Cider Mike
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Passionate about promoting, selling, drinking, writing and talking about real cider
Back in Ibiza Town enjoying an Asturias and a Basque Cider/Sidra/Sagardoa
September 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Back in Ibiza Town enjoying an Asturias and a Basque Cider/Sidra/Sagardoa
Friday 5pm-ish cider time innit! Out of office on! Tonight it’s Oliver's Goldrush #10 a delicious 6.5% collab between Herefordshire’s cider wizard and Ryan Burk from Occam Cider in the states.
September 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Friday 5pm-ish cider time innit! Out of office on! Tonight it’s Oliver's Goldrush #10 a delicious 6.5% collab between Herefordshire’s cider wizard and Ryan Burk from Occam Cider in the states.
Sat in the evening Sun with this Belgian Wild Dry Cider. It’s 7.5% and has been matured on port wood whisky barrels that were previously used for Lambic.
August 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Sat in the evening Sun with this Belgian Wild Dry Cider. It’s 7.5% and has been matured on port wood whisky barrels that were previously used for Lambic.
Still scorchio in the garden so fancied a cider… opted for this from Trevibban Mill. This is their Cornish Still Cider weighing in at 7%.
August 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Still scorchio in the garden so fancied a cider… opted for this from Trevibban Mill. This is their Cornish Still Cider weighing in at 7%.
Enjoying a tasty drop of Thornborough Cider from erm… errr…. where’s it from again?
August 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Enjoying a tasty drop of Thornborough Cider from erm… errr…. where’s it from again?
Judge gets Scottish cider verdict wb.camra.org.uk/2025/07/25/j...
#cpoty #ciderpub #jollyjudge #realciders #edinburgh
#cpoty #ciderpub #jollyjudge #realciders #edinburgh
August 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Judge gets Scottish cider verdict wb.camra.org.uk/2025/07/25/j...
#cpoty #ciderpub #jollyjudge #realciders #edinburgh
#cpoty #ciderpub #jollyjudge #realciders #edinburgh
A stressful day in the office can only mean one thing, cider o’clock! This is Townsend Farm’s Wild Ferment #3 made with 25% Dabinett from 2023 (Windfalls), 25% Gilly from 2021 and 50% Dabinett from 2024 which were all grown on the their farm in Herefordshire.
July 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A stressful day in the office can only mean one thing, cider o’clock! This is Townsend Farm’s Wild Ferment #3 made with 25% Dabinett from 2023 (Windfalls), 25% Gilly from 2021 and 50% Dabinett from 2024 which were all grown on the their farm in Herefordshire.
Incase you wondered, I got talking and then cider happened so who knows but… what I do know is that I had a Ross-on-Wye, a Haywood, a Temple ad 2x Oliver's including the Shazam and the Dabinett but I forgot if there was out else! Soz bout that!
July 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Incase you wondered, I got talking and then cider happened so who knows but… what I do know is that I had a Ross-on-Wye, a Haywood, a Temple ad 2x Oliver's including the Shazam and the Dabinett but I forgot if there was out else! Soz bout that!
Next up, #BraysCider Farmhouse Dry (6%) from #Taunton way. It’s not so dry IMHO. It actually tastes a little sweetened to me. Quite snooth and more of tangy than tannic.
July 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Next up, #BraysCider Farmhouse Dry (6%) from #Taunton way. It’s not so dry IMHO. It actually tastes a little sweetened to me. Quite snooth and more of tangy than tannic.
Next up, #BraysCider Farmhouse Dry (6%) from Taunton way. It’s not so dry IMHO. It actually tastes a little sweetened to me. Quite snooth and more of tangy than tannic.
July 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Next up, #BraysCider Farmhouse Dry (6%) from Taunton way. It’s not so dry IMHO. It actually tastes a little sweetened to me. Quite snooth and more of tangy than tannic.
Stomach lined with a Spoons breakfast from Shakespeare’s Head, Holborn now to seek out some cider…. Hang on there’s a good ‘un right here! #DorsetNectar #Dabinett SV #realcider
July 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Stomach lined with a Spoons breakfast from Shakespeare’s Head, Holborn now to seek out some cider…. Hang on there’s a good ‘un right here! #DorsetNectar #Dabinett SV #realcider
Iford’s Cloudgazer for a cloudy day
July 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Iford’s Cloudgazer for a cloudy day
Sat in the sun with my five friends
June 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Sat in the sun with my five friends
I don’t even think I can call this a cider at 3.9%… it’s the kinda thing I’d have with my breakfast! Hogans Hazy Rays “session cider”
June 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I don’t even think I can call this a cider at 3.9%… it’s the kinda thing I’d have with my breakfast! Hogans Hazy Rays “session cider”
Great little boozer, but having to slum it with a #HenryWestons “Vintage” Cider in #Cottingham
June 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Great little boozer, but having to slum it with a #HenryWestons “Vintage” Cider in #Cottingham
#nowdrinking #OliversCider Traditional 6% at #ScaleandFeather Bar (also available is #Ross-on-WyeCider Smooth Sailing and two pretend ciders)
June 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#nowdrinking #OliversCider Traditional 6% at #ScaleandFeather Bar (also available is #Ross-on-WyeCider Smooth Sailing and two pretend ciders)
#nowdrinking Ross-on-Wye Somerset Redstreak SV 6.4% at The White Hart… didn’t fancy a Bloody Mary today!
June 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#nowdrinking Ross-on-Wye Somerset Redstreak SV 6.4% at The White Hart… didn’t fancy a Bloody Mary today!
Phew what a scorcher! Refreshment needed…. courtesy of Iford Cider (pronounced eye-fud, not if-ud)
June 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Phew what a scorcher! Refreshment needed…. courtesy of Iford Cider (pronounced eye-fud, not if-ud)
Cider is not the villain wb.camra.org.uk/2025/06/12/c...
#realcider #drinkrealcider #notfromconcentrate #ukcider
#realcider #drinkrealcider #notfromconcentrate #ukcider
June 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Cider is not the villain wb.camra.org.uk/2025/06/12/c...
#realcider #drinkrealcider #notfromconcentrate #ukcider
#realcider #drinkrealcider #notfromconcentrate #ukcider
Snow Capped Cider Co.—The Woman Behind Colorado’s Rising Cider Star 303magazine.com/2025/05/snow...
#realcider #hardcider #uscider #cedaredge
#realcider #hardcider #uscider #cedaredge
June 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Snow Capped Cider Co.—The Woman Behind Colorado’s Rising Cider Star 303magazine.com/2025/05/snow...
#realcider #hardcider #uscider #cedaredge
#realcider #hardcider #uscider #cedaredge
New Forest cider-maker Barry Topp wins national award www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2522207...
#newforestcider #realcider #ukcider
#newforestcider #realcider #ukcider
June 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
New Forest cider-maker Barry Topp wins national award www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2522207...
#newforestcider #realcider #ukcider
#newforestcider #realcider #ukcider
#nowdrinking #Shacksbury Classic Dry #Cider
👀Slightly carb’d+a clear, light gold colour
👃Caramel+vanilla, perhaps a little mint? Very dessert-like.
👅Light+crisp at 1st with pleasant+well-balanced acid. Vanilla+cinnamon aftertaste which turns into browning apple flesh flavours
👀Slightly carb’d+a clear, light gold colour
👃Caramel+vanilla, perhaps a little mint? Very dessert-like.
👅Light+crisp at 1st with pleasant+well-balanced acid. Vanilla+cinnamon aftertaste which turns into browning apple flesh flavours
June 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#nowdrinking #Shacksbury Classic Dry #Cider
👀Slightly carb’d+a clear, light gold colour
👃Caramel+vanilla, perhaps a little mint? Very dessert-like.
👅Light+crisp at 1st with pleasant+well-balanced acid. Vanilla+cinnamon aftertaste which turns into browning apple flesh flavours
👀Slightly carb’d+a clear, light gold colour
👃Caramel+vanilla, perhaps a little mint? Very dessert-like.
👅Light+crisp at 1st with pleasant+well-balanced acid. Vanilla+cinnamon aftertaste which turns into browning apple flesh flavours
My local has these cider delights…
June 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
My local has these cider delights…