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Real cider making starts here
As November gets underway, the industrial ‘cider’ makers are starting to run towards the end of their apple supplies for the year – most of the pressing is done and the concentrated juice tucked away...
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Keeping it sweet
As we head into the New Year, the hard graft of collecting and pressing fruit is at an end, and its memory slowly recedes for another year as that incessant pain in your back starts to dissolve and you...
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Chicken in cider
Slow cider-cooked chicken with crispy skin, tender meat and flavour-packed sauce This is a simple, thrifty meal using chicken legs and Worley’s Cider. You’ll end up with chicken that’s crispy on...
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Nestled in a tiny fold of Dorset countryside is a village hall that hosts one of the friendliest little cider festivals going. Powerstock is the location of this super little event, and it has been run...
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We’re back!
Welcome back to the Worley’s Cider blog. It’s been a while since the last post, but we’re going to be posting more regularly from now on (we promise!) to let everyone know what’s going on at the farm...
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Eating, pressing & cider shopping
The gathering of the IBCs, ready for storing fresh-pressed apple juice Pressing news Much of last week was spent sorting out the pressing shed. Apple pressing is nearly upon us, and we have to make...
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Here come the apples
On Monday Helen visited The County Ground at Taunton to attend the Taste of the West category finalists lunch. Needless to say we were delighted to discover that our bottled Red Hen cider so impressed...
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October-fest
And so the apples keep coming. It was a grey and drizzly start to last week, but Neil and helper Sean made excellent progress, pressing around 10 tons of apples in just four days. The new conveyer...
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Autumn hues
We’re deep into Autumn now, and the colours are beautiful. Outside our house, the colours of the garden have mellowed, seed heads are popping and the abundance of summer has gone. Our cottage garden...
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The run-up to Christmas
With Christmas approaching, we’re booking our festive shows by the day. We’re finding there’s a definite rhythm to the ‘retail’ side of the business, with the run-up to Christmas starting straight...
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Christmas in Ciderland
Pressing’s finished! Thanks to everyone who pressed, delivered and grew apples. While never an easy time, it’s was a lot less taxing than previous years thanks to the new conveyor and its magic powers....
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Worley’s 2016
Another season drawing to a close. Pressing is nearly over, and Neil is currently pressing the last load from the late-season’s fruit. Late fruit spilling out of the silo and bursting with juice. A dry...
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New season Special Reserve
We are now fully stocked – 5 kinds of draught ciders, 3 types of 50cl bottles and our famous Special Reserve is back after a sell-out 2016. This year’s Special Reserve is a real corker – naturally...
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Pressing business
It’s been a beautiful week here in Somerset. We’ve had gorgeous weather and have enjoyed watching the July changes – lots of young birds, the light changing, over-blown hedgerows and ripening crops. A...
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Pubs, festivals and bottle shops
As a small business, we’re always trying to get the most out of all our sales channels – making Worley’s as easily available as possible. This is one of the biggest challenges as a small cider maker...
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The Stars are out
Neil has started planning for pressing already – the new press has to be installed and configured, plus apples and storage to be sorted out. The pressing season always looms close after the busy summer...
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The threat to Craft Cider from White Cider
White cider: high-alcohol + low-price = problem alcohol? In case it has passed you by, there is a move afoot by the health lobby to persuade Chancellor Hammond to change the duty paid on cider. The...
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