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This post should have been about great beer in Bath – but cider in Cardiff will have to do

I spent a great weekend in bath with some old school friends (Welsh friends, I did not go to school in Bath ;)) – just to say that the Salamander and Raven pub where the most frequentest stops and had great ale even if – but the Pulteney Arms was a right gem after the bad treatment we got in the The George Inn Bathampton- when we tried to get some food after a boat trip – very rude staff ok there was 10 of us and it was 3pm – but they could not accommodate us for lunch (btw they are open all day) maybe they just did not like the Welsh 😉

Bath was a joy as usual and dinner in the The Garricks Head was very good – but I think the company helped.

anyway this week it’s all about cider in Cardiff –

Cider and Perry Festival - City Arms Cardiff

as Arfur from Brew wales explains.

The CAMRA Pub of the Year for Cardiff, the City Arms in Quay Street will be holding a cider and perry festival, starting on Wednesday 25th April and continuing throughout the weekend, finishing on Sunday 29th.

There will have 8 different ciders and 4 varieties of perry for customers to choose from alongside their usual range.
These guests will be alongside our resident ciders including Stowford Press, Aspall’s, Friel’s, Thatcher’s Katy, Thatcher’s Gold, Savanna Premium Dry and Orchard Gold Cider. The new ciders will be limited edition so make sure you get your hands on them whist they’re around!

Unusually ciders and a perry from Llanblethian Orchards of Cowbridge will also be available, unusual in that most of this award-winning hand-crafted cider is normally only ever sold at beeer and cider festivals and not in pubs:

Llanblethian Orchards Stoke Red dry single variety cider 5.3%
Llanblethian Orchards Bramley mix 5.3% , a blend of Stoke Red and Bramley apples to produce a medium-sweet cider
Llanblethian Orchards Hendre Huffcap and Blakeney Red Perry 6.8%

On Thursday 26th April, live music will be on in the pub.

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Great British Beer Festival 2011 – Perry & Cider List

After the foreign beers the other day – here are the Cider and Perriers for this years Great British Beer Festival

146 Cider (Hampshire)

Cider

Allen (Gloucestershire)

Cider (Oak Fermented)

Apple Cottage (Hertfordshire)

F.T.J. Filthy Tramp Juice (Cider)

Appledram (West Sussex)

Cider

Barbourne (Worcestershire)

Perry

Barkers (Worcestershire)

B.U.R.P. (Perry)

Battle (East Sussex)

Cider

Biddenden (Kent)

Bushels (Cider)

Blaengawney (Monmouthshire)

National Treasure (Cider)

Border Orchards (Herefordshire)

Cider

Bridge Farm (Somerset)

Cider

Perry

Brimblecombe (Devon)

Straw Pressed (Cider)

Bristol Ciderworks (Somerset)

Cider

Broadoak (Somerset)

Perry

Brook Farm (Herefordshire)

Perry

Broomfield Orchard (Kent)

Cider

Burrow Hill (Somerset)

Cider

Butford Farm (Herefordshire)

Perry

Cam Valley (Cambridgeshire)

Idared (SV) (Cider)

Carey Organic (Herefordshire)

Cider

Carter’s (Essex)

Cider

Chiddingstone (Kent)

Cider

Chucklehead (Devon)

Cider

Ciderniks (Berkshire)

Dab Hand (Cider)

Cotswold Cider (Oxfordshire)

No Brainer (Cider)

Countryman (Devon)

Cider

Court Farm (Herefordshire)

Cider (Oak Fermented)

Cromwell (Cambridgeshire)

Oliver’s Sweetheart (Cider)

Sweet William Perry

Crones (Norfolk)

Norfolk Perry

Owld Norfolk (Cider)

Day’s Cottage (Gloucestershire)

Cider (Oak Fermented)

Double Vision (Kent)

Cider

Impeared Vision Perry

Dunkertons (Herefordshire)

Cider

Perry

East Stour (Kent)

Cider

Gillow (Herefordshire)

Tom Putt (SV) (Cider)

Govier (Somerset)

Cider

Green Valley (Devon)

Cider

Gregg’s Pit (Herefordshire)

Butt/Oldfield Perry

Greyfields (Somerset)

Cider

Gwatkin (Herefordshire)

Cider

Perry

Gwynt y Draig (Glamorgan)

Black Dragon (Cider)

Two Trees Perry

Handmade Cider Co (Wiltshire)

Rough Diamond (Cider)

Hartland (Gloucestershire)

Cider

Perry

Hecks (Somerset)

Dabinett (SV) (Cider)

Rock (SV) Perry

Hewitt (Herefordshire)

Cider

Hunt (Devon)

Cider

Johnsons (Kent)

Gobbledegook (Cider)

Jonty’s (Norfolk)

Early Night (Cider)

Little Red Rooster (East Sussex)

Cider Perry (Pider)

Lyne Down (Herefordshire)

Perry

Malvern Magic (Herefordshire)

Perry

McCrindles (Gloucestershire)

Perry

Moores (Gloucestershire)

Perry

Kennford (Devon)

Cider

Lancashire Cider Co (Lancashire)

Whisky Cask (Cider)

Lewis (Herefordshire)

Cider

Lyme Bay (Devon)

Jack Ratt Scrumpy (Cider)

Mad Hatters (Cheshire)

Sunny Bank (Cider)

McCrindles (Gloucestershire)

Cider

Meare (Somerset)

Cider

Moorland Farm (East Yorkshire)

Cider

Mr Whiteheads (Hampshire)

Perry

New Forest (Hampshire)

Kingston Black (SV) (Cider)

Perry

Newton Court (Herefordshire)

Perry

O Sir (Radnorshire)

Cantref (Cider)

Oakwood (East Sussex)

Perry

Oliver (Herefordshire)

Perry

Orchard Pig (Somerset)

Cider

Orchards (Gloucestershire)

Perry

Penallt (Monmouthshire)

Cider

Perry

Pennard (Somerset)

Cider

Pickled Pig (Cambridgeshire)

Porker’s Snout (Cider)

Pipkin (North Yorkshire)

Cider

Pookhill (East Sussex)

Rum Reserve (Cider)

Raglan Cider Mill (Monmouthshire)

Barn Owl Perry

Cider

Ralph’s (Radnorshire)

Perry

Rathay’s (Herefordshire)

Judge Amphlett (SV) Perry

Rosie’s (Denbighshire)

Perry

Wicket Wasp Whisky Cask (Cider)

Ross-on-Wye (Herefordshire)

Perry

Rum Rooster (East Sussex)

Cider

Sarah’s (Herefordshire)

Cider

Scropton (Derbyshire)

Cider

Sedlescombe (East Sussex)

Cider

Seidr Dai (Glamorgan)

Cider

Severnsider (Gloucestershire)

Perry

Sheppy’s (Somerset)

Cider

Solway (Cumbria)

Cider

Springfield (Monmouthshire)

Red Dragon (Cider)

Springherne (Herefordshire)

Cider

Perry

St Theresa’s (Gloucestershire)

Perry

Stockmore (Herefordshire)

Perry

Suffolk Cider (Suffolk)

Cider

Swallowfields (Herefordshire)

Perry

Tardebigge (Worcestershire)

Cider

Thatchers (Somerset)

Cider

Three Cats (Derbyshire)

Cider

Tricky (Somerset)

Cider

Troggi (Monmouthshire)

Perry

Tutts Clump (Berkshire)

Cider

Perry

Virtual Orchard (Buckinghamshire)

Cider

W.M. Watkins (Monmouthshire)

Oak Barrel (Cider)

Perry

Waulkmill (Dumfriesshire)

Cider (Oak Fermented)

Westcroft (Somerset)

Janets Jungle Juice (Cider)

Westons (Herefordshire)

Traditional Scrumpy (Cider)

Wilkins (Somerset)

Cider

Winkleigh (Devon)

Sam’s (Cider)

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Wetherspoon Cider Festival 21–31 July – Black dragon best of the bunch

Everyones favourite(or not) cheap pub chain JD Wetherspoon’s is having a Cider festival

They have the lovely Gwynt y Ddraig Black dragon along with some “exotic” flavoured ciders – call me traditional but Cider is made with Apples and Perry is made with pears – where does raspberry and strawberry feature? anwyay here is the list of the “ciders” you may see in your local palace of spoons.

SHEPPY’S FARMHOUSE DRAUGHT
STRAWBY CIDER
FESTIVAL SPECIAL PERRY
DEVON SCRUMPY
ADDLESTONES CLOUDY
WESTONS CIDER TWIST RASPBERRY
THATCHERS TRADITIONAL
BROADOAK PERRY
MONT ST MICHEL CIDER
HEALEY’S TEXAN-STYLE CORNISH HARD CYDER
BULMERS CRISP BLEND

We are kicking off our first-ever national cider festival this July. It’s happening throughout 21–31 July. We will have 12 festival ciders to choose from.

Keep an eye out for our interactive cider festival web page which will be live very soon – you will be able to rate and review your favourites and find out more about the ciders.
“Ooo’arr, it’s appletastic!”