HAVE ANY PRESSING QUESTIONS?
Frequently Asked Questions
FARM AND TAPROOM
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Yes. We have a shop on the farm which is open all-year Thursday to Friday 12 - 4pm, and Saturdays 12-5 from April to September. The shop sells our full range of ciders, apple juice, vinegar and merch.
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Yes, during the apple picking season we invite volunteers to the orchard to help with the apple harvest. If you’d like to be included in the invitation list please email us
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Taproom opening times
April to September:
Thursdays & Fridays from 4.30pm Saturdays 12 - 5pm
+ Sundays 12-4pm in July
+ Ticketed evening events
October to March:
We host winter quiz nights and occasional events such as our Local Producers Fair. Please see our events page for our taproom events
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Yes, you can choose. We have open general tours during the year that you can book here.
Or you are welcome to arrange private tours for groups of 15 or more. Contact us today for more details of group tours.
We go around the production area and the orchards, and finish up with the all-important tasting session!
CIDER
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Yes we do. We have 3,500 trees in our orchards and these apples are pressed on our farm along with other apples we buy in. We source these from farmers in Northamptonshire and Herefordshire. We press all of our apples on our farm on the Bedfordshire/Northamptonshire border in the autumn.
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It’s all about the blend. So we use a balance of dessert apples and bittersweet cider apples. These include varieties like Yarlington Mill, Dabinetts, Michelin, Harry Masters and Amanda, along with Bramleys, Betty, King of the Pippins and Jonagold.
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The Original is our best-selling cider and has a lovely crisp apple flavour. The Traditional has been matured in oak barrels and has a more mellow, slightly drier taste with some oaky notes. Original is available as a sparkling cider or a still cider, Traditional is a still cider.
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We make our apple cider first and then add rhubarb juice before we bottle it. This is the same process for of our other fruit ciders – blackcurrant, cherry, strawberry and plum.
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No, not excessively sweet. Because we use juice, and not syrups or flavourings, you will taste our cider first along with a subtle extra fruitiness. We aim for cider with a hint of fruit. The best way to find out is to try them for yourself!
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Yes, all our ciders are naturally gluten-free.
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Yes. There are no finings involved in the manufacturing process.