It’s Cider & Perry Month – July 2025

What’s happening near you?

July is Cider Month and this year we will be focusing on “Cider in the City”.

Exeter is a city surrounded by beautiful countryside in which 33 artisan cider makers spend all year planting, harvesting, juicing and blending apples to make fantastic local cider.

We are encouraging our city pubs to stock a local Devon cider during the summer months. A map featuring city pubs selling “Real” cider i.e. not made from concentrate, will be produced and circulated as part of our next branch magazine, Ed. 104 Summer 2025. It will also be available to download from these pages in order that as many people as possible are able to find and visit pubs in Exeter selling a real cider.

A City Cider Stroll is planned, starting at Double Locks, along the canal into the city and taking in some of the better cider pubs.
(Date in July still to be finalised.)

Watch this space for more details and further updates

CPOTY

Presentations will be made to our Cider Pub of the Year:
The Tom Cobley Tavern, Spreyton
and the Runner-up: The New Inn, Coleford

(See our Cider Pub Of The Year (CPOTY) page for more information on this award)

Presentation dates below, please make a note of them, all are welcome to come along:

Saturday 28th June, approx. 1pm
The New Inn, Coleford
Runner-up presentation to include beer/cider festival and hog roast.

Saturday 26th July approx. 1pm
The Tom Cobley Tavern, Spreyton
Branch CPOTY presentation to include launch of new summer cider list.

Summer Cider festivals

23rd June - 5th July
National Cider Festival, JD Wetherspoon venues

Saturday 19th July
The Sir Walter Raleigh, East Budleigh
One day cider festival

Saturday 26th July
Double Locks, Exeter
One day cider festival