Old Scrump's Cider House

Everything the cider drinker needs - apart from a scrumpy jar!

Introduction

It's always opening time at Old Scrump's Cider House! Whether you're already an experienced cider drinker, or you just want to find out what real cider and perry is, then this is the website for you!

Old Scrump's Cider House is an amalgamation of two websites - Gillian Grafton's Real Cider & Perry website and Paul Gunningham's Scrumpy User Guide website - and has been named such in memory of Paul Gunningham (1951-2007) who used the pseudonym 'Old Scrump' when writing about cider.

I look forward to working on the website to keep it as one of the most valuable web resources for cider & perry enthusiast. Any input from visitors would be most welcome! If you have any feedback or suggestions, please make contact.

If you want to discuss real cider and perry and related issues, why not try Old Scrump's Forum? This is a forum for people who are interested in real cider in the UK. Feel free to leave your comments, advice, anecdotes and questions.

Drink up thy cider!

Frank Blades

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On This Website

The Real Cider & Perry Page contains a wealth of information about cider (made from apple juice) and perry (made from pear juice) - including:

New Cider Farms

These are the latest additions to Old Scrump's database of cider farms

Fowlers Scrumpy Company - Devon
Indicknowle Traditional Farmhouse Cider - Devon
Breach Cider - Kent
Old Bill's Cider - Cambridgeshire
Hucknell Cider Co. - Nottinghamshire
Windmill Vineyard Cider - Northamptonshire
Eve's Cider - Northamptonshire
Stamford Cider (Stamford Juice Company) - Lincolnshire
Skidbrooke Cyder - Lincolnshire
Pear Tree Farm Cider & Perry - Herefordshire

Cider Events

A selection of top cider-related events for May; see the events list for full details and loads more events:

  • Thursday 30th April to Sunday 4th May 2009 - 15th Reading Beer & Cider Festival
  • Friday 1st to Monday 4th May 2009 - 5th Blandford Beer Festival, Blandford Forum, Dorset
  • Saturday 2nd May 2009 - Cider and Perry Trials 2009 at Putley Village Hall, Herefordshire
  • Sunday 3rd & Monday 4th May 2009 - The Big Apple: Blossomtime at Putley Village Hall, Herefordshire
  • Sunday 3rd May 2009 - Scrumpy and Western Day at The Rising Sun, North Bradley, Wiltshire
  • Wednesday 13th May 2009 - Cider and Perry Competition at The Cider Museum, Hereford
  • Monday 18th to Friday 23rd May 2009 - 36th Cambridge Beer Festival
  • Sunday 24th May 2009 - Cider Sunday at Foresters Arms, Sandridge Road, y 26th to Saturday 30th May 2009 - 24th Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival at Colchester Arts Centre
  • Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th May 2009 - 23rd Stockport Beer & Cider Festival

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About Old Scrump's Cider House

Old Scrump's Cider House is an amalgamation of two websites - Gillian Grafton's Real Cider & Perry website and Paul Gunningham's Scrumpy User Guide website.

The Real Cider & Perry website (www.ciderandperry.co.uk) was created in the early 1990s by cider and perry enthusiast Gillian Grafton. It was one of the first - and is still one most valuable - web resources for cider and perry enthusiasts. Gillian created and maintained the site herself until 1996 when, due to pressure of work, she was unable to maintain it on an on-going basis, and as a result the website became somewhat out-of-date.

In 1999, Wurzels fan and cider drinker Paul Gunningham created his own cider website, The Scrumpy User Guide (www.zider.co.uk). This was written very much from the cider drinker's point of view - more about buying, storing and drinking cider than Gillian's more historical and scientific point of view.

In 2003, Gillian was approached by Paul who asked what her future plans were for the Real Cider & Perry website. As luck would have it, Gillian had been looking for a volunteer to take over the maintenance of the website, and Paul got the job! Paul planned to make no changes to the content except those necessary to bring the site up-to-date.

Sadly in 2007, Paul Gunningham was involved in a road traffic accident, and died as a result of his injuries, and both websites were passed onto a new editor, Frank Blades of Somersetmade, a small multimedia company just outside Bath.

After running both website side-by-side for several months, in March 2008 the decision was made to amalgamate the two into one new website. This wasn't difficult, as there was very little overlap between the websites, and the two slotted into together quite easily. This new website was called Old Scrump's Cider House in memory of Paul Gunningham who used the pseudonym 'Old Scrump' when writing about cider, and will continue to be maintained with the goal to make it the premier online source of information concerning cider and perry.

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