Adam Wells

I spent far too much of January tinkering with watches, scrolling slack-faced through reels and shorts, and procrastinating on cidery stuff I should have had done in the dark weeks. But now Cider Review is back, and I realise I should have been writing more too! 😁 But Saturday is a nice one.

Cider Review’s review of the year: 2024 Team CR reflects on another year of cider and perry

Cider Review’s review of the year: 2024. In which nine of our contributors reflect on another year in cider and perry. See what they have to say in our last article of the year.

Thank you so much for them!

Very proud of our @ciderreview.bsky.social contributors today. Briefed to supply ‘a few words, just a couple of hundred’ for our year-end, they’ve basically all said ‘no, nuts to that’ and done 700+. Truly a writing team after my own heart.

The food and drinks books long listed for the André Simon Awards, including Perry: A Drinker’s Guide

Delighted and kind of staggered to see Perry: A Drinker’s Guide next to some of the best and most important drinks books of recent years on the André Simon Awards Longlist. Given the competition I’d say this is as far as I go, but it’s further than I ever expected and a huge confidence boost.

Excited to read it!

My favourite ciders and perries of the year, with a few thoughts on why. Nice to be publishing this the day after we hit 6 figures of hits for the first time in a year. We’re hugely grateful, and delighted that cider and perry’s audience continues to grow.

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A changing world and one of the UK’s most-awarded cidermakers. Didn’t expect this piece to give me so much pause for reflection - time of year, maybe. Anyway – get after those Palmers ciders and perries however you can.

A very very satisfying re-arrangement of the cider shop today. We are at a record 28 different single variety ciders!! In all we have 84 different ciders and perries just made by us, with another 35 made by guest producers.

Oh no! So sorry to hear this. Some fantastic memories from MCC at Fierce Bar, especially James selling his first bottle of Chapel Sider at the @ciderreview.bsky.social club tasting January 2023.

Blocked and reported

Such a cool article unearthed and translated by @barmas.bsky.social. Even if it does show I’m over a century behind the times in my writing.

❤️

Thanks so much David

Delighted to see this!

Ok this is epic! Thanks so much for sharing

Thanks Per!

Thank you Ian

If you have any curiosity about the wonderful drink that is Perry, I’d definitely recommend Adam’s book (and not just because I get a mention in it 😜). From CAMRA books, or other online retailers, or better still, order it from your local book store.

shop1.camra.org.uk/product/perr...

Perry: a drinker's guide - CAMRA shop Perry has been made for centuries. Praised by the ancient Romans and once prized as highly as fine wine, it is made from fruit growing on trees that can be up to 300 years old; fruit that is, in some ...

Also, there are many copies still available, and I would love if you’d consider a (now award winning!) book on the world’s most underrated drink as a Christmas present for your drinks-curious loved ones. Cheers shop1.camra.org.uk/product/perr...

So sad not to be able to attend in person but overjoyed that Perry: A Drinker’s Guide won the Susanna Forbes Award for Communication about Cider at @britbeerwriters.bsky.social last night. A privilege, and amazing for perry to get recognition from a competition of this standing. Thanks so much.

Thank you Helen

Thanks Barry!

Thank you so much Dick. See you soon

Well done 👏🏽 @adamhwells.bsky.social - and how apt that another magical piece by Adam has just gone up @pelliclemag.com today! 🍾 🍎 🎉

The Susanna Forbes Award for Best Communication about Cider, sponsored by Aspall

🏆 Gold: Adam Wells
🥈 Silver: Jane Peyton

#BGBW24

*lovely. Apparently changing social networks hasn’t improved my typo rate

Thanks so much Jacob, that’s so lovey to hear!

Arguably just another in a sea of adjectives trying to distinguish products made in a cynical, bottom-line way from those taking greater lengths in ingredient and care! And clearly meaning is easily confused. But I wanted to make a clarification. Anyway – thanks again for the space and belief.