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Breakwells Seedling apple on tree
Craft Cider

First cider of 2019

The barren wilderness of dry January has passed, so it must be time to sell the first cider of 2019 🙂 In 2018 we sold out six months early which was spectacular. It did mean we were left with several Read more…

By Alex Simmens, 6 yearsFebruary 12, 2019 ago
Christmas Shop Poster
Craft Cider

Christmas Shop

Christmas is nearly upon us! I can barely believe it but Christmas is right around the corner. It feels like yesterday I was picking apples in the orchard in Llanblethian in the sunshine panicking about how much work harvest brings. Read more…

By Alex Simmens, 6 yearsDecember 11, 2018 ago
Yarlington Mill apples
cider making

2018 Cider Making in review

2018 Cider Making season in review The 2018 cider making season has now finished, finally. Hip hip hooray! Cider making season is always a hectic time of year. Essentially you have 2-3 months to make all the next years cider. Read more…

By Alex Simmens, 6 yearsNovember 12, 2018 ago
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Cidr making open day Sat 13th October cancelled due to storm Callum

Unfortunately  we have had to cancel our cider making open day on Sat 13th October due to storm Callum. The wind speed on the top of the hill where we are based is such it would be unsafe to erect Read more…

By Alex Simmens, 6 years ago
muddy tractor picking
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Domain woes to llan or not to llan

Hi all, on prompting by a user we have discovered an error with our website. The email contact form was issuing an error and not sending emails out to us. After the primary domain was changed from glamcider.wales to llancider.wales Read more…

By Alex Simmens, 6 yearsOctober 9, 2018 ago
Breakwells seedling apple tree in Llanblethian orchard, Cowbridge.
cider making

Pressing first cider apples of 2018, Breakwell’s Seedling

Where has the year gone, I can’t believe it’s cider pressing season already! It seems only yesterday when it was snowing and I was cursing the fact it was too cold for the cider to finish fermenting. Last year we Read more…

By Alex Simmens, 7 yearsSeptember 6, 2018 ago
Photo of Gwhelog perry pear from Llanblethian Orchard
Orchard

Checking on this years harvest

As it is now August one of the most important jobs in our orchard in Llanblethian is checking on this years harvest to ensure we have enough crop and determine what fruit needs to be sourced elsewhere. Pears From looking Read more…

By Alex Simmens, 7 years ago
Photograph of our webshop
Webshop

Our webshop is now online for all your cider vinegar needs

Our new webshop is now open! At launch we are selling our traditional cider vinegars as well cider infused oak chips for use on smoking bbq’s. Hopefully later this week we will also be offering a limited number of Llanblethian Read more…

By Alex Simmens, 7 yearsJuly 30, 2018 ago
Focaccia dough dressed
Pizza Oven

Focaccia in the pizza oven

At the cider barn it’s not all work, work, work (although it can feel like it some days!). Jonas and myself have been talking about making focaccia at the barn open days (next open day is the 21st July 12-9pm). Read more…

By Alex Simmens, 7 yearsJuly 6, 2018 ago
Craft Cider

Our new Craft cider is selling well :)

Our first craft cider is selling well at the awsome St Canna’s Ale House Llandaff road. Thanks for having us James 🙂 One thing yet to do is finalise the logo for our new craft range. Any of these grab Read more…

By Alex Simmens, 7 yearsJuly 4, 2018 ago

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