Ripe Cider

Cidery in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2022

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St Veep, Lostwithiel, PL22 0PB, England
Description
We (Georgie, Cameron and Raff) are natural cider makers based in St Veep, Cornwall. We make full juice, wild fermented cider with absolutely nothing added. It’s just apples and naturally occurring yeast and bacteria… wild!

Cameron was formerly Head Brewer at Brixton Brewery, so is very familiar with fermentation. In 2019 both he and Georgie left London to set out to learn how they could live a lower impact life, WWOOFing (volunteering on organic farms) around Europe and the UK in a self-converted van.

The conversion to cider came after reading about how orchards support soil health, biodiversity and wildlife; realising they could bring together Cameron’s brewing experience, with the desire to work with the seasons, the land, with a single raw ingredient and very little energy input to produce a delicious drink with so much incredible history and culture.

As they don't have their own land they hand pick unwanted apples from unsprayed local orchards in return for pruning and maintenance. Orchards are great for biodiversity; the combination of fruit trees, the grassland floor, hedgerow boundaries and scrub mean they offer an array of habitats that add to the plant diversity to support a vast range of species. However, many have been scrubbed up and they are now considered an endangered habitat.Their aim is to help protect and preserve these rare habitats and produce tasty, low impact ciders.

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75cl bottle from Pullo Exeter, shared with Soph by the river. Misty yellow complexion. Excellent fruity sweet definition with a great Chardonnay influence. Really good.
Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2024 at 18:52

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750ml bottle. Hazed orange gold colour, white foam head that quickly dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of fruity apple, some funk. Taste is juicy apple, fruity, peach notes, fleshy, citrus, with some funk, tartness and drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2024 at 20:23

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Pullo. Slightly hazed golden colour, no head and aroma of apple, wood barrel, oak, funk. Taste is sweet, apple, funky, with barrel notes, woody, oaky, vanilla, red wine, and drying bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2023 at 20:02

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
125ml glass at The Cider House, Borough Market , Saturday 15Jul2023. Slightly hazed yellow gold colour, short-lived white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of fruity apple, funk. Taste is tangy, tart, apple, fleshy, funk, with some citric notes and bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried on 16 Jul 2023 at 18:27

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750ml bottle from Buon Vino. Golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of apple, oaky, citric, sharp funky. Taste is tart, tangy, apple, citric, acetic funk, woody, oak, with some drying tannins. Slick mouthfeel, medium bodied, light carbonation, dry sour tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2022 at 17:54

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
14/9/2022. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours slightly hazy golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of baked apple, cinnamon, spice, leather, light funky notes. Medium sweetness, light bitterness and tartness. Moderate body, slightly oily, soft carbonation. Light dryness to finish. Enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2022 at 10:41

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750ml bottle from Pullo. Sparkling, orangey gold colour, fizzy white foam head that dissipates to a thin layer and aroma of apple, fruity, funk, earthy. Taste is tart, tangy, apple, stone fruit notes, woody, some funk, orchardy, with drying bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2022 at 20:32