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Largest Producer of Cider

UK

West Country

Lossely defined area situation in the far southwest of England (130 miles west of London and between Bristol and Birmingham)

PGI Counties in West Country for Cider & Perry

Herefordshire


Gloucestershire


Worcestershire

Herefordshire Cider Route

Route to promote cider tourism

Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)

Group which helps market and organize events surrounding traditional cider and Perry.


Also promotes some beers

Scumpy

Artisanal British cider that is often cloudy, never filtered, quite acidic, and characterized by strong biological flavors.

Wassail

British cider festival


Derived from Angelo-Saxon toast meaning “be well”


On the third Monday of January, Villagers would March through orchards banging pots and shooting guns to scare off spirits and wake up Apple trees.

British Style Ciders

Tend to be dryer, non-sparkling, bottle conditioned, and slightly more alcoholic than French or Spanish coders

Largest cider consumer on a per capita basis

Ireland

Magners

A huge, Irish, cider brand

Spanish Cider Production

Centered in Asturias and Basque Country


Longest continuous cider culture in Europe

Asturias

Makes 80% of spanish cider

Sidra fe Asturias

DO cider (2003)


Must be made with specified varieties using traditional production methods and under strict quality controls

Spanish Cider Profile

Fermented to dryness


Use native yeasts


Unfiltered


Non-sparkling or lightly carbonated


Highly acidic


Use over 50% sharp apples


Strong biological notes

Nueva Expressión

Spanish cider style


-dry, filtered

Achampanada

Nueva Expressión style


Goes through natural secondary fermentation in bottle or charmat style

Escabciar la sidra

“Throwing the cider”


Aeration of Spanish cider is good for profile


Do a long pour to aerate it

Txotx (pronounces Choach)

When first cider is ready to bed served in January. Cider is served directly from chestnut wood casks

Kupelas

Large chestnut wood casks that hold cider. Opened during txotx and served by “breaking the cider”

“Breaking the cider”

When cider shoots out from the Kupelas and bar patrons will fill there glass by having the cider shoot into it