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Title: Fishing cider
Post by: James Laraway on 29/09/2021 at 17:58
Mrs L bought we a wee pressie

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Title: Re: Fishing cider
Post by: Terry Coging on 29/09/2021 at 20:10
Wow! I love 'proper' cider. Cider making and restoring presses and scratters is one of my other interests. 
I'll be on a cider making w/e in Somerset in a fortnight  :z18 Where did you obtain this collection from?
Title: Re: Fishing cider
Post by: James Laraway on 29/09/2021 at 22:23
There's a place called Colcombe House in Hereford that do mail order, they have a website if you 'google' them.
Haven't tasted it yet but I'm sure it'll be good !
Title: Re: Fishing cider
Post by: Terry Coging on 01/10/2021 at 10:05
Thank you James. It solves the Christmas present problem for a couple of fishing buddies that have everything. I'll order a few cases.
Curiously, my business was only a mile away on the other side of the Wye from Colcombe House. They were not an a noted cider producer then, in fact a lot of orchards were in decline. Their website shows a picture of an angler posing with some monster Wye salmon. Indeed in it's day it could match any UK river for plentiful, large salmon. I fished it regularly in the 80's and 90's and witnessed a massif decline. In fact I stopped fishing for salmon altogether, believing that they were an endangered species.
Title: Re: Fishing cider
Post by: James Laraway on 01/10/2021 at 19:41
I can confirm that the 'new catch' cider (in a can) is very very nice
Title: Re: Fishing cider
Post by: Richard Green on 17/10/2021 at 11:31
Colcombe House was the fishing lodge used by J Arthur Hutton and his friends when they had the tenancy of the Carrots Fishery at Hampton Bishop.
Richard
Title: Re: Fishing cider
Post by: James Laraway on 23/10/2021 at 19:12
Happy to report that their 'Willie Gunn' cider is lovely too. Totally reccomend their cider...