About us
I started making cider about fifteen years ago, using foraged apples. I didn’t know what most of the varieties were.
Over a few years I mapped roughly four hundred feral apple trees across central Victoria. One on Harcourt–Sutton Grange Road made particularly good cider. It wasn’t too acidic and had some tannin. It burned in a fire and is slowly growing back.
I’ve since tried wild yeast, oak and Brettanomyces from lambic brewing I was doing in Bendigo. I like the tartness and mild funk it adds in small amounts.
We later bought land in Castlemaine and planted an orchard. My partner and kids help with the trees. I make the cider by hand, in small batches.
Chris