Touring the UK Cider Heartland

On a recent trip to the UK we took the opportunity to explore the three counties area of Britain – the traditional heart land of cider and perry production. From our rented coach house apartment in Hereford we set out on our bikes to tour a few of the different...

Cider – Theres an App for that!

We poured recently at the BC Cider Festival in North Vancouver – a great event with over 2000 enthusiastic cider lovers all looking to try the bounty of BC’s orchards.  Many of the participating cideries are members of the BC Farm Crafted Cider Association...

Did you have a nice winter off?

I get asked this question a lot!  While admittedly we can spend the whole winter season in the one set of work clothes and we don’t have to brush our hair as often we’re still as busy at the cidery as during the summer.  In fact it sometimes seems more frantic, but...

What on earth does a chicken have to do with cider?

We often get asked why we have a chicken on our logo – after all what does cider have to do with chickens of any type or colour?  When Teresa, our graphic designer presented me with the various options for our logo back in 2015 my initial reaction was the same. ...

Prost to the Most!

We opened the cidery three weeks earlier than usual this year and while I would like to say its because we’re more organized or committed the simple truth is that I wasn’t going on holiday this May.  Last year Sean and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary...

There’s a Cidery in Langley? Really?

As we get ready to open the doors for our third season, this is still a question I get asked all the time when I tell people what I do for a living.   I can’t really complain, we’ve been rushed off our feet with customers tasting and enjoying the cider most weekends...