 Welcome to the The Somerset Cider Brandy Company Ltd trade stand.
The first written records of Cider Brandy go back to 1678. Recently
however there has been a revival of interest, led principally by the
Somerset Cider Brandy Company which in 1989 was granted by HM Customs,
the first full cider distilling licence in recorded history.
Somerset Cider Brandy evokes all the magic and mystery of the West Country's proud cider making and apple growing tradition.
In the autumn, vintage cider apples, with wonderful names like
Dabinett, Kingston Black, Stoke Red, Yarlington Mill and Harry Masters,
are gathered, blended, pressed and the juice is then fermented in huge
oak vats.
After three months the cider is distilled and clear spirit, known as
Eau-de-Vie or the 'water of life', is drawn off and trickled into
barrels.
The barrels play a very important role in the ageing process but it is
the apples, the soil and the climate of Somerset which give our Cider
Brandy it's unique character, similar but also very different to French
Cider Brandy produced in the Calvados region.
The barrels are either sherry barrels from Jerez or new oak barrels from Hungary and the Limousin forests of France.For further information or to purchase any of these products please
visit our Website at www.ciderbrandy.co.uk
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