Denis Gwatkin has launched a seasonal cider this Christmas.
Gwatkin Sant-A-Cider, 7.5% ABV £3.50 568ml bottle, available at Caerphilly Medieval Fayre (11th-12th December) and at Cardiff Christmas Market (from 11th December). Also available in a gift pack with mulling spices and a Gwatkin cider glass.
Award-winning cidermaker Denis Gwatkin, originally from Pontypool but who now farms in Herefordshire at Abbey Dore, has produced this special seasonal drink. Yarlington Mill apples, picked in the Autumn of last year were pressed into juice and this was fermented and aged in oak rum barrels for 12 months.
Santa-A-Cider is a deep orange colour with an intense oaky spirit aroma from the rum cask the cider was fermented in. A medium-dry taste is balanced by some astringency in the aftertaste together with the rum flavour and a warming sensation. Sant-A-Cider is suitable for drinking on its own, or being mulled with cinnamon and spices, as there is a recipe for mulled cider on the bottle label.
I was at Caerphilly Medieval Fayre today and to get the stall selling Santa-A-Cider you had to go inside the Castle. The rest of the fayre was free but it's £3.60 to get in the Castle. £3.60 just to go to a stall selling muled cider! Sigh.
ReplyDeleteIts also available at the Cardiff Xmas market in High street this week.
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