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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 06/10/2026

Today is the 117th consecutive day somewhere in the UK has recorded a temperature of 20°C or higher. The 11th of June was the last time we didn't reach this threshold. Fresher air comes in on Wednesday allowing temperatures to fall, and likely to stay just below 20°C.

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Nathan @infieldfryup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

www.theguardian.com/food/2026/oc... Just bought the Eric Bordelet mentioned in this article today, for drinking tomorrow night. Nice coincidence

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A perry respectable alternative to wine – in praise of pear cider

Beyond Babycham there is a whole cottage industry of small-batch fine perries that are surprisingly perfect for pairing with food

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Nightingale Cider Co @nightingalecider.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sam and Kim recently popped into The Jolly Fisherman in Hastings, a proper old-school pub housed in an 18th-century building, with a selection of craft beer, cask ales, Belgian bottles and ciders. Our Dabinett Bramley cider collab with @rosscider.bsky.social was pouring, so we had a glass!

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Barry M @barmas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I honestly thought Albert @rosscider.bsky.social was pulling my leg when he told me our Jeremias Runde had won 1st place in the @3ccpa.bsky.social Perry Championship, and then I was told it also got Best in Show, Supreme Champion! Really not sure how to process that yet! 😁 Thrilled!

Bottle of our perry with a pear shaped wooden trophy, a rosette for champion, and the first prize for the dry perry category

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The Museum of Cider, Hereford @museumofcider.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tickets for our expert led talks and tastings are available to reserve on our website, for FREE! Join Albert Johnson @rosscider.bsky.social for 'Perry Pear Varieties to Rely On: A Fireblight Resistance Tasting' at 3.15pm on Sat 3rd October🍐 @3ccpa.bsky.social

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Malvern Pudding is a fun one to do too

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When there's all this fruit around it's very restorative to eat as much as possible as well as turn it into cider!

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ManofWye @manofwye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s my new favourite drinking hole - perry and cider from all sorts of places and it’s just brilliant- Pat Lock is the very genial owner and can mix up a perfect combo of whatever taste palette you want. Heartily recommend - Thu to Sat.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Best thing about harvest season is that it is also baking season. A summer of being too hot to use the oven is now over! Huzzah!

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We've had Sam present at our cider club. He's the real deal.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Foxwhelp. One of the great apple varieties. Favoured for five centuries, the cider it produces cannot be matched by any other variety for it's intensity, clarity of expression, and notes of strawberries, rhubarb and raspberry depending on vintage / method / orchard.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Early Taynton Squash, afaik. Again very scab heavy, doubt it helps it's a very thick, twiggy canopy growing on a north slope and an absolutely massive tree. Favoured sleeping spot for sheep means we have no grass under it either. Makes a Perry that tastes of pears poached in honey. Love it

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Aylton Red, Aka Red Pear. Someone once told me they're meant to be two different varieties but I don't know about that. Our trees are established but prone to scab, yet they're very productive and it makes a supreme, creamy, nutty Perry. 1 month early this year which is bonkers and an outlier.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thorn pears, from two different orchards. An iconic early season perry pear, probably the second most common variety after Blakeney Red. Good acidity with often light tannins too. Healthy, semi-vigorous trees. Heartily endorse.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Definitely agree it is worth heading to Chester, but actually what Sarah is drinking is the new version of Autumn. We have sold out of the Collab original. Just a handful of keykegs left that aren't onsale anywhere currently!

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yes, exactly. Was the same story last year. The little bit of rain at the end of August has also been timely in swelling the early season fruit. Not that the Foxwhelp would show it mind!

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Sarah @hopandwedge.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Since @rosscider.bsky.social Autumn is absolutely delicious, a very me cider and each sip really does evoke the season

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The power that controls the money in the world seems to be relentless in making decisions that threaten human security and damage the environment. It's depressing. At least for us on our small patch of this earth, we can do what we can to be part of the antidote. If such a thing can be hoped for!

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Climate change is a real and serious threat. The fruit may be doing well but the actual health of the tree is a different and separate issue. We have diversified our fruiting varieties to now more than 200, and that diversity is our biggest buffer against extreme, unpredictable growing seasons.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On our farm this year the weather has been difficult for working but excellent for fruit. Our established, wide canopy trees protect the soil and the ground moisture whilst enjoying the sunshine on their fruit. I am expecting 2026 to produce some of the best quality ciders and perries we have made.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Harvest has begun. We have moved almost everything on the farm in the last two weeks to create a festival and then a pressing space. It's a superhuman effort that requires long hours and determination. But yesterday we put the first pears through the press and already I am filled now with excitement

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Four days to go to RossFest 2026. Another special volunteer dinner. Fourth crumble of the season. Bramley and mistakenly picked up Somerset Redstreaks. They fit in well though. Plus earlier: it was a bit wet.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The red apples on the ground always ripen this time of year and they're very very tasty. But all those photos are from the orchard in the bottom of the farm valley which has a spring & brook running along it. So they're well watered.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Entirely dependent on variety and also the situation of each orchard. Our Beauty of Bath were mid quality this year, not very pleasant to eat due to lack of juice! But on the other hand I've been eating the Cwm Maddoc beauty that fall from the tree, over a month early, and they're gorgeous.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Fruit is epic. It's nearly harvest. Gonna be a doozy

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Barry M @barmas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

When I took over the running of Cider Review two-and-a-half years ago, one of my goals (and act of self preservation) was to try increase the number of voices, especially geographically, on the site. So I’m very happy to welcome Will to our group of contributors, and it’s a great piece!

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I'm sorry to read this Sarah. I'll have a word with the team. Thanks for coming to visit us as always, sorry I was out today or I'd have liked to catch up! Hope your journey home has been smooth.

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Barry M @barmas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We have 539 subscribers on Cider Review right now. I’d love to get that to 600 by the end of the year. If you like cider and perry, or are interested in the cultures that support these amazing drinks, why not sign up for notifications on our weekly articles. Go tell your drinks-interested friends! ☺️

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 08/08/2026

Great session @thatbeerplace.co.uk in #Chester y'day. No fewer than 7(!) ciders & perries on offer. Tried them all, in thirds. Ranged from 'very drinkable' to 'bloody gorgeous'. Personal fave was the @rosscider.bsky.social s.v. Major (on the left in the pic), v. dry w. superb depth of flavour.

Three glasses of cider (first two) and Perry (third one) on a wooden table top.

A television screen showing A list of beers and ciders at That Beer Place in Chester.

A page of text explaining "why you should be drinking REAL CIDER', from That Beer Place in Chester.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Been told our Perry bib is on sale at Mother Kelly's in Vauxhall!

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Yes the codling moth is ruining my small beauty of bath crop, a proper anticlimax after looking forward to it for a couple months. What's worse is they're burrowing into the Cwm Maddoc Beauty too even though it won't ripen until October! So rude!

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Mark @rfcider.eurosky.social · 28/07/2026

Stoopid Me! Must remember to check Tap 18 at Beerhouse once in a while. Outstanding Perry from @rosscider.bsky.social #Perry

Glass of Ross-on-Wye Thorn Single Variety Perry

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Cider Review @ciderreview.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The Lady & the Cornish Giant: Investigating Colloggett Pippin. All about a most useful Cornish cider apple. By Bea Swanson, featuring @vagrantcider.bsky.social , Cwm Maddoc and Ripe Cider.

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The Lady & the Cornish Giant: Investigating Colloggett Pippin

All about a most useful Cornish cider apple.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

What an astonishing, beautiful, massive privilege it is to be a cidermaker.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

If you've never watched this celebration of Herefordshire Cider, it is worth half an hour of your time. It is worth a dozen hours of your time. Cider is extraordinary! What a heritage and a world we inhabit! youtu.be/e1qR4F4wp2Q?...

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Golden Fire Documentary

YouTube video by Discover Cider

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Bar will be open from 12. We might be a bit disorganised getting the judging started so soon after that works

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Stirchley Wines & Spirits @stirchleywines.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The weekend is upon us again, and we've just taken delivery of some lovely single variety ciders from @rosscider.bsky.social. 🍏 Improved Lambrook - 6.2% 🍎 Tom Putt - 6.5% 🍏 Hagloe Crab (Vintage) - 6.8% 🍎 Adam's Pearmain (Vintage) - 7.5% #VivaStirchley #ShopIndependent #Cider

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Stirchley Wines & Spirits @stirchleywines.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Where there is cider there is also Perry; @rosscider.bsky.social deliver again including a couple of varieties from a single tree on the orchard. 🍐Bartestree Squash - 5.6% 🍐Newbridge ST - 6% 🍐Judge Amphlett ST - 6.5% #VivaStirchley #ShopIndependent #Perry

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Will Rea @willrea.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Thankful to have a pour of this today. @rosscider.bsky.social

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Petersgate Tap @petersgatetap.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We have a few tkts left for our Scottish ales tasting on Sunday June7. 6 rare and interesting beers plus our cheese selection, free beer raffle and @beer4john.bsky.social hosting. All for £30. What else are you going to do on a Sunday?

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

To be fair, it's at the sort of place that just makes drinking anything there that extra bit more enjoyable.

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West Cheshire CAMRA @camrawestcheshire.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

We are pleased to announce that for the 3rd consecutive year, the winner of the @camraofficial.bsky.social West Cheshire Branch Cider Pub of the Year for 2026 is @thatbeerplace.co.uk in Chester. Congratulations to Dale, Lisa and all their staff on yet another well deserved win.

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Completely spineless for the UK govt to magic up 2.5bn from nowhere on the inflationary scam that is AI when extracting the absolute maximum in day to day taxes from hospitality and other small businesses.

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Nathan @infieldfryup.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

A little Sunday drink. Spring Cider, a Collab between @rosscider.bsky.social and @thatbeerplace.co.uk and it's light, zesty, and thoroughly refreshing! #bskybeer

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Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry @rosscider.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Fascinating to compare the 1 year growth of these two different top worked trees. The first image shows Sandford Jersey and the second Kimbolton (I think, but I was walking Freya). Where one has exclusively upright growth, the bushier habit of the Sandford is quite exciting and unusual!

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