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Burrow Hill Cider Farm is a cider farm in Somerset, England at the base of Burrow Hill overlooking the Somerset Levels.
It has views of most of South Somerset on clear days. The cider is made in traditional vats and uses age old traditional methods of production. Every October is "Apple Day" when the apples are harvested from locally owned orchards.
In 2003 the company won the NFU Great British Food Award.
Cider Bus
[edit]Burrow Hill Cider has a double-decker 'Cider Bus' at the Glastonbury Festival selling a variety of cider-based drinks, including Hot Spiced Cider. The Cider Bus has been selling at Glastonbury since the first festival in 1970 and has becoime a mainstay of the festival.[1]
Somerset Cider Brandy
[edit]Somerset Cider Brandy is an apple brandy that has been in written records as far back as 1678.[2] A modern version was first produced by Burrow Hill in 1987. It reportedly became the first legal distillery in Somerset for 150 years, when, in 1989, the farm received the first full cider-distilling licence ever issued by the UK's HM Customs and Excise.[3]
In popular culture
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Filming for Wanda's apple orchard scene for the 2022 Marvel film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness occurred at the farm.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Vincent, Milly (27 June 2025). "Owner of Glastonbury Festival's Cider Bus says it broke down on the way". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ Morris, Steven (15 September 2011). "Victory for Somerset as cider brandy wins protected status". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ Still life, with apples, Daily Telegraph, Oct 21, 2006
- ^ Malloy, Tomas (21 January 2023). "When Benedict Cumberbatch came to Somerset for Marvel film". Somerset Live. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- James Crowden, Cider: The Forgotten Miracle, Cyder Press Two (1999), ISBN 0-9537103-0-0 - includes the story of the early days of Somerset Cider Brandy
External links
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