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| Al Caholic |
Posted - 30/11/2004 : 14:09:23
The Bristol Beer festival (and this means copious amounts of cider and perry too)is going to be back at Temple Meads on the 4th and 5th of March. I'm going to sort out some tickets asap as they go on sale soon and sell out quickly, especially for the Friday night session. Let me know if anyone else wants one and I'll get them at the same time.
As if that wasn't enough to marvel about (and I think Gents will be especially interested in this) apparently the Richmond Springs in Clifton right next to the Union/Anson Rooms is under new management and now has alongside a great selection of ales, A WHOLE BAR THAT JUST SERVES CIDER CALLED "THE CIDER PRESS"!!!!!. I plan to pay a visit asap and check it out and will post the results on the forum.
Happy zidering
Al 
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| Al Caholic |
Posted - 17/03/2005 : 13:40:27
I used to work with said casualty star's brother Tim in Reading. He was a complete arse.
Al
Zider I up barkeep! |
| Jeff the Chef |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 12:17:32
He was shopping with his Mum and there was no apple aroma so can only assume not.
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| Gents |
Posted - 09/03/2005 : 11:48:03
We are not 100% sure it was the actual Dave Gorman, but it looked very much like him, and people were calling him "Dave" (come to think of it, that was only us). He was drinking cider (he wasn't supposed to be, he was supposed to be serving it), and he offered to sell us the left over barrels on Saturday night if we came along late!
Would be interested to hear whether this Jeremy bloke was drinking cider... does Rachel Stevens like cider-drinking men??
ZIDER! |
| Tharg drinker of cider |
Posted - 08/03/2005 : 16:50:12
Were these celebs drinking cider?
And you will know us by the trail of empties.... |
| Jeff the Chef |
Posted - 08/03/2005 : 16:46:09
Nearly forgot, if we're name dropping I saw a bloke called Jeremy (can't remember his surname, he was in Casualty and Big Brother??) in Reading. The one who nobbed Rachel Stevens!! His Mum is fit.
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| Jeff the Chef |
Posted - 08/03/2005 : 16:43:34
you met Dave Gorman?? Awesome.
Sounds like a cracking night, shame I couldn't get along.
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| Chowie |
Posted - 08/03/2005 : 15:22:11
I'll have to pull a few more of my West Croft barrell to celebrate with then. |
| Gents |
Posted - 08/03/2005 : 11:13:36
Here's the list of winners, JJJ triumphs again:
Beer of the Festival 2005
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1st Downton Chimera
2nd Acorn Barnsley Gold
2nd Heligan's Honey
Cider of the Festival 2005
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1st Westcroft Janet's Jungle Juice
2nd Thatcher's Sweet
3rd Gwyntyddraig
There are a few photos at http://www.camrabristol.org.uk/festival.html but strangely we didnt make it on there, one of Stew's many women appears in one tho...
Our photos are much more entertaining and will appear soon!
ZIDER! |
| Tharg drinker of cider |
Posted - 07/03/2005 : 12:21:17
That's the great thing about cider isn't it? There's enough variety out there to suit most tastes.
And you will know us by the trail of empties.... |
| Gents |
Posted - 07/03/2005 : 10:58:18
Yes it was very nice, it was one that I think we all agreed was good. A few of us preferred the very dry, earthy ciders, and a few of us liked the sweeter, easier to drink ones, but this seemed somewhere in between from what I remember (which could well be wrong), so it was a real crowd-pleaser!
Yes definitely let us know if you come to the Farmers Market, although we will probably see the stall anyway as the Market is a regular lunchtime haunt for me and Al!
I had about 8 pages of notes from the Festival, but predictably lost them later during the evening, but Im pretty sure Janets Jungle Juice was the first cider to sell out. We all agreed Abbis and Churns were completely horrible. Naish and Uren(pronounced "urine" by us, to hilarious effect) were my favourites. We were warned off Mr Whiteways Boxing Dog, but it was actually pretty good. I remember ordering Mynediad Ysbyty Crab & Dab, Oh Sir, Viard, Rathays Old Goat Balls Seedling(single varietal) and Reddaway Medium but cant remember what each one tasted like. Things got messy after Dave Gorman refused to serve us anything apart from his "cider cocktails" that he made by filling our glasses with shots of around 8 different ciders chosen at random (although he claimed he was using his expert knowledge to make something we would actually like, it didn't work - they were mostly terrible).
Next year im getting tickets for all 4 sessions.
ZIDER! |
| Tharg drinker of cider |
Posted - 05/03/2005 : 19:06:28
I'm glad you finally got to try the Kingston Black, it is nice isn't it? I didn't press that batch, but I did press most of last year's - I hope it's as good. We may be coming to Bristol in a few months time to sell at one of the farmer's markets, I'll keep you posted.
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| Gents |
Posted - 05/03/2005 : 13:41:36
What a night! I cant write much more than that now, but a full beer fest review and pictures of Dave Gorman will appear shortly...
Highlights included the Orchard's Kingston Black, which may have even been pressed by Tharg Drinker of Cider himself, if so - excellent work, it was delicious.
 
ZIDER! |
| Gents |
Posted - 23/02/2005 : 14:19:26
quote:
Originally posted by Al Caholic
The Bristol Beer festival (and this means copious amounts of cider and perry too)is going to be back at Temple Meads on the 4th and 5th of March.
Here's the cider line-up:
Abbis - Dry
Barkers - Perry
Bridge Farm - Dry
Cheddar Valley - ??
Crossman - Sweet
Edgar Harding - Medium Dry
Guillet - Medium Dry
Gwatkin - Dry
Gwatkin - Sweet
Gwyntyddraig - Medium
Hartlands - Perry
Lambourn Valley - Dry
Moles - Black Rat
Moore - Perry
Mr Whiteheads - Boxing Dog
Mynediad - Ysbyty Crab & Dab
Naish - Dry
Newton Court - Perry
Oliver - Perry
O'Sir - ??
Perry - Medium
Raffray - Medium Dry
Rathays Old Goat - Single varietal
Reddaway - Medium
Riddle - Dry
Thatchers - Sweet
Uren - Dry
Viard - Medium Dry
Vickery - Dry
Watkin - Tom Putt
Westcroft - Janets Jungle Juice
Whitfield - Dry
Wilkins - Dry
Wilkins - Medium Sweet
WOW, what a list. Lots and lots that ive never even heard of, first up for me will be a Mr Whiteheads Boxing Dog I think.
ZIDER! |
| Ivanhoe Martin |
Posted - 08/12/2004 : 09:57:33
Weird (about Westons). I remember thinking how odd it was that locals preferred the Bulmers Bulmers Original to Westons Bulmers Original. Maybe it's that (IMO) Westons ciders tend to be thinner and drier (and nicer to my tastes), but they would be a bit odd to someone brought up on a sweeter, thicker cider. |
| Gents |
Posted - 07/12/2004 : 20:20:34
That No.7 sounds lovely, its a real shame they don't make anything like that anymore. If i did read an article saying that Bulmers were dicontinuing it, it must have been pretty old!
Interesting about Westons, i never knew that. If anything that just adds to the mystery of why my pint tasted so back because i really like all of the Westons brands... maybe it was just a barrel that had gone bad...
ZIDER! |
