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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 4h

It was a privilege to be the first-ever cider Meet the Maker event here. Gea is a fantastic host and a true advocate for the best English and locally produced drinks.

Sam thoroughly recommends popping in for a glass and a chat. You’ll always be made to feel at home.

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 4h

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for a special Meet the Maker event at Cornucopia last night!

It was a real pleasure spending time with such a wonderful group and enjoying fantastic cider, delicious food, and great conversation all around.

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 1d

A bird's-eye view of harvest 🍎

As harvest continues, our team are still very busy picking fruit. Here, Tim and our harvest team are gathering Falstaff apples.

#CiderYes #DrinkGreatCider

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 6d

We're headed to the Godinton House and Gardens Autumn Fair 2025 on Saturday the 18th October 🍁

We're joining a lineup of fantastic Kentish producers from 11am-4pm at Godinton House And Gardens in Ashford.

Tickets are available here: godintonhouse.co.uk/events/autum...

Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 7d

It was a real pleasure chatting with everyone who came along.

Thanks to GM Glenn for being such a great host. It was a treat for him to pull out a rare Turners cider from the cellar to share with us!

Also a big thanks to Stu from Liquid Sky Drinks for making it all happen.

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our tap takeover at The Southampton Arms last night! 🎉

After a busy few days at the #BrewersCongress, we teamed up with the brilliant Moonwake crew and headed to The Southampton Arms, a London institution for cask beer and draft cider.

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 10d

Checking our sugar readings🔍

Here’s Tim measuring the sugar level, known as a Brix reading, in our Falstaff apples.

This is one of the key steps before harvesting. Once we’re happy with the reading, along with the fruit’s ripeness and flavour, we decide when it’s time to pick.

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 13d

Some exciting content coming your way 🍎🎥

We did some filming with Joel from Big Plus Studio yesterday. We can't wait to share some exciting video with you about Nightingale and the cider making process soon!

Thanks to Joel for his time and professionalism 👏

#CiderYes #DrinkGreatCider

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 16d

It's the Autumn Equinox 🍂

Today marks the turning point of the year. Nights grow longer, air turns cooler, and the orchards are heavy with ripe fruit.

The equinox signals not just the start of autumn, but it's our first day of our harvest!

#CiderYes #DrinkGreatCider

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 17d

We need more apple pickers from this week!🍎

We begin harvest today and are still in need of a few more pairs of hands to help us pick apples.

We pay competitively.

If you're interested and available ASAP, get in touch on [email protected].

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 21d

We had a great turnout for our trade day on Monday 🙌

Thanks to everyone who came along to explore our orchards and hear all about our cider, including Cornucopia, Brewing Brothers, Old Dairy Taproom and Cider House London.

It was a privilege to show them around our farm!

Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Sep 9

Our first-ever cider export🎉

Yesterday marked a big milestone: we exported our cider outside the UK for the very first time! Two pallets of kegs and cans are now on their way to an exciting new market we’ve been eager to enter for quite some time.

Any guesses where it's going?

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our team took a stroll around our orchards to check when we can start this year's harvest 🍎

While the Cox harvest has begun at the farm, we're about two weeks away from picking fruit to press for our cider.

#CiderYes #DrinkGreatCider

Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Sep 5

The event takes place in a stunning location and we spent three days hanging out with some of the loveliest people in the industry. Thank you to the Rivington team for inviting us along and being such fabulous hosts!

#CiderYes #DrinkGreatCider

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Sep 5

Memories of Rivington Farm Trip 2025 🚜

Last week, our cider was pouring alongside 40 of the top breweries from the UK and further afield at Rivington Farm Trip, set near Chorley.

We had such an amazing time and the Rivington Brew Co team looked after us very well.

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our tour and tasting will still run as planned for those who have their ticket (these can be purchased via our website: www.nightingalecider.com/pages/tours-...).

We hope to welcome you to our orchards again soon!

#CiderYes #DrinkGreatCider

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Sep 4

We were so looking forward to opening up the orchards to the public and our apple pressing demonstrations, but after speaking with our caterers and other partners, continuing with the event sadly doesn't make financial sense.

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Sep 4

Please note that our taproom will not be opening next weekend.

We've made the difficult decision to cancel our taproom weekend next weekend, the 13th & 14th Sept. There are too many local events happening on the same weekend, including the Tenterden Food and Drink Festival.

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Aug 18

We're still pinching ourselves after last week's wins at the 2025 International Cider Challenge 🤩

If you want to try or stock these award-winning ciders, head to our webshop: www.nightingalecider.com/collections

#CiderYes #DrinkGreatCider

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Aug 14

🥈 Night Bird – Silver, Acid Led Cider
🥈 Love Bird – Silver, Rosé Cider
🥈 Bramble Bird – Silver, Flavoured Cider

👉 Find these ciders on our webshop now: www.nightingalecider.com/collections/...

#ICC #ICC2025

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Sparkling Canned Ciders - Nightingale Cider Company

Awesome sparkling canned cider in a can from our delicious range of Kentish craft wild fermented cider.

www.nightingalecider.com

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Aug 14

We're celebrating some HUGE wins at the 2025 International Cider Challenge, including a trophy for our Wild Disco cider!🎉

In this year’s competition, we've been awarded:

🏆 Wild Disco – Trophy, Acid Led Cider
💫Also Highly Commended for Supreme Champion

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Aug 8

Here are some beautiful Falstaff and Cox apples from our orchards 🍎

We’re very close to harvest now, we’ve seen great ripening and we’re feeling very positive that this year will be a great vintage!

#CiderYes #DrinkGreatCider

Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Aug 6

We can't wait!

If you happen to be in Norway, please join us on Saturday by getting your ticket here: www.ticketmaster.no/event/bergen...

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Aug 6

Sam is headed to Norway this weekend for the Bergen Bobler Nordic Cider Festival 🇳🇴

The theme of the festival is Cider and Sparkling Drinks, bringing together the best of apple and grape bubbles in one place. Sam will be joining a lineup of European cider and wine producers.

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · Aug 5

Blending our Night Bird cider 🍎

Here we are, getting 13,000L of Night Bird ready! Many components come together to make our Night Bird master blend (including juice from Cox, Falstaff, Jonagold and Bramley apples), which is then fermented to become our flagship cider.

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