Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Gabe Cook (aka Ciderologist) is a cider educator based in the UK. On the episode (recorded at Haywood Cider Farm in Cornwall) we take a deep dive into the culture, history and appreciation of cider, tasting our way through half a dozen English and American ciders. See links below for those producers and products.
haywoodfarmcider.co.uk
wildingcider.co.uk
baumanscider.com
greggs-pit.co.uk
oliversciderandperry.co.uk
chancecider.com
00:00 Is Cider the UK’s National Drink? Consumption Data, Asturias in Spain, History of Cider in UK
08:35 Apples for Cider Making: Varieties, Blending vs. Single Variety, Growing Conditions & Regions, Cider from Non-Traditional Markets (Japan)
15:50 Terroir in Apples
19:20 Resolving the Spectrum of Quality and Price in Cider, Range & Use Cases, Production Methods
23:55 Are Ciders Made only from Apples? Onions? Cider Consumption 70’s - 90’s
30:45 Haywood Cider Farm - Traditional Cider Making
33:40 Emergence of Big Brands: Magners & Bulmers
35:30 Tasting Wilding Cider: Sparkling vs. Still Cider - Force Carbonation & Natural Fermentation, Cider as a Wine Replacement, Barrel Ageing Cider
48:30 Tasting Bauman’s Cider: USA Cider Production, Mountain Rose Apples, Yeast & Fermentation, Importation of Cider in the UK, Portland
1:01:56 Cider Bars in the UK, Cider Perception in the UK, Baggage
1:05:40 Tasting Gregg’s Pit Thorn Variety Perry - Perry Production, Origins of Fizzy Cider and Debunking Dom Perignon, Cider Tax, Politics and Economics of Drink
1:22:00 The Joy of the Apple Harvest, Community & Tradition, Tristan’s Homemade Perry
1:28:22 Tasting Tom Oliver’s Biere Du Verger Co-Ferment Barley & Perry - Tom Oliver
1:37:20 Tasting Chance Clean Cider 0% - Non-Alcoholic Cider, Yeast for Non-Alcoholic Ferments
1:45:00 Modern Cider: Coupette Bar in London, Challenges for Cider, Education, Opportunity, Cider vs. Wine vs. Beer
1:54:00 The Versatility of Cider: Tasting Somerset Cider Brandy - History and Products
📷 Follow me on Instagram - instagram.com/tristanstephenson
📚 I've written quite a few books on spirits and cocktails - thecuriousbartender.com
Gabe Cook (aka Ciderologist) is a cider educator based in the UK. On the episode (recorded at Haywood Cider Farm in Cornwall) we take a deep dive into the culture, history and appreciation of cider, tasting our way through half a dozen English and American ciders. See links below for those producers and products.
haywoodfarmcider.co.uk
wildingcider.co.uk
baumanscider.com
greggs-pit.co.uk
oliversciderandperry.co.uk
chancecider.com
00:00 Is Cider the UK’s National Drink? Consumption Data, Asturias in Spain, History of Cider in UK
08:35 Apples for Cider Making: Varieties, Blending vs. Single Variety, Growing Conditions & Regions, Cider from Non-Traditional Markets (Japan)
15:50 Terroir in Apples
19:20 Resolving the Spectrum of Quality and Price in Cider, Range & Use Cases, Production Methods
23:55 Are Ciders Made only from Apples? Onions? Cider Consumption 70’s - 90’s
30:45 Haywood Cider Farm - Traditional Cider Making
33:40 Emergence of Big Brands: Magners & Bulmers
35:30 Tasting Wilding Cider: Sparkling vs. Still Cider - Force Carbonation & Natural Fermentation, Cider as a Wine Replacement, Barrel Ageing Cider
48:30 Tasting Bauman’s Cider: USA Cider Production, Mountain Rose Apples, Yeast & Fermentation, Importation of Cider in the UK, Portland
1:01:56 Cider Bars in the UK, Cider Perception in the UK, Baggage
1:05:40 Tasting Gregg’s Pit Thorn Variety Perry - Perry Production, Origins of Fizzy Cider and Debunking Dom Perignon, Cider Tax, Politics and Economics of Drink
1:22:00 The Joy of the Apple Harvest, Community & Tradition, Tristan’s Homemade Perry
1:28:22 Tasting Tom Oliver’s Biere Du Verger Co-Ferment Barley & Perry - Tom Oliver
1:37:20 Tasting Chance Clean Cider 0% - Non-Alcoholic Cider, Yeast for Non-Alcoholic Ferments
1:45:00 Modern Cider: Coupette Bar in London, Challenges for Cider, Education, Opportunity, Cider vs. Wine vs. Beer
1:54:00 The Versatility of Cider: Tasting Somerset Cider Brandy - History and Products
📷 Follow me on Instagram - instagram.com/tristanstephenson
📚 I've written quite a few books on spirits and cocktails - thecuriousbartender.com
