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Why you should be Pairing Cider With Cheese and tips for matching different varieties of cider with cheese. Cider drinking is often associated with long hot afternoons in pub beer gardens, but just because our hopes of a barbecue summer have long gone up in smoke for another year, there’s no reason to put your scrumpy drinking on the back burner this winter. There’s a long tradition of pairing cider with cheese and many good reasons to consider drinking it in place of wine.
As sales of mainstream ciders fall, more London cider drinkers are choosing vintage craft ciders as a tasty alternative. Craft ciders, also known as “traditional” or “vintage” ciders, are becoming an increasingly popular alternative to mainstream ciders. Traditionally, ciders are made with juice pressed from fresh apples, which is fermented until the juice is alcoholic and often bubbly, as with beer or sparkling wine. While sales of all ciders represent a £1 billion market in the UK, last year “vintage” ciders grew ahead of the...Continue Reading "Growth of Craft Ciders in the UK"
As cider lovers we are always wanting to learn more about our favorite drink, from how it’s made, to the history behind it. We’ve done our research and here are some fun facts about cider that we found interesting and you might not have heard before! Know of any more fun facts about Cider? Let us know! Tweets by @CraftyNectar
Our March cider subscription box has some exciting ciders from Nottinghamshire to the foot of the Cheddar Gorge and beyond. We hope you enjoy, and please feel to share any cider snaps, cidery comments online using the #SNAPMYCIDER. You’ll even be entered in a prize draw for a month’s free cider. Wilcox Cider About: Wilcox cider is a based in Somerset, near Cheddar Gorge, an area of outstanding natural beauty surrounded by beautiful orchards and the finest apples. They have a passion for apples and...Continue Reading "March Cider Subscription Box – Tasting Notes"
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London’s Euston Cider tap is set to close, and London is losing one of its few cider bars. The Cider Tap, situated in one of the old gatehouses outside Euston station, is due to be turned into the Northern Tap, a bar specialising in beers from the north of England.The loss of the Cider Tap will be a blow to weary travellers and lovers of the drink. This news is a hard hit for craft cider in London, losing its only dedicated cider bar, this...Continue Reading "Is this the end of Craft Cider in London?"
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