We like to seek out local produce on goodrichard.com and support local growers and producers, and buyers in East Anglia are spoilt for choice with supermarkets stocking all sorts of food and drink from around the area.
Aspall Draught Suffolk Cyder is lightly sparkling, and is made from a different blend of base cyders, all fermented using the same technique. Using local apples or fruit from their own orchards, the eighth-generation Suffolk brewing company first produced the Normandy-style cider variation back in 1728, when Clement Chevallier fermented his first batch of the golden drink.
First created in 2003 to mark the 275th year of making local cyder, Aspall Draught Suffolk Cyder is refreshing, crisp, and has a fresh apple aroma. Light to drink, not at all gassy, and initially sweet with a pleasantly dry aftertaste, it is enjoyable to drink on its own before a meal as we did, and doesn’t feel heavy like a more traditional lager or bitter would.
It was the perfect introduction to the pressed apple beverage, so beloved of many friends, and that somehow, in the last 34 years, had passed me by.
Aspall also produce English Apple Juice, and Cyder Vinegar (a bottle of which we have in the cupboard), in the village of Aspall near Stowmarket. Click here for more details on their traditionally and locally-made products.