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Have a listen to discover this year's festival release rundown, and if you haven't booked a ticket yet, hie thee to Albert launches ciders @rosscider.@Adam_HWells writes about them @Cider_Review .Justin has them stored at a friend's house @JustinWells1346.

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?.

NEW EP ALERT: 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 @RossCider and launching 14 special edition ciders. Listen on or wherever you pod

@RossCider @CAMRA_Official Albert toils @RossCider .@Adam_HWells spoils @Cider_Review .@JustinWells1346 recoils . Bonus cider this week from @evescidery.

In other plugs, @RossCider 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 from @CAMRA_Official.

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?.

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.

The Unbearable Heaviness of Toil. ‘The wobbler’. ‘The shakey shakey’. ‘Ladder method’. ‘Plank method’. ‘Squolch’. What does it mean? With harvest incoming, Albert and the Cousins Wells sit down to discuss the vital topic of Toil. or wherever you pod!

Have you listened to our episode with Camilla yet? You really should you know, or the mysteries of Australian cider may remain shrouded to you forever. Extra-nutritious when listened to on a Friday. Hie thee to or your preferred podcast provider right now.

@CiderAustralia Albert pulls all-nighters @RossCider .@Adam_HWells moonlights @Cider_Review .Justin burns the candle @JustinWells1346.

@CiderAustralia 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. Read Camilla’s report here:

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 @CiderAustralia movement.

Stunned Silence - No Notes!. The team pull a late one for an extra exciting episode with a serious time difference as we catch up with Camilla Humphries – cider maker, expert and advocate in Mornington Peninsular, Australia. Listen at or wherever you pod

Albert is lightly chilled @RossCider .@Adam_HWells cools off @Cider_Review .Justin breaks the mill @JustinWells1346.

Finally things get extra serious as Eleanor demonstrates the massive impact that climate change has had on not only her orchards, but the very styles of cider she can make. An absolutely brilliant chat with one of the most significant figures in aspirational cider.

Having experimented with British varieties we talk about the different flavours they produce in American terroirs, which leads us to a discussion of the new frontier of propagating wild American apples for cider.

We talk about all things ice cider and how Eden experiment with this magnificent dessert cider style. Plus the economics of fine cider, and how Eden have diversified over the years whilst staying true to their full juice roots.

The soul of the apple in liquid form. The team welcome a transatlantic cider rock star to the pod for this episode as they're joined by Eleanor Leger (@AppleEllie), co-founder and owner of Vermont's @EdenCiders . Listen on or any podcast outlet.