Cornwall
(172 ratings on 20/08/2025)
Fowey Valley Cider
Cornwall
I'm Barrie Gibson and I started to make cider about 15 years ago purely for myself, my family and friends. As word got around, more and more people brought us apples, the quality of our cider got better and better, people started to ask if they could buy some, and we came to think maybe it might be the time to 'go commercial'. We looked around for a base, and in 2012 we found a small orchard and lovely outbuilding that could be converted into a cidery in Golant, not far from where we live in Fowey.
We only use fresh apples from our own orchard and others close by and nothing else. We wash the apples three times and reject any we wouldn't eat. We mill the apples into small pieces and then press this ‘pomace’ in our new belt press. About 65% of this is juice, which is then pumped into our 1,500-litre tanks. At the end of each day we add yeast and put it under an airlock and it is pretty much left to its own devices for the best part of a year.
We take pride in our Cider production and upholding the tradition of cider making in the Fowey Valley.
We have since started to grow slowly and have added producing spirits to our range- spirits distilled from our cider so all our own alcohol, all made from scratch
We take pride in our Cider production and upholding the tradition of cider making in the Fowey Valley.
We have since started to grow slowly and have added producing spirits to our range- spirits distilled from our cider so all our own alcohol, all made from scratch