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| Ivanhoe Martin |
Posted - 26/09/2005 : 16:57:48
Hi HMZ-ers.
I wondered whether you'd definitely decided to press this year. I know we talked about it earlier (I tried to resurrect the older thread but couldn't add posts to it, so started this new one), and you were keen, but I didn't think you'd finalised anything
We're hoping to press on the weekend of the 5th/6th Nov. Before then, I've got a bit of time off (from the 5th to the 14th of Nov) and for some of that time I'm hoping to be around the Hereford/West Country area and hoping to be doing some cidery things.
I wondered whether you'd be pressing at any time when I was free. I'd love to come and join you (if you'd have me!). |
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| Dave Gorman |
Posted - 08/09/2006 : 17:48:26
making mine at John's ..sshhh
3000 litres !!!!
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| Gents |
Posted - 08/09/2006 : 16:45:29
Thats good news, have you posted anything about it elsewhere (SE1 forum?) that I can have a read of? I'll have to look out for more days he has coming up when ive got a bit more holiday and money!
Id like to make cider again this year, no plans as yet tho. I think we'll be in the same position as last year in terms of not really having any apples/storage+production space of our own, so we may struggle unless we can join forces with the likes of Al Caholic again. How about yourself Ivanhoe?
Not sure if we've posted this already somewhere, but the last of our cider was lost a few weeks ago when the barrel split . Really surprised it broke, it was fairly new and we kept in watered well for most of its life.
ZIDER |
| Ivanhoe Martin |
Posted - 31/08/2006 : 16:35:09
We did the day with Peter and it was really good. Too much learned to list it all here.
The reason I'm on here really is to ask:
- are you making cider again this year?
If so, do you have any plans/dates/etc? |
| Ivanhoe Martin |
Posted - 11/06/2006 : 19:16:55
It's Peter Mitchell's day rate. You do get (for what wierd reason I don't know, but it's the first time I've been aware of the EU benefitting me) an EU subisdy or grant or something that reduces the cost. |
| Dave Gorman |
Posted - 07/06/2006 : 02:18:37
spoke to john at westcroft the other week and i think they use him , why not chat to john, and do a deal with him ! will be half the price !!!
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| Gents |
Posted - 06/06/2006 : 11:26:55
Cheers, OK i'll let you know, and spread the word to see if anyone else is interested, although I may well struggle to make it anyway as i've got a few days off work at the end of that week already...
Id really like to do a Fullers tour, although i could struggle getting up to London on a weekday because of the same problem of lack of holiday left. I definitely know some of your beers a pretty much like all ive tasted. We get London Pride round loads of places here, and a few places have the Honey beer too which I like very much indeed
ZIDER |
| Ivanhoe Martin |
Posted - 01/06/2006 : 13:25:28
That's the same book Gents. I never thought of looking in WHS (somehow I'm always surprised to see they still exist).
If you're at all interested in the course, then I'm sure we could come to some sort of mutually beneficial arrangement on agreeing a cost. Think about it and let us know. Anyone else chipping in will help us, and we've made the committment to pay the full cost anyway. The offer's there. If it suits you, then get in touch.
Brewery tours are (I think) only on weekdays. I've done a couple and they're quite informative and generally good fun (and they let you do plenty of tasting afterwards). I work for Fullers, so you may well know one or two of our beers. There are probably quite a few that you haven't seen or tasted (based on the assumption that it's only Pride that gets widely distributed outside London), and they're all good (imho), so if you ever get the time just give me a bit of advance warning and I'll sort a tour out for you.
Hope all's well with you.
Simon |
| Gents |
Posted - 31/05/2006 : 20:08:00
Thanks for the info Ivanhoe. £250 is a fairly reasonable price if it can be split between however many people want to do it and you get a few interested, compared with the prices it usually costs per-person for one of his courses. Its still probably going to be out of my price-range at the moment though (unlike yourself I haven't exactly been doing well at the "spending no money" bit lately)... but could you keep me posted of what the final price turns out to be please? I'd definitely like to have a go.
If this is the book you're talking about then WHSmith's website are claiming to be able deliver it for less cash in less time: http://www.whsmith.co.uk/whs/go.asp?ISBN=0955103304&DB=220&Menu=Books
Cheers for the brewery tour invite, sounds like a good job to me! Are you allowed to say what brewery it is? My tastes definitely stretch to real ale so it would be great to do the tour sometime, ive only got 1 very short London visit planned at the moment (for August Bank Holiday Sunday) so thats probably no good, but im sure i'll be up there again soon.
ZIDER |
| Ivanhoe Martin |
Posted - 26/05/2006 : 12:39:32
We've agreed to do Monday 14 August. It will be pricey, and I've asked Peter about whether we could split the costs if we get any more interest, and I should get a reply to that question soon. As it is, total cost for a day is £250 (including some EU grant that reduces the cost if we do it at Dobunni Farm, which is in your neck of the woods). We're splitting that between me and Mrs I at the moment, so we could split it between more of us (assuming Peter's OK with that), but it's still not cheap.
We're doing it as a sort of birthday present to ourselves, and we've been working so hard recently and spending no money that I'm justifying it that way.
I did also get hold of an interesting book by Peter called "From the orchard to the glass". It is used as a tuition book on some of his courses, and is really quite good on all sorts of cider info (including a lot on tasting and faults in cider). It was around £16 from Amazon, but takes ages to come so it might be quicker to try and get it direct from Peter.
Thanks for the compliments on our last year's cider. We'd better not give you any of this year's in case it's not as good (only joking. You're always welcome to drop by if you're passing through London. I have now started to work at a well-known London brewery, so you can always come down and do a tour if your tastes stretch to real ale.) |
| Gents |
Posted - 18/05/2006 : 15:54:14
Congratulations, very respectable position, although im amazed there are that many ciders that managed to get in ahead of you if your cider is as good as the stuff i tasted last year (and if they are that much better i'd very much like to taste them!).
I think this is Peter Mitchell's website: http://www.cider-academy.co.uk the courses look really good (Im gutted I missed the one called "Let's Taste Some Cider" yesterday, sounds like a good idea to me)... I would be interested in taking part in one, but im a bit concerned about the price as they all seem quite expensive, also most of them seem to be during the week and I don't have much holiday left. Any idea when you'll be doing the course if it goes ahead?
ZIDER |
| Ivanhoe Martin |
Posted - 17/05/2006 : 17:07:59
We didn't get on too badly Gents. A mid-table position again, which was more than I thought we could expect.
It was (again) a fantastic weekend. We met quite a few cidermakers, and got plenty of helpful advice and some offers of the "if you want to come and help in the Autumn and you can take payment in juice" variety (which would be excellent imho)
We did a good orchard walk on the Sunday, and came home with 20 litres of Gregg's Pit perry (which was fantastic, and which won the overall perry prize.
Also met Peter Mitchell, who runs a variety of cider making courses in your neck of the woods (Dobinney Farm I think - you can google Mitchell Food & Drink for more details). He's the new chairman of the 3 Counties Cider and Perry Assoc'n. I was trying to tempt him into running a tasting/making course for us (me and Mrs Ivanhoe can't make any of the dates that he's running the courses this year, and would prefer to do one on a weekend, or in the Summer school holidays). We might end up getting him to do a date just for us, and would be interested in finding anyone else who wants to join in as it would keep costs down. Don't know if it interests any of you guys..... |
| Gents |
Posted - 08/05/2006 : 20:20:48
How did it go? Any success for the SE1 cider?
Im not convinced our cider is that strong, I had quite a bit the other day but it had no effect. Definitely not as lethal as the old HMZ. Tastes lovely tho.
ZIDER |
| Ivanhoe Martin |
Posted - 10/04/2006 : 13:19:34
Mrs I and me sent our entries off this weekend. They were obviously scared of all the SE1 entries last year as they've started a "Novice" class for the first time this year:0) Looking forward to another weekend of cider antics in Ledbury. |
| Gents |
Posted - 07/04/2006 : 14:11:12
I would have liked to, I vowed that I'd at least go to it this year, but I don't think thats likely to happen now even. We haven't got much cider to spare either.
Will you be entering?
ZIDER |
| Ivanhoe Martin |
Posted - 07/04/2006 : 13:25:33
Not thinking of entering the Big Apple? (It's the May Bank Holiday weekend. Google "Marcher Apple Network Big Apple" for details). |
