Single variety ciders are as rare as hen’s teeth and as a result the wonderful character of some of the UK’s native cider apples is being lost. Stoke Red is a variety, originally from Somerset, with a bitter, grippy character which is here lifted by sharp acidity and a mellow sweetness.
The Davies brothers, Adam and Dani, are making some of Europe’s most exciting cider from their small shed in Powys’ Teme Valley. Their orchards are managed organically and those apples are processed without modern trickery, using ambient yeasts, to produce refreshing ciders packed with finesse that stand as anathema to the syrupy industrial swill which pervades.
Single variety ciders are as rare as hen’s teeth and as a result the wonderful character of some of the UK’s native cider apples is being lost. Stoke Red is a variety, originally from Somerset, with a bitter, grippy character which is here lifted by sharp acidity and a mellow sweetness.
The Davies brothers, Adam and Dani, are making some of Europe’s most exciting cider from their small shed in Powys’ Teme Valley. Their orchards are managed organically and those apples are processed without modern trickery, using ambient yeasts, to produce refreshing ciders packed with finesse that stand as anathema to the syrupy industrial swill which pervades.
