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Juicing, making cider & perry |
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| Basics of Cider Making | from the New Cider Maker’s Handbook |
| Cider Digest | US site that could keep a cider enthusiast busy for a long time |
| Cider Workshop | community of cider & perry makers |
| The Gift of Wine | how to make perry |
| Guardian | article on how to make apple juice (plus how-to gallery of pics at the bottom) |
| Mother Earth News | article: how to make home-made apple juice (in the kitchen) |
| Mother Earth News | article: how to build a DIY cider press |
| Real Cider | cider making information, videos and resources |
| Simple Bites | how to build a cider press and harvest apple juice |
| Small-scale Cidermaking | tons of information on small-scale cider making |
| Wittenham Hill Cider Pages | lots and lots of technical information |
General info & history |
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| Archive of Cider Pomology | an archive of orcharding & cider making |
| The Big Apple | annual cider tasting festival, Herefordshire |
| The Cider Museum | Hereford |
| Herefordshire Cider Route | tour the orchards, cidermakers and pubs of Herefordshire – free leaflets for bicycle touring |
| History of Cider | very detailed history of orchards and cider, back to 1000AD |
| Wikipedia | entry for cider |
| World Wide Words | investigation into the jargon used in cider making |
Selling cider |
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| The Cider Workshop | good series of articles on the commercial considerations of cider making |
| The Cider Workshop | recommended food safety/standards guide for small-scale craft cider/perry making |
| Food Standards Agency | labelling guidance |
| HMRC | law and regulations covering the production, storage and accounting for duty on cider and perry |
| HMRC | form CP33 if you are a maker of cider or perry for sale to claim exemption from registration where the total quantity of cider or perry made is no more than 7000 litres in any 12 month period |
| National Market Traders Federation | membership includes liability and product insurance if you intend to sell at markets |
Networks and campaigns |
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| Campaign for Real Ale | CAMRA’s section on cider |
| Herefordshire CAMRA | the epicentre of cider making |
| National Association of Cider Makers | promoting the cider and perry industries in the UK |
| The Southwest of England Cidermakers Association | cider-makers in Devon, Somerset and the south-west |
| Three Counties Cider & Perry Association | cider and perry in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire & Worcestershire |
| Welsh Perry & Cider Society | welcome to Welsh ciderspace |
