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Jun 1, 2023
Fruitlets - Spanish Tap - New Batches
The trees in the orchard that finished flowering are now sporting little ‘fruitlets’ – the swelling of the stem just ...
May 1, 2023
Blossom! - Tap Nights! - Brewhaven
A bumper year for blossom – we haven’t previously seen flowers quite so prolific in the orchard at B&B HQ – provi...
Apr 1, 2023
Flowers - Injuries - New batches
Spring has been pretty cold so far, but finally the blossoms on the fruit trees are starting to burst into life. Plum...
Mar 1, 2023
Its Cold - Tank Cleaning - Preparing for Summer
Buds are starting to appear on the fruit trees as we finally see an end to winter – although snow still falls around ...
Feb 1, 2023
Wassail!
Wassaile the trees, that they may beare
You many a Plum and many a Peare:
For more or lesse fruits they will bring,
A...
Jan 1, 2023
Tidying and Sorting - Bottling machine
After the busy festive period, January gives us an opportunity to catch up on a few tasks around the cidery - rearran...
Jun 17, 2022
We Won A Medal! - Our First Tap Night
Thankfully we escaped May with no further frost and the fruit on the trees are starting to develop nicely. Some of th...
May 6, 2022
Cool to the Core Winners - Brewhaven - Blossom everywhere
Wow! A bumper year for blossom. The trees have been laden with stunning flowers and (touch wood) so far have largely ...
Apr 15, 2022
The blossom is here - We are a COOL Brand (officially)
Spring time at the cidery is great, not least because our hands don’t freeze while bottling and packing!
The orchard ...
Mar 4, 2022
Cool to the Core!
Bignose & Beardy celebrate being voted a Cool Brand by recognising other people, who actually are cool, with a ne...
Mar 1, 2022
Getting Shipshape - Oak Matured Cider
A quiet time of year at the cidery, providing that all important time and opportunity to get better organised – stora...
Feb 2, 2022
Giant molehills - Leaking tanks - Buds on the trees
Following on from January’s tasting and testing of our new spring batches, we are starting to firm up names – a retur...
