Gotbadger

Anyone who knows me will know how much I enjoy a glass of nice cider, they may have even heard me rave on about a particular cider works; biddenden’s. Now rewind a few years to when I first discovered real cider I was at the beer festival in Newcastle a lively even run by the Newcastle arm of CAMRA not being a big real ale drinker I decided to try some of the ciders, that moment changed my view of ciders. When people say cider you usually get this image of kids in a park drinking 2 liters of what might charitably be called piss, the real cider I tasted that day was like biting into the best tasting apple you have ever eaten.

Anyway fast forward a few years and now luckily for me the range of ciders you can get is expanding in decent pubs you now have a choice of more than strongbow and woodpecker but wait it gets better! Now the cider works themselves are starting to sell direct and that brings me back to biddenden’s. I first discovered there cider while in Kent we visited the vineyard/ciderworks and bought a couple of bottles which I then consumed far too quickly luckly on the back of one of the bottles I spotted a domain name, the rest is history. For about £40 you can get 12 litres of the good stuff shipped to your door, this Christmas I’m thinking about getting a case of spiced cider known as ‘Monks Delight’ (lovely warm) to pass those cold evenings