The BotF Cider List

The growth of Cider cannot be ignored. Unlike the cooler craze of the late ’80s, there are significant indicators that Cider will be a more long lasting trend in Australia’s alcoholic beverage landscape. For example, did you ever hear of a “Cooler Bar”, being opened? Cider Bars are starting to open in Sydney. There’s a history to cider and natural produce is heavily involved. With coolers, grapes were allegedly involved, and the closest Wild Peach ever got to a peach was being sold in a liquorland next to a bottle of peach schnapps.

So with that predicted longevity, BotF has decided to create the BotF Cider List. The other good thing about Cider is that there are plenty of countries getting in on the act. It is doubtful that the list will get to 39 countries in a year like the BotF Beer List, it’ll get into double figures soon.

Currently the list sits at 8 ciders reviewed from 4 countries.

Cider	Brewer	Country
Kelly Brothers Sparkling Cider	Kelly Brothers Brewing CoYarra Valley	Australia
Snowies Blonde Cider	Hunter Valley	Australia
		2
Natch	Gaymer Cider CompanyShepton Mallet, Somerset	England
Katy	Thatchers Cider Company LtdSandford, Somerset	England
Pheasant Plucker Scrumpy Cider	Broadoak Cider CoClutton, Somerset	England
Thatchers Scrumpy Jug	Thatchers Cider Company LtdSandford, Somerset	England
		4
St. Heliers Pear Cider	St.HeliersSt. Heliers	Jersey
		1
Escanciador Sidra	Sidra EscanciadorVillviciosa	Spain
		1
4 Countries		8 ciders