{"id":3655,"date":"2023-07-23T11:45:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T11:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3655"},"modified":"2023-07-25T17:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T17:24:01","slug":"hawkes-cider-more-than-meets-the-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/07\/23\/hawkes-cider-more-than-meets-the-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawkes Cider \u2013 more than meets the eye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not all of the sites on the Bermondsey Beer Mile are beer bars. This year Hawkes Cider celebrates its tenth anniversary on the Mile and a lot has changed in that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, Hawkes was purchased by BrewDog. Elliot Ellison, the general manager, who has previously worked for both Marston\u2019s and Fuller\u2019s, commented, \u201c<em>BrewDog said \u2018you guys know about cider\u2019 and they let us get on with it<\/em>\u201d. Since BrewDog\u2019s involvement, volumes started to grow dramatically. Despite having four arches in Druid Street, such has been their success that demand has exceeded what they can produce on site. Elliot explained, \u201c<em>In 2020, we decided to outsource our production to a number of producers as we couldn\u2019t cope; our main one is in Dorset. Last year we sold two million pints with 70% going to BrewDog and 10% is export<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-25.png\" alt=\"Elliot\" class=\"wp-image-3656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-25.png 750w, https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-25-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Elliot<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of the apples used by Hawkes are mainstream apple varieties such as Braeburn and Bramley. \u201cWe never use concentrate and it\u2019s all small batch production,\u201d said Elliot. Although the ciders in their core range are carbonated, pasteurised and filtered, that is not the case with all the ciders. \u201cWe have been experimenting with unfiltered, unpasteurised, still ciders,\u201d explained Elliot. \u201cThere is a vintage Dabinett which we pressed in 2019. It\u2019s fermented using a wild yeast and then aged in steel barrels. Last year we aged a still cider in Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels.\u201d The resulting ciders, particularly the Vintage Dabinett, are full flavoured enough to satisfy even the most hardened traditional cider drinker. Look out for them: https:\/\/wearehawkes.com\/.<br><strong><em>Christine Cryne<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all of the sites on the Bermondsey Beer Mile are beer bars. 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