Spotted this in the local rag, this is The Apple Farm (http://www.theapplefarm.com/) between Cahir and Clonmel in Tipperary - Con Traas' place where i believe ye organised apple juice from last year. It was on last year although I didn't attend so cant say if its worth traveling to or not but maybe Con will give us a bit more info on the website at some stage. I live nearby so will go this year (depending on family commitments - junior due to make an appearance end of Sept) - will keep ye posted if i hear anything more on the event.
lets try that again....
Excellent stuff, that's the place with the very nice campsite.
Notice it's already on Beoir, here's more info: http://www.slowfoodireland.com/festivals/144-ciderfest
yep lovely spot....Im booked in already me and kellie goin a couple of nites fri, sat and home sun.. me and me trailer tent... lads this could be a lovely meetup... its handy for me as well straight down the motorway from Kildare.
reuben u considerin in ur camper?
tanks for the tip off 00833827....who is 00833827??
Yeah I might do... actually it's my wife's birthday on the 22nd and she keeps telling me she wants to go there ;) Perfect timing.
fabulous spot.. my kids ( big kids now) have great memories, Ill drag dem back down as well and have a few beers / ciders and have a reminissive laugh..we spent about 2 hours tryin to find the place originally ( before the motorway / bypass was built ::)
was posted by Johnrm already, bumps are always good and better to have a local reporter :)
http://nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,2526.msg31886.html#msg31886
oppps hadn't spotted that -
was anyone there last year?
Yeah but that's a post within a megathread. This one is specifically about the event.
Yes its being supported by CiderIreland:
http://www.ciderireland.com/events-and-dates-for-the-diary/
Nice site!!
They even have a cider map of the world:
http://www.ciderguide.com/map/
There is a lot of craft cider making going on!
I'm looking forward to it. I rarely get to try decent cider at festivals. I leave it till last usually and that's usually when I fell I've had enough beer which means I've had enough to drink.
My problem is I only like really dry cider. The sweeter it is, the less I like it.
Please don't ;)
Quote from: Saruman on July 29, 2013, 04:34:55 PM
Please don't ;)
+x (where x is large and positive)
Quote from: 00833827 on July 29, 2013, 11:33:19 AM
Spotted this in the local rag, this is The Apple Farm (http://www.theapplefarm.com/) between Cahir and Clonmel in Tipperary - Con Traas' place where i believe ye organised apple juice from last year. It was on last year although I didn't attend so cant say if its worth traveling to or not but maybe Con will give us a bit more info on the website at some stage. I live nearby so will go this year (depending on family commitments - junior due to make an appearance end of Sept) - will keep ye posted if i hear anything more on the event.
any updates Mr Squirrel?
Im booked in for camping onsite :)
No have heard nothing since to be honest - will keep an ear open though
ok just got this tonight from Paul
As you may be aware we are running the Slow Food Apple & Craft Cider Festival in September (21st & 22nd) and more details can be found at slowfoodireland.com/applefest. Of primary interest to you and your fellow club members may be the inaugural Irish Craft Cider Competition. The Open Cider Class is for non-commercial amateur and homebrew enthusiasts. The judges are Alex Hill, Managing Director, Vigo Limited, a leading supplier to the craft cider industry in the UK & Europe and Leslie Williams, Food Columnist, Irish Examiner. There is a third prestigious judge but we are awaiting confirmation. Further details are available through the website.
Other than that we will have twelve of the thirteen Irish commercial craft cider makers that I know of at the festival and more than twenty Irish craft ciders. I have been in touch with some homebrew retailers and we will have apple trees on sale, tours and demos. There is a full programme of events being finalised at present but it would definitiely be worth a visit.
If you would like any further information by all means get in touch.
Kind regards,
Paul Deegan
Festival Director
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