Green Man Cider Batch Info
Information on out Limited Edition, bottle conditioned ciders. Each year we select some of our most interesting barrels, maybe blend a couple together and then give them a further secondary fermentation in the bottle. Usually very limited in number (100 to 200 bottles only per batch)| Barrel Number Year / Number | Apples | Apples from | Gravity of Juice | Date Pressed | Date Bottled | Yeast | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/2 | 100% Morgan Sweet | Venn Orchard, Landkey, North Devon | 1048 | 26/09/19 | 1/02/20 | Saccharomyces cerevisiae x Saccharomyces kudriavzevii | light, lemony and refreshing - Morgan Sweet is one of the earliest ripening apples in the orchard. | |
| 19/3 | Tremletts Bitter 40% - Sweet Alford 60% | Venn Orchard / Chumleigh | 1050 | 3/10/19 | 30/05/20 | AWRI 350 | Still maturing - Release date tbc | |
| 19/5 | Major 50% - Ellis Bitter 50% | Youlston / Bish Mill | 1055 | 10/10/19 | 14/04/20 | Saccharomyces cerevisiae x Saccharomyces kudriavzevii | Tannic west country apples give this blend a nice firm backbone | |
| 19/K1 | 100% Gros Oeillet | Youlston, North Devon | 1048 | 23/11/19 | 12/03/20 | Wild | This keeved cider is produced from probably the only orchard of this variety in the country. It creates a lovely rich cider with some residual sweetness and a hint of bitter orange from the soft tannins. |