Cider
We do not enter every cider into every competition every year as not every cider is available, it could be sold out, more needs to be bottled or it was just not made that year. Choosing which ones to enter means they need to be tried, a very pleasurable job!
Unfortunately, there were no shows in 2020 or 2021 due to Covid.
Premium dry
2019 Gold, British Cider Championship
2019 Supreme Champion British Cider at the British Cider Championship at the Royal Bath and West Show. We beat 450 other ciders to win!
2019 Gold, Melplash Show
Will we enter this in another competition after this? Who knows!
2024 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
Premium medium
2019 Second Prize, Melplash Show
2022 1st Prize, Melplash Show
2022 Best Cider in Show, Melplash Show
2022 Silver, Somerset Cider Championship
2023 Silver, British Cider Championship
2024 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
Festival dry
2019 Gold, Somerset Cider Championships
2019 Second Prize, Melplash Show
2022 Silver, British Cider Championships
2024 Silver, British Cider Championships
2024 Gold, Somerset Cider Championships
Festival medium
2019 Bronze, Somerset Cider Championships at the Mid-Somerset Show
2022 Silver, British Cider Championships
2022 Silver, Melplash Show
2023 Silver, British Cider Championships
2024 Silver, British Cider Championships
2024 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
Festival sweet
2019 Gold, Somerset Cider Championships
2019 First Prize, Melplash Show
2022 People’s Choice Sweet Cider, British Cider Championships
2022 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
2022 Silver Prize, Melplash Show
2023 People’s Choice Sweet Cider, British Cider Championships
2023 Gold (Best in class), Cornwall Cider Championships
2024 Gold (Best in class), Royal Cornwall Show
2024 Gold, Somerset Cider Championships
2024 Best in Class, Somerset Cider Championships
2024 1st Prize, Melplash Show
2024 Best Cider in Show, Melplash Show
We also like to experiment and create special limited edition blends of ‘Farmhouse cider‘for fun. Every year is different!
Farmhouse dry
2022 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
2024 Gold, Somerset Cider Championships
2024 2nd Prize, Melplash Show
Farmhouse medium
2022 Gold, British Cider Championships
2022 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
2022 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
2022 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
2023 Silver, British Cider Championships
2023 Silver, British Cider Championships
2024 Gold, British Cider Championships (our Autumn Gold blend)
2024 Gold, Somerset Cider Championships (Autumn Gold blend)
2024 Gold, Somerset Cider Championships
2024 2nd Prize, Melplash Show
Farmhouse Sweet
2022 Silver, British Cider Championships
2022 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
2023 Silver, British Cider Championships
2024 Silver, British Cider Championships
2024 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
2024 2nd Prize, Melplash Show
Dabinett single variety cider
2019 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships at the Mid-Somerset Show
2022 Gold, British Cider Championships
2023 Gold, Somerset Cider Championships at the Mid-Somerset Show
2024 Silver, British Cider Championships
2024 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
Yarlington Mill single variety cider
2023 Gold, Somerset Cider Championships at the Mid-Somerset Show
2024 Gold, Somerset Cider Championships
Kingston Black single variety cider
2022 Silver, British Cider Championships
Modern Cider
2022 Silver, British Cider Championships
Apple Juice
We are told that our apple juice is the best available locally but had not entered it into competitions to support the feedback we continually get. So,in 2013 both juices were entered in Taste of the West, and both won Gold. One actually got to the last four in its class, the only apple juice to get that far. For a humble apple juice to be a finalist was quite satisfying, however, we lost out to a fine ginger beer. Will we enter again? Maybe…..
Please note that we do not collect apples from multiple different places creating significantly different quality batches from which we then pick the best for competitions. Our juices are as consistent as we can be each year so that you can be sure the bottle you have deserves its prize label.
‘Mainly Bramley’
2023 Gold at Taste of the West
2023 Finalist at Taste of the West
2023 Royal Cornwall Show, Best Apple Juice in Show
‘Special Blend’
2023 Gold at Taste of the West
2024 Gold (Best in class), Royal Cornwall Show
Perry
Having never made perry (the pear equivalent of cider) before we decided to have a go. It turned out to be rather nice, and much to our surprise the judges thought so too and it did very well!
2024 Gold, British Cider Championships
2024 Best in class, British Cider Championships
2024 Reserve Champion Perry, British Cider Championships
2024 Silver, Somerset Cider Championships
Fruit Cider
We do not make fruit cider as a regular item, it is not considered ‘proper’ by many cider makers. This year we decided to have a go, not to sell you understand, just for competitions. I rather like pineapple so the challenge was to test our blending ability to come up with something that may be acceptable. It took a couple of hours and we thought it was quite good. The judges thought so too! Ended up with a trophy for it and collected it to a few comments such as ‘where is your pineapple orchard then’?
If you want to try it, it is only available when we do tastings!
‘Fruit cider: pineapple (sweet)’
2024 Gold, British Cider Championships
2024 Best in class, British Cider Championships
