The Newt in Somerset Ice Cyder

It’s cyder, but not as you know it. Just in from Greg and the team in the Cyder Cellar is a rich and super sweet Ice Cyder, perfect with pudding or a wedge of Westcombe cheddar. It’s comparable to a fine dessert wine, with a lovely fresh note of citrus on the nose and palate.

Originating from Canada, Ice Cyder is made by pressing apples while they are still frozen. The water from the apples turns to ice and is separated, leaving only the intense, syrup-like juice behind.

Having been inspired by this technique, the Cyder Cellar team have recreated the same freezing conditions on the estate by storing freshly pressed apple juice at -25°C for a minimum of five weeks. The sweet, naturally concentrated syrup is then cold fermented in the cellar and aged in steel tanks for a further six months, before it’s bottled and ready to drink.