Guy in the pub described drinking Guinness 0.0 is like kissing your sister and I will never unhear that.

2026 resolution: Sell cider to the people!

Our bodies are very hungry with the lack of beer and sausages in January (so far).

Starting Thursday 8th we will be serving up our take on Wassail Hot Cider and to celebrate all Still Ciders are just £5.00 a Pint throughout January!

Wishing all of our drinks and non-drinks friends here on Bluesky a very happy new year.

Leftover cheeses (well, some) into our Christmas mac n cheese and mulled cider ready for our guests to arrive.

Demons of Spills Hill being used for Brussels sprouts glaze, goose gravy, red cabbage and maybe some just drinking cider later. Merry Christmas everyone!! 🎄

Wrapping paper purchased. Think tonight calls for a couple cans of Celebration® while wrapping activities are undertaken.

Happy Winter Solstice to everyone! We are having this beautiful beer at the Trafalgar to celebrate.

Have this 2020 season Howgate Wonder still in a tank. Thinking about packaging it finally. What do you reckon?

We survived Bamberg and back on it in Nürnberg at Landbierparadies. Lovely little spot. Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

Next up Wilde Rose Keller with Eisstock. A shame we didn't know we were coming here cause we would have booked a lane. Fantastic spot in Bamberg.

Drinking at Spezial Biergarten on a misty day in Bamberg.

Made it to Nuremberg and WeissbierHex.

If you haven't been down to Gibbet Oak Farm for the wassail, get your tickets now! It's super fun.

Heading to Nuremberg and Bamberg this weekend. Any suggestions for pubs with a good selection of beers welcome below. Thank you.

Remembering my old housemate tonight who let himself go too early. Rip Stefan.

We got derailed (x2) going home from Pig's Ear.

cox orange apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1905

Pleased to have two ciders back on at Pig's Ear Beer Festival this year, running 2-5 December. We are planning to attend on the 2nd. If you are there, come say hi! www.pigsear.org.uk/pigs%20ear%2...

London pubs/bars/bottle shops: need cider? We have been slack on selling cider this year, but that changes TODAY. We will be doing deliveries of bag in box, cans and keykegs the next couple weeks, so get in touch if you're interested in having our cider on at your establishment!

Pre-Dulwich Hamlet match visit to Hop Burns & Black. The A&H Green hopped ale has not let me down.

Barry @barmas.bsky.social sings a song of praise to part-time cider and perry makers, artisans with a deep commitment to craft, tradition and the land. #cider #PerryisAlive

Hive mind I'm going to London on Friday and then I'm considering Rye and Brighton, before I commit, and I know the season has just ended, but any thoughts on placess I can get a good selection of green hopped beers in that neck of the woods (Kent, E Sussex, London) ? #bskybeer

Trying the Monteith's cider on my way out of NZ (in the lounge) and back to London. It's ok. Too sweet for me, but nice apple flavour. Hope next time the weather is better and we can make it to Nelson.

Found some cocktails in paradise. 🇫🇯

Stuck in Christchurch for an extra day due to a state of emergency being declared due to high winds. A bit disappointed, but it does mean we could visit Renegade Brewing and catch up on 10+ yo Combat Aircraft magazines.

Two Thumb Brewing location on Manchester Street is fantastic. IPA, sour and Mexican food are on point.

Some NZ cider from Renegade Brewing at Canterbury Brewers Collective in Christchurch. Great spot. Seems like a lot of breweries produce at least one cider here. I would like to know more about this.

Off Day Brewery lager in Singapore. Decent, but worth £10.79? As it's the only beer I had there, I'll say yes.

We finished our production for the year on Saturday. Just shy of 1000 litres, which is more than we anticipated we would make. (not pictured: 300 litres of Easter Hill already racked).

Seeking cider and beer recommendations for South Island New Zealand!! Let us know 👇

Update: still shut.

Sickness has struck, but we've got 400kg of apples to get pressed today. No rest for us. At least the weather in London is nice.

We are pleased the only cider task on today's to-do list is racking this tank of Cox to another tank in preparation for pressing 300l of Bramley this weekend and next. Then, we are DONE.

Enjoy & feel free to share! Diversity in size, color & shape of domesticated #Apples & their wild relatives! Photo credits, Awais Khan Cornell University. #GeneticDiversity #CropWildRelatives

Finally getting around to pressing the 300+kg of Howgate Wonder apples we picked yesterday. Coming in at a sessionable 6.5%. We've got another 400+kg of apples in the van from yesterday, but they will likely have to hold on until next weekend.

One week after filling, these two demijohns of Cox's Orange Pippin juice are kicking off. Haven't filled these demijohns in a few years. Glad to have their company on the kitchen table for the next few months.

Pulp from last week: dumped. Our one Howgate tree we have access to is absolutely heaving this year: picked. Onto the other orchard to do a small pick.

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].

Today's task: ~500kg of Cox apples to press into juice.

Good evening. We've had an exemplary day picking Cox's Orange Pippin in the Easter Hill orchard. This is the best crop we've seen here in 5-6 years. ~800kg picked with apples left behind. Lovely day.

Training for cider season by carrying a sand bag up and down the length of the flat.

Taking the @durationbeer.bsky.social Ducks in a Row launch @thedodomicropub.bsky.social very seriously 🤪. Rubber Ducky is delicious.

Ended up having a very long day racking cider, packaging cider and generally getting things ready for harvest. Luckily our Chinook hops are ripe in the garden so straight into the remainder of our 2024 Demons of Spill Hill racking exercise. Fresh hop season = Best season

Scotland! We are back on at Dollar Beer Festival this year from 12-13 September. We've shipped 3 boxes of Maisonette up and, I can assure you, it's tasting very good these days. The Jonagolds are shining through giving it lovely, caramel notes.

Great taproom.

We've moved on to Hand & Marigold after raiding all the railway arches for a slap up meal later. Burton Bridge ale is a beautiful. No sparklers involved.

Our first visit to the "new" (1 year old) Kernel taproom. Really nice spot and the @kernelbrewery.bsky.social x @hopburnsblack.bsky.social Tropical stout is spectacular as would be expected.

As much as I dislike Brodog now, I miss their old bottle shop on Gray's Inn Rd in London. It had such a good selection of beers and some brewing supplies.