Cider Voice

Cider Voice
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Cider Voice

The Cider Voice Podcast began in 2020 as a series of interviews with some of the UK’s leading cidermakers, exploring their origins, philosophies and differences and capturing the challenges they were facing from the impact of COVID-19. During the podcast’s two-year hiatus, aspirational cider and perry has emerged from lockdown in a shape that would have been unimaginable just five or six years ago. All around the world, in pubs, bars, bottleshops, restaurants and peoples’ homes, cider and perry is being consumed and talked about in new ways, by new drinkers and reaching fresh new heights. Feeling that this inspiring movement deserved the support of its own podcast, we restarted Cider Voice with a fresh format and brief. Now hosted by original founder and fourth generation cidermaker Albert Johnson, along with cider and perry writer, presenter and author Adam Wells and actor, director, harvest-hand and serial enthusiast Justin Wells, we aim through conversations, fun, and more than a few technical hitches, to give voice to the worldwide cider revolution.

  1. 4 NOV

    Cider Voice 53 – I am very excited about the future of cider – cider in Japan with Lee Reeve

    Once again we dive into the inspiring international scene, this time learning all about cider in Japan thanks to our guest Lee Reeve, @inciderjapan. We talk through Japan’s cider beginnings in the 1950s, its modern movement that began around 2017 and the different styles, makers, places and inspirations behind modern Japanese cider. From French-style keeves to English bittersweets, from Fuji apples to wild indigenous varieties found in the mountain forests, there’s so much going on here to explore.  Lee also talks us through his journey importing the best of English, French, American, Norwegian and Australian cider to Japan, and how cider is gaining a foothold in a country with such a strong and historic drinks tradition. Shoutouts to producers including @kamoshika_cidre @vinvie.jp @sonofthesmithhardcider and @marukame_farm_cidery Thanks for all the messages you’ve been sending – keep them coming to albert@cidervoice.com. We love hearing from the 12 of you.

    42 min

  2. 16 OCT

    Cider Voice 52 – Superb Human Adventure – with Virginie Thomas

    It’s about time we dug into one of the world’s biggest cider cultures – and the only only outside the UK with a large concentration of bittersweet and bittersharp cider apples – France. So who better to catch up with than Virginie Thomas of @bouscule_tes_sens – author, consultant, advocate and trainer? We cover all things French cider, chat through some of the similarities in how the drink’s perceived in the UK and France, then talk about writing a world cider guide during a pandemic, doing tastings with blindfolds on, the mighty crêpe and Brittany’s new cider route. Follow the link in bio to listen, or head to your favourite podcast provider – we're on them all. Something you'd like to hear us discuss? A guest we desperately need to get on? A hot take you'd like to share? We love to hear from our 12 listeners, so give us a shout at albert@cidervoice.com. We might even read it out if you're very unlucky...

    51 min

  3. 28 SEPT

    Cider Voice 51 - I do recall now, it is Excellent - Hereford Applefest Preview 2024 with Paul Stevens

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    42 min

  4. 25 SEPT

    Cider Voice 50 – 15 different Kingston Blacks – Darlene Hayes

    We level up once again this week as we welcome international cider dignitary Darlene Hayes to Cider Voice. One of the most important and influential figures in the American and now global cider revolution, Darlene has played a central role in expanding cider education, especially through the Certified Cider Guide and Certified Pommelier Programmes. We talk through Darlene's introduction to cider, burrow down a rabbit hole of varietal curiosity (with a shoutout to Albert's new Sherrington Norman) and then chat all things Pommelier following the course's worldwide expansion. If you want the inside track on these new cider qualifications; what they are, how they were put together, what's involved in taking them – and how to avoid any obvious slipups, this is the episode for you. Plus a special behind the scenes glimpse at the shape that these cider education programmes might take next.

    58 min

  5. 10 SEPT

    Cider Voice 49 – The best podcast in the cider game – Martyn Goodwin-Sharman

    With Albert on Freya-watch, Adam and Justin decide to celebrate a year of Cider Voice by learning how to actually podcast, and chatting to our secret producer, Neutral Cider Hotel's Martyn Goodwin Sharman, aka @cidershit Cue a wide-ranging chat with someone who's watched the aspirational cider revolution first-hand for almost a decade. Everything from Daniel Craig ice lollies to cider tie-die t-shirts, not really caring about varieties (sorry Albert) and the question of how to get people to care about cider. Turns out all we need to take the next step in podcasting is a celebrity presenter, six-hour recording sessions, a pandemic and a few convincing impressions from Justin. Cheers Martyn! Albert makes cider @rosscider@adamhwells writes about it @cider_reviewJustin is getting dangerously knowledgeable @justinwellsjustin

    1h 31m

  6. 26 AUG

    Cider Voice 48 – I am obsessed with creating cider content

    It's been a year since we relaunched Cider Voice and to celebrate, Albert's holding a massive festival at the farm and launching 14 special edition ciders. In this episode we run through all the festival releases, from the last of a particular perry pear ever to be grown on the farm to an apple that isn't called Hagloe Lobster. Has Albert been coerced into releasing a perry by Adam? And is Ross-on-Wye just becoming a sea of acid. Have a listen to discover this year's full festival release rundown, and if you haven't booked your festival ticket yet, hie thee to rosscider.com

    58 min

  7. 14 AUG

    Cider Voice 47 – The Unbearable Heaviness of Toil

    ‘The wobbler’. ‘The shakey shakey’. ‘Ladder method’. ‘Plank method’. ‘Squolch’. What does it all mean? With harvest rapidly incoming, Albert and the Cousins Wells sit down to discuss the vital topic of Toil. The physical business of making cider is, we feel, much underdiscussed. But between Adam’s leather jacket and Justin’s ‘hands more suited to picking up cake’ we feel we’re the people to do it. From trees that are laughing at you, to trailers that won’t tip their apples, splishy-splashy filth water and the squolch bucket, every facet of toil is covered. Plus has it turned out that the route to big sales is dressing in a medieval cowl? In other plugs, Ross Fest is round the corner, Justin’s becoming a regular at the brilliant Joyce and The London Cider House and it’s definitely not too early to buy Adam’s book Perry: A Drinker’s Guide as a Christmas present for everyone you know. Albert toils @rosscider@adamhwells spoils@justinwellsjustin recoils  Bonus cider this week from @evescidery

    1h 15m

  8. 7 AUG

    Cider Voice 46 – Stunned Silence, No Notes – Australian cider with Camilla Humphries

    The team pull a late one for an extra exciting episode with a serious time difference as we catch up with Camilla Humphries (@camillas_crush) cider maker, expert and advocate in Mornington Peninsular, Australia. We see almost none of Australia’s amazing cider scene here in the UK so Camilla gives us the full rundown from climate to apples to the inspirational Cider Australia (@cideraustralia) movement. We also learn about her travels around the cider regions and orchards of the world on a research trip for the Churchill Trust, and how her learnings have been applied by Cider Australia in their advocacy and research.  Read Camilla’s report here: https://www.churchilltrust.com.au/project/to-investigate-orchard-growing-systems-for-improving-australian-cider-production/ Albert pulls all-nighters @rosscider@adamhwells moonlights @cider_reviewJustin burns the candle @justinwellsjustin

    57 min
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About

The Cider Voice Podcast began in 2020 as a series of interviews with some of the UK’s leading cidermakers, exploring their origins, philosophies and differences and capturing the challenges they were facing from the impact of COVID-19. During the podcast’s two-year hiatus, aspirational cider and perry has emerged from lockdown in a shape that would have been unimaginable just five or six years ago. All around the world, in pubs, bars, bottleshops, restaurants and peoples’ homes, cider and perry is being consumed and talked about in new ways, by new drinkers and reaching fresh new heights. Feeling that this inspiring movement deserved the support of its own podcast, we restarted Cider Voice with a fresh format and brief. Now hosted by original founder and fourth generation cidermaker Albert Johnson, along with cider and perry writer, presenter and author Adam Wells and actor, director, harvest-hand and serial enthusiast Justin Wells, we aim through conversations, fun, and more than a few technical hitches, to give voice to the worldwide cider revolution.

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  • Creator
    Cider Voice
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2020 All rights reserved.
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    Cider Voice

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