This month, we’re writing as the melodies of the nearby Glastonbury Festival drift over the farm! There’s some cider being consumed there, that’s for sure….
We have previously featured Dabinett and Yarlington Mill Single Variety cases, as well as some more unusual ones, but this month we gather together Six of the Best from our home County of Somerset – each unique in it’s ability to make a great cider on it’s own, rather than blending. The ciders tend to be simpler, and less complex, and typically more Medium to be palatable - So here we go on a canter round the County:
Hecks Port Wine Of Glastonbury – Medium Sweet 6.5%, Street
As far as we can tell this is the only cider made from this variety in the world! Hailing from below the peak of Glastonbury Tor, this zesty, light but strong cider is a real summer dream.
Bere Cider Co Morgan Sweet – Medium 6.5%, Langport
Morgan Sweet is one of the earliest apples to mature, so it’s one of the earliest into a bottle the next season too. Sweet by name, as it is a dual purpose eating apple.
Perry’s Redstreak – Medium 6%, Ilminster
The ‘Somerset Redstreak’ is a cracking West Somerset variety, early, sweet and reliable cropper. Making easy drinking ciders, of which this is a belter.
Tricky Crimson King – Dry Still 6.5%, Low Ham
Crimson King is a sharp acidic apple, it can be used as a cooker and as a result is low in tannins, making for a distinctive Still cider.
Southdown Dabinett – Medium Still 6%, Nr Bruton
Here the royalty of cider apples, Dabinett, is used to make a lovely variety on its own - it is normally used in blends. Delightful sipped at room temperature, where the aromatics are on full display.
King Brain Fillbarrel – Organic Medium 6.5%, Sparkford
‘Fillbarrel’ is a local late 19th Century variety only found in a few old heritage orchards and again this is the only example of this single variety cider in the world.
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