Cider Club is a monthly talk and tasting with a guest producer at the Yew Tree, Peterstow near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire.
Guests arrive and sample through six different ciders whilst hearing the story behind their production and their maker, and then after the tasting enjoy finishing up the drinks with a ploughman’s buffet with freshly made focaccia.
Join us on Saturday 25th April at 7pm to hear from the uber passionate and unique Jack Toye!
A nascent cidery that was producing on a nano-scale since 2020, Toye’s Cider is owned and operated by Jack Toye, a lead writer at Cider-Review.com, regular orchard helper at Broome Farm, and now a small scale commercial producer in his own right! Producing a range of bottle conditioned and bag-in-box, naturally made single variety and orchard blend ciders and perries.
Cider Club is a monthly event consisting of a talk & taste of a range of different ciders/perries led by the maker themselves, and usually takes around 1.5-2 hours. Everyone is welcome, whether it’s your first taste of cider or you’re a producer yourself.
Join our lovely community of welcoming enthusiasts at one of the most intimate cider events in the UK. Event begins 7pm in the Event Room at the Yew Tree Inn, Peterstow, HR9 6JZ. After the talk there is a small, basic cheese and bread buffet provided.
Tickets can be refunded up to 24 hours prior to the event.
Join The Ciderologist on a voyage to three of Herefordshire’s finest cider makers. Home to the largest acreage of cider apple orchards, and greatest volume of cider produced, anywhere in the world, Herefordshire is equally heralded for its cider heritage and for its award-winning small makers.
Varying between farmhouse traditionalists and contemporary modernists, these makers share two central tenets – a reverence for the apple and pear, and a quest to produce the finest libations on the planet.
Little Pomona Cider & Orchard is on the front line of creating ciders that exude all the elegance, finesse and character of wine. Through a boundary pushing attitude, top quality fruit and the use of ex-wine and ex-spirit barrels, an incredible range of small batch ciders are created
Oliver’s Cider & Perry is renowned throughout the world for bold, intense and masterfully blended ciders and perries. Guided by the masterful touch of founder and cider maker, Tom Oliver, these drinks are a pure expression of the Herefordshire landscape and cultural heritage.
Townsend Cider is more celebrated for its apple juice but has been steadily gaining a reputation for natural ciders of intensity and complexity. Utilising both tannic rich cider apples and dessert apples from the farm gives Jamie Hall the opportunity to have real playfulness and creativity,
A hearty ploughman’s lunch of local produce will also be provide during the day with VG and GF options available.
At the end of the tour, participants will be offered the opportunity to be dropped off back at the Green Dragon Hotel, or to continue on to the Yew Tree Inn, Peterstow, Ross-on-Wye. This award winning cider pub is home to the Ross-on-Wye Cider and Perry Co, will be serving excellent pizzas and will also be hosting its monthly cider club*. All info can be found via this link.
*purchasing a tour ticket does not confer entry to the cider club – please purchase separately where the final event of the Hereford Apple Festival will be taking place.
PICK UP: 10:30am – Green Dragon Hotel, Broad Street, Hereford
DROP OFF (1): 17:00pm – Green Dragon Hotel, Broad Street, Hereford
DROP OFF (2): 17:30pm – Yew Tree Inn, Peterstow, Ross-on-Wye
COST: £99 per person
What’s included:
– full transportation for the day
– expert hosting, commentary and guidance from The Ciderologist
– exclusive, behind the scenes access to Oliver’s, Little Pomona and Newton Court
– tasting multiple ciders through the course of the day
– Ploughman’s lunch
