Sampford Courtenay 1763 Vintage Devon Cider.
Sampford Courtenay Vintage Devon Cider. Experience the rich and mellow aroma of perfectly aged cider fruits with our Sampford Courtenay Vintage Cider. With well-rounded, nectar and honeyed undertones balanced by a crisp, sharp finish of traditional cider fruits, this cider delivers an exquisite and memorable taste.
7.5% ABV
1763 - Devon Cider, and how an Englishman’s Home is his Castle:
Following unprecedented levels of Government Debt and an unpopular overseas war, the widely disliked Scot’s Prime minister, Lord Bute, Introduced a Punitive Tax on Cider. National protests were organised from Devon by Exeter town clerk Benjamin Heath.
Marches against the tax, seen as a tax on the poor, were widespread. Effigies of Lord Bute were burned in many Westcountry towns and a coffin representing the Death of Cider was carried in procession through the streets of Crediton. Vastly unpopular at the time, this tax also gave Crown Excise men the power to enter, without a warrant, and search private houses for cider. Speaking against the measures in Parliament William Pitt claimed his famous phrase, " an Englishman’s home is his castle”
We craft our cider in the time-honoured way from fresh apples - All our cider is made exclusively from our own apples, grown in our organic orchards and bottled on our farm.
