle Cider
(Kent)
Medium 6.6%
Culinary/dessert apples. New producer
- light and quaffable.
- Newtons Autumn Harvest Cider
(Hereford)
Medium 5.5%
Cider apple varieties. Smooth, crafted
with care.
- Oakwood Court of Wick Cider
(East Sussex)
Medium Sweet 7%
Organic cider apple single varietal. One
of Matthew Wilson's best.
- Palmerhayes Kneebender Cider
(Devon)
Dry 6%
Cider apple varieties. Beautiful nose
and glorious bite.
- Portslade Wild Thing Cider
(East Sussex)
Medium 7.2%
Scrumps from the South Downs. Welcome
return of perennial local favourite.
- Pookhill Cidre nouveau Dabinett
(East Sussex)
Medium 6%
Cider apple single varietal. Exploding
with fruit!
- Reddaways Farm Cider (Devon)
Dry 6%
Cider apple varieties. Traditional cider
with rustic Devonshire bite.
- Severn Sider (Gloucestershire)
Sweet 6.3%
Cider apple varieties. Whisky casked.
- Sandford Orchards Shaky Bridge
Cider (Somerset)
Medium 6%
Cider apple varieties. CAMRA Cider of
the Year 2010.
- Sheppys Cider (Somerset)
Sweet 6%
Cider apple varieties. NCCP favourites
since 1981.
- Sarah’s Cider (Herefordshire)
Medium 6%
Cider apple varieties. Well-balanced,
easy drinking cider.
- Springfield Red Dragon Cider
(Monmouthshire)
Medium 7.2%
Cider apple varieties. Lively, refreshing.
- Westcroft Janet’s Jungle
Juice Cider (Somerset)
Medium 6%
Cider apple varieties. Popular, easy-
drinking. CAMRA award winner 2007/8.
- Wilkins Cider (Somerset)
Dry 6%
Cider apple varieties. Superb real cider,
created by a living legend.
- Winkleigh Sam’s Cider
(Devon)
Sweet 6%
Cider apple varieties. Smooth, clean finish.
The Perries
- Broadoak Perry (Somerset)
Sweet 7.5%
Perry pear varieties. Liquid pear drops.
CAMRA Perry of the Year 2009.
- Butford Farm Organic Perry (Herefordshire)
Medium 5.8%
Perry pear varieties. Rustic, full of
pear flavour with a distinct bite.
- Double Vision Impeared Vision
Perry (Kent)
Medium 7.4%
Culinary/dessert & wild pears. Seriously
quaffable, silky smooth.
- Gwatkins Malvern Hill (Herefordshire)
Sweet 7.5%
Perry pear single varietal. Sweet, lively
and tongue-tingling (very young).
- Gwatkins Blakeney Red (Herefordshire)
Medium 7.5%
Perry pear single varietal. The popular
award-winning red pear.
- Gwatkins Oldfield (Herefordshire)
Medium 7.5%
Perry pear single varietal. Medium sweet
and lively.
- Gwynt y Ddraig Two Trees Perry
(Glamorgan)
Medium 5.5%
Perry pear varieties. Aged in oak, clean
and refreshing.
- Hecks Hendre Huffcap Perry (Somerset)
Medium 6.5%
Perry pear single varietal. Oak fermented,
very popular.
- Lyne Down Perry (Herefordshire)
Medium 6%
Perry pear varieties. Another quaffing
perry.
- Merry Moon Scary Peary Perry
(Kent)
Medium 6.4%
Perry pear varieties. Light and fruity.
- Newtons Autumn Harvest Perry
(Herefordshire)
Medium 5.5%
Perry pear varieties. Beautifully crafted
blend of pears.
- Oakwood Organic Perry
(East Sussex)
Medium Dry 5%
Perry pear varieties. Sweet and sour!
- Oakwood Organic Winnals Longdon
Perry (East Sussex)
Dry 4.5%
Perry pear single varietal. Clean and
fresh with green overtones.
- Severn Sider Perry
(Gloucestershire)
Medium 6.4%
Perry pear varieties. Whisky casked.
Cider Perry
- Little Red Rooster Cider Perry
(East Sussex)
Sweet 8.4%
Culinary, dessert & cider apples &
pears. A well-rounded crowd pleaser.
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There will also
be a selection of local wine at the festival |
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