Learn & Discover
Learn & Discover
Tasting Kent & Eastern style ciders
A CAMRA Learn & Discover video guide
As someone who either drinks and knows cider already or is interested in finding out more you’ll become increasingly aware that cider, like wine, is associated with localities, regional identity and a sense of place. In this video guide drinks educator and micro-pub owner Alison Taffs takes us on a journey into Kent & Eastern Style ciders exploring the aromas, flavours and characteristics we might expect when drinking them.
Alison Taffs
A drinks educator with 20 years working across the food and drinks sectors. Co-founder The Grape Society, running tastings & events. Co-owner & landlady of The Hop Inn micropub in Hornchurch.
Cider blending & maturation: Pt. 1
A CAMRA Learn & Discover video guide
In this 2 part series on cider blending and maturation, Bill Bradshaw guides us through a series of conversations with some of the foremost blenders at the zenith of the cider-makers craft. The kind of ciders that find us at the bottom of an empty glass, savouring the moment and dreaming of what led us there. This series features Tom Oliver of Oliver’s Cider, founders of Little Pomona cider, James and Susanna Forbes, founders of Find and Foster fine ciders, Mat and Polly Hilton and retired biochemist, cider maker and veteran of Long Ashton Research Station (the National Fruit and Cider Institute), Andrew Lea. (This video features robust language in praise of cider).
Alison Taffs
A drinks educator, Co-founder The Grape Society, co-owner & landlady of The Hop Inn micropub in Hornchurch.
“You get soft, almost wine like aromatics, refeshing… acidity and apple driven, when you try Kent and Eastern style ciders”
— Alison Taffs
“You get soft, almost wine like aromatics, refeshing… acidity and apple driven, when you try Kent and Eastern style ciders”
— Alison Taffs
