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Here’s Why the Best Time to Be a Cider Lover in Ireland is Now

The history of apple growing in Ireland is at least 3,000 years old, even older if one counts wild crab apples blooming since the Stone Age. The fruit features often in Irish mythology; from Cúchulainn to the Children of Tuireann, and it is the source of one of the oldest fermented drinks, cider. One of the earliest documented references …

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Irish Craft Ciders that Even Non Cider Drinkers will Love

How Do you Like them Apples? Irish Craft Ciders that Even Non Cider Drinkers will Love

Cider is one of those drinks that are poised for growing popularity between the worlds of wine and beer. Similar to wine, cider is made by fermenting a fruit’s juice (apples rather than grapes), but also shares beer’s lower alcohol range between 4% and 8% ABV. In northern European countries that were too cool to …

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Great News for Bulmers Lovers as €1.8 Million Visitor Centre Has Been Announced

Bulmers, one of Ireland’s most popular ciders, is involved in a €5 million tourism project with Tipperary County Council. The project will bring a €1.8 million visitor centre to Clonmel. The attraction, set to be built at West Gate, is expected to bring 100,000 visitors to Tipperary Town each year. It hopes to attract Bulmers …

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Whiskey, Casks, and Barrel-Aged Cider

Barrel Aged Cider: Apples and Whiskey Casks Make Great Friends

With some truly awe-inspiring cideries in Ireland crafting fabulous artisanal cider, we are a bit spoiled for choice.  To change the flavours or add to their already increasingly delicious products, many cider makers have begun experimenting with adding fruits or spices to their mixes. But one of the newest trends to hit Ireland, which is …

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McGargles Trader Tommy’s Apple Cider - Craft Cider Review

McGargles Trader Tommy’s Apple Cider – Craft Cider Review

Having never been much of a cider drinker other than some sugary sweet Scandinavian varieties that I favoured for a fleeting moment in my early twenties, I often found it curious that regular beer drinkers would make the seasonal switch as soon as the elusive Irish sun appeared on a summer’s day, opting for pint bottles …

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