New Local Drink of the Year Award

After much anticipation and a great deal of excitement,
the 21 winners in the Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire
Food and Drink Awards 2015/16 were being honoured
at a glittering Awards Dinner in October at The Derngate
Theatre in Northampton. The competition, running for its
seventh year, was originally devised by Northamptonshire
Enterprise Partnership (NEP) and aimed at celebrating all
that is great about local produce and drink, recognising
excellence within the county’s dining venues and rewarding
those who work so hard within the culinary sector.

Saxby’s Cider’s Plum Cider won ‘New Local
Drink of the Year’. Husband and wife team,
Philip & Amanda Saxby, were delighted
with the result, having previously had their
Medium Sparkling Cider as a finalist in the
same category for 2014/15.

Saxby’s Cider is made in the Crafty Pig
Cider House in the small village of Farndish,
near Wellingborough. Amanda & Philip’s
Northamptonshire apple delights stem from
their own orchard, inaugurated in 2012, along
with another orchard in Northamptonshire for
the dessert fruit and ancient cider variety
apples from Herefordshire.

Saxby’s press all their apples on the farm and
the cider is allowed to ferment slowly over
the winter to produce the fullest flavour. It is
clean, crisp and very refreshing with a distinct
appley aroma and taste. The couple has
diversified into production of flavoured ciders,
using fruit juice, such as the award-winning
Plum Cider and Blackcurrant Cider as well as
a limited edition Mulled Cider for the winter.
This year’s production plans include adding a
Rhubarb Cider to the popular range.

Unfortunately, due to the award success, the
Plum Cider has already sold out, but most of
the Saxby’s range is stocked by the following
local businesses:
Beckworth Emporium in Mears Ashby;
Amps in Oundle; Sage & Brooke in Grafton
Underwood; Samuel Pepys in Slipton; The
Kettering Park Hotel; The Bottle Mix in The
Yards, Kettering; Titchmarsh Village Shop;
The Griffin in Higham Ferrers; The Axe &
Compass in Ringstead and The Old School
in Stanwick.

You will also find Saxby’s Cider at Thrapston
Farmers’ Market every first Saturday of the
month (please note no market in January).

SAXBY’S CIDER
Crafty Pig Cider House, Farndish NN29 7HJ

www.saxbyscider.co.uk  Tel: 07966 558 186 • Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.