Artistraw Cider

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Tom and Lydia are passionate about crafting natural cider that is made with nothing but apples, with no added sugar, water or sulphites. They hand-pick fruit from unsprayed, low-intensity traditional standard orchards in the local area, ensuring juice perfectly suited to the slow, attenuated fermentation technique they practise.

It’s an approach that not only produces pure, expressive cider, but also supports biodiversity and reflects their deep commitment to permaculture principles.

Located in the Welsh Marches, just outside the beautiful town of books Hay-on-Wye, we enjoy access to some of the most beautiful orchards in the country. We are currently planting a 2.5 acre orchard just next to our cidery, which is gradually filling up with rare and interesting apple and perry pear varieties. Each tree has been grafted by ourselves, making what will eventually be, a very special orchard.

 We are both commited environmentalists and apply this mindset to every aspect of cider making, from the creation of habitat in the orchard right down to the natural glue we invented to hand stick our recycled paper bottle labels!