Welcome to the World of Award-Winning Cassels Cider
Voted 'Best Cider of the Festival' at the 33rd Cambridge CAMRA Real Ale Festival, May 2006,
Bronze Award at the 34th Cambridge CAMRA Real Ale Festival, May 2007.

A naturally dry "real" cider, hand-pressed and fermented in Cambridgeshire by Sinclair Stevenson. Probably the first commercially produced cider in the history of Cambridgeshire.  The cider is made from only pure English apple juice; no preservatives or additives are used. The juice from West Country cider apples is blended with local culinary and dessert varieties. All the apples come from unsprayed orchards and small growers who value the history and tradition of cider making. Alcohol by volume varies year to year and the 2007 production looks like it will ferment out to 6.8-7.5%. This varies each year depending on the sugar content of the apples and the length of fermentation.  We aim to ferment out all the natural sugars to create alcohol, giving a very dry cider.
 

Sinclair Stevenson testing the alcohol content of this year's vintage

"Oh let the cider flow.
In ploughing and in sowing,
The healthiest drink I know
In reaping and in mowing. "
(Anon)