A beautiful cathedral. Check. A beautiful countryside. Check. Some of, if not the best cider in the world. Double check!
Herefordshire has been producing and drinking cider for over 350 years. It was originally produced for the farmers to drink and it also partly paid their wages.
Bulmers now has the largest apple pressing mill in the world, they can process 1,200 tons of apples a day and they have planted 1.5 million new cider apple trees in the last few years
Did you know Westons Cider is back in the bar at the House of Commons!
Approximately 63 million gallons of cider - well over half the cider produced in the UK - are produced in Herefordshire each year.
You really are spoilt for choice in hereford, here is a list of cider producers;
Cider Museum and King Offa Distillery
Dunkertons Cider Mill
Newton Court Cidery
Butford Farm
Oliver's Cider and Perry
Sarah's Cider
Gregg's Pit Cider & Perry
Westons Cider
Lyne Down Farm
Broome Farm Cider
Gwatkin Cider
Once Upon a Tree
Orgasmic Cider Company
Brook Farm Cider
Gillow Cider
For more information go to
www.herefordcamra.org.uk
Or
www.ciderroute.co.uk
