There are 5 craft cider makers in the Royal County of Berkshire - as many as there are breweries. Apart from LAMBOURN VALLEY CIDER, they are:
Ciderniks, Kintbury, Hungerford.
Wyatt's Cider, Cold Ash, Thatcham.
Rick made his first batch of cider in 2006, and it went down very well at Reading Beer and Cider Festival in May 2007. He is currently using fruit from some of the orchards to the east of Newbury formerly used by Lambourn Valley Cider, including the cider trees at Douai Abbey.
Tutts Clump Cider, Bradfield, Reading.
Tim was introduced to the cider made by the monks of Douai Abbey in the 1960s, and was inspired to start making his own in 2006, using local cookers and eaters. Registered as a duty-exempt producer in early 2009, and is now selling his medium-dry, 6% cider on draught and in 500ml bottles.
Salt Hill Cider, Slough.
Proprietor: Nick Edwards.
Tel: 07885 296789.
E-mail: ciderman@ciderniks.com Website: www.ciderniks.com
Proprietor: Rick Wyatt.
Tel: 07775 711356.
E-mail: wyattscider@hotmail.co.uk
Proprietor: Tim Wale.
Tel: 0118 974 4069
Fax: 0118 974 4637
Mob: 07836 296996
E-mail: sales@tuttsclumpcider.co.uk Website: www.tuttsclumpcider.co.uk
Proprietor: Greg Davies.
Tel: 01753 823918
E-mail: godavies@hotmail.co.uk Website: http://salthillcider.wordpress.com/
A feature article which I wrote about West Berkshire Cider Makers appeared under this title in the Autumn 2009 edition of Beer, the quarterly supplement to CAMRA's What's Brewing, and is reproduced here courtesy of CAMRA.
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