The following is the list of beers that are anticipated to be available in the 2015 festival.
Please note: this list is not final and is subject to change.
Cider Name | Brewery | % ABV | Style | Description |
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Slack Alice | Celtic Marches | 4.6 | Medium | A medium well rounded yet a little tart 4.6% cider drier than Thundering Molly – still mellow with a very slight tart finish.A customer has described it as ‘Great mouth feel and a lot going on on the flavour front’ – you’re onto a winner!! |
Thundering Molly | Celtic Marches | 5.2 | Medium | Thundering Molly 5.2% vol is a well rounded medium cider.Fresh and fruity with a lovely apple aroma |
Butchers Boy | Circle Cider | 7 | Sweet | Butchers Boy, our Swindon CAMRA award winning, sweet, cider. Made from a blend of all types of apples. It celebrates the relationship between orchard and livestock throughout the taditional cider making process. We recommend drinking it slightly chilled to appreciate its textured flavour. |
Cats Tongue | Circle Cider | 6.1 | Dry | A dry cider, dryer than a cats tongue, not for the faint hearted but certainly for the scrumpy lover out there. |
Round About Swindon | Circle Cider | 5.6 | Medium Sweet | A medium sweet cider created from the apples round and about swindon, either picked by ourselves or swapped with local reisdents. This cider is smooth and enjoyed chilled. |
No Bull | Gwatkin | 4.5 | Medium Sweet | No Bull Medium Cider is orange-brown in colour and has an appley aroma together with some vanilla tones. A smooth but sweet toffee-apple taste leads to mild tannins on the aftertaste and a rounded finish. An easy-to drink medium sweet cider that would appeal to most cider drinkers. |
Game Cock | Gwatkin | 4.5 | Sweet | The Game Cock cider, like the bird is hardy and dauntless in character and won’t take long to ruffle your feathers. Game Cock Sweet Cider is light-brown in colour with rich fresh apple aromas. Sweet-tasting with mild tannins appearing in the aftertaste. |
Fiery Fox | Gwynt Y Ddraig | 6.5 | Medium | Golden medium cider with a refreshing apple aroma. Smooth balanced flavour that has a fresh, crisp sharpness. |
Vintage Dry | Hecks Farmhouse Cider | 7 | Dry | |
Apples & Pears | Lilleys | 5.2 | Perry Cider | Apples and pears cider is made with 88% pear and 12% apple sweet in flavour with a mouth watering almost exotic taste. |
Bee Sting | Lilleys | 7.5 | Perry Cider | Bee Sting Sweet but incredibly refreshing with a glorious but fresh tasting pear flavour and a wonderful pear aroma. |
Mango Cider | Lilleys | 4 | Fruit Cider | Mango cider, an aromatic sweet cider expertly blended with exotic mango to create a mouth watering tropical flavour.Lightly sparkled. |
Bittersweet Dry | Lilleys | 6 | Dry | A cloudy traditional scrumpy style cider no added sugar with a strong apple flavour. Truly Scrumptious |
Fanny's Bramble | Sandford Orchards | 4 | Fruit Cider | A gentle amble out of Sandford towards Shaky Bridge threads along Fanny's Lane. In the autumn the blackberries from its hedges join local apples in many pies and crumbles. We pluck a few away to add to our own special recipe. We think this is a uniquely fruity and refreshing cider. |
Summer Fruit | Snailsbank | 4 | Fruit Cider | A smooth, flavoursome, easy drinking fruity cider |