10th July – Salopian Cider Fest

Go back a year of so on this blog and I mention a mod life crisis and the desire to drink cider, well today I achieved it!

An advert for the 1st Redeye cider festival at the Salopian in Shgrewsbury had caught my eye and with nothing else on decided to spend the day there.

20 or so ciders and perry were available and I decided to initially work backwards down the Perry from the strongest which worked well. I samped halfs of:

• Broadoak Perry (7.5%)
  


• Merrylegs Fred Perry (6%)


• Rathways Painted Lady Perry (5.5%)


• Ross on Wye Farmhouse Cider (6.5%)


• Broadoak Bristol Port (6%)


• Madhatters 1st in Lyme (5%)

The pub also does a good range of beers and I also had Ossatt Silver King, and Stonehouse Brewery Station Bitter.

The train home calls at Codsall so we took the opportunity of stopping there for an hour to sample Bathams Bitter, Jelly Roll from Morton Brewery and Brough's Pale Ale.

All in all a perfect Saturday and I was still sober enough to water the garden (with an Hose!) when I got home.

The next Reyeye festival is in August and I shell certainly try and got to it.