Chorlton Beer & Cider Festival has always strived to bring you the very best selection of traditional ciders & perries possible and has become one of the leading cider and perry events in the north, with one of the largest ranges of any festival.
There will be over 50 varieties available sourced from some of the finest producers around.
Traditional cider is made from apples – no syrups, concentrate, artificial gas or other additives. Perry is the same, only made from pears (there is no such thing as pear cider so don’t ask us fo it)
The following is the list of ciders and perries order for the festival. Final list available at festival subject to change.
| CIDERS |
| Producer (Location) |
Name |
ABV |
Style |
| Ashover (Derby) |
Poet’s pippin |
6% |
Dry |
| Biddenden (Kent) |
Strong Medium |
8% |
Medium |
| Broadoak (Somerset) |
Bristol Port |
6% |
Medium |
| Broadoak (Somerset) |
Moonshine |
7.5% |
Dry |
| Burrow Hill (Somerset) |
Dry |
6% |
Dry |
| Celtic Marches (Worcester) |
Lily the Pink |
4.6% |
Medium |
| Celtic Marches (Worcester) |
Thundering Molly |
5.2% |
Medium |
| Countryman (Devon) |
Gold Label |
7.0% |
Sweet |
| Double vision (Kent) |
Cherry, raspberry and Strawberry |
5.3% |
Sweet |
| Dunham Press (Cheshire) |
Dry |
6.4% |
Dry |
| Dunham Press (Cheshire) |
Katy |
6.2% |
Sweet |
| Dunham Press (Cheshire) |
Medium |
6% |
Medium |
Green Valley (Devon) |
Speyside Cask |
8.3% |
Dry |
| Green Valley (Devon) |
Vintage |
8.2% |
Dry |
| Gwatkins (Hereford) |
Stoke red |
7.5% |
Sweet |
| Gwatkins (Hereford) |
Yarlington Mill |
7.5% |
Medium |
| Gwynt Y Ddraig (Wales) |
Black Dragon |
7.3% |
Dry |
| Hecks (Somerset) |
Kingston Black |
6.5% |
Dry |
| Hurst View (Stafford) |
Dry Cider |
6% |
Dry |
| Hurst View (Stafford) |
Jibber Jabber |
7.5% |
Medium |
| Moss Cider (Manchester) |
0 |
0% |
Dry |
| Olivers (Hereford) |
cider |
6% |
Medium |
| Once upon a tree (Herefordshire) |
Tumpy Ground |
7% |
Medium |
| Orgasmic (Hereford) |
Cider |
6% |
0 |
| Red Bank (Bolton) |
Admiral’s rum |
5.5% |
Sweet |
| Red Bank (Bolton) |
Autumn Orchard |
7% |
Medium |
| Red Bank (Bolton) |
Blueberry |
5.5% |
Sweet |
| Red Bank (Bolton) |
Raspberry |
5.5% |
Sweet |
| Rosie’s (Wales) |
Black Bart |
7.2% |
Sweet |
| Rosie’s (Wales) |
wicked wasp |
7.2% |
Medium |
| Sheppy’s (Somerset) |
Blackberry and elderflower |
4% |
Sweet |
| Sheppy’s (Somerset) |
Dry |
6% |
Dry |
| Sheppy’s (Somerset) |
Medium |
6% |
Medium |
| Sheppy’s (Somerset) |
Sweet |
6% |
Sweet |
| Snailsbank (Hereford) |
Ginger |
4% |
Medium |
| Snailsbank (Hereford) |
Pigsqueal |
7% |
Medium |
| Snailsbank (Hereford) |
Rhubarb |
4% |
Sweet |
| Westcroft (Somerset) |
Janet’s jungle juice |
6% |
Dry |
| Westons (Hereford) |
Rosie’s pig |
4.8% |
Sweet |
| Winkleigh (Devon) |
Sam’s cider |
6% |
Medium |
| PERRIES |
| Broadoak (Somerset) |
Perry |
7.5% |
Medium |
| Double vision (Kent) |
Impeared vision perry |
7.4% |
Sweet |
| Gwatkins (Hereford) |
Farmhouse perry |
7% |
Sweet |
| Gwynt Y Ddraig (Wales) |
Pyder |
6% |
Medium |
| Gwynt Y Ddraig (Wales) |
Two trees perry |
4.5% |
Medium |
| Hogans (Warwickshire) |
Poachers perry |
5.8% |
Medium |
| Hurst View (Stafford) |
Puckered Pear |
6% |
Medium |
| Newtons (Herefordshire) |
Perry |
6% |
Sweet |
| Olivers (Hereford) |
perry |
6% |
Medium |
| Red Bank (Bolton) |
Crackin’ Pear |
7% |
Sweet |
| Stockmoor (Herefordshire) |
Farm Perry |
5% |
Medium |
| Westons (Hereford) |
Country perry |
5% |
Sweet |
The festival last hosted the Speciality Round in 2014 when RedWillow’s Smokeless – a smoked chipotle infused porter – took the Gold. Runners up were Jinja Ninja from Peerless and Way Out Wheat from Crewe’s Offbeat Brewery.