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Real orchard juice, never concentrate.

No. 01 / 03 Orchard Dry

Dabinett and Yarlington Mill, bone dry, tannic. Two bittersweet apples, all juice, with the grip left in.

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Bittersweet apples, nothing softened

  • — Dabinett
  • — Yarlington Mill
  • — Bone dry
  • — Tannic

Orchard Dry

  • Bone dry
  • Organic
  • 100% juice

12-can case · £28

Old perry trees, soft and floral

  • — Perry pears
  • — 80-year-old trees
  • — Soft
  • — Floral

Perry Gold

  • Great Taste 2025
  • Organic
  • 100% juice

12-can case · £30

Nine months in barrel, wild yeast

  • — Wild yeast
  • — Barrel aged 9 months
  • — Funky

Wild Ferment

  • Barrel aged
  • Organic
  • 100% juice

12-can case · £34

An old, broad perry pear tree hung with small pears, standing in long grass in a Herefordshire orchard in early autumn

“Real juice, 100%, no concentrate. Most supermarket cider is 35% juice and water.”

Our story · Ledbury

A family farm, in Ledbury, since 2017.

Hollow Oak Cider is Ruth Pembridge and family: four people on a farm in Ledbury, Herefordshire, making cider since 2017. Dabinett and Yarlington Mill apples go to the press, and the pears come from perry trees eighty years old.

One rule runs through all three ciders: real juice, 100%, no concentrate. Most supermarket cider is 35% juice and water. Ours is fruit, fermented, and it ends up dry, floral or wild depending on the can.

It leaves the farm by the case, twelve 330ml cans at a time. Free UK delivery over £50.

Ruth Pembridge · Family farm, 4 people

  1. 2017 Ledbury

    Hollow Oak Cider starts in Ledbury, Herefordshire: a family farm, four people, real juice only.

  2. 2025 Perry Gold

    Great Taste 2 star 2025 (Perry Gold).

Rows of old apple trees across rolling grassland in a Herefordshire cider orchard at golden hour, low hills beyond

Pressed in Herefordshire. Poured wherever you are.

A Herefordshire cider orchard at golden hour

No. 01 Orchard Dry

Grip, not sweetness

Dabinett and Yarlington Mill are bittersweet apples: heavy on tannin, light on sharpness. Their juice goes in whole, nothing else with it, and the cider ferments out bone dry. What you taste is the tannin, firm from the first mouthful to the last.

Two old apple names,pressed, and left dry.
  • Dabinett
  • Yarlington Mill
  • Bone dry
  • Tannic

No. 02 Perry Gold

Eighty years of perry

Perry is pear cider: the same craft, a different fruit. Ours comes from perry trees eighty years old, and the juice comes out soft and floral. In 2025, Perry Gold was awarded Great Taste 2 star.

Pears from old trees,soft as the turn of the year.
  • Perry pears
  • 80-year-old trees
  • Soft
  • Floral

No. 03 Wild Ferment

Left to the wild

No cultured yeast here. The ferment starts with wild yeast, then the cider rests in barrel for nine months before it is canned. It comes out funky and unlike the other two. Owen Price said it tastes like an orchard after rain.

Wild yeast, a barrel,and nine months of waiting.
  • Wild yeast
  • Barrel aged 9 months
  • Funky

The juice

All juice, no water

Real juice, 100%, no concentrate. Most supermarket cider is 35% juice and water. Ours is bittersweet apples and perry pears, fermented, with nothing poured in to stretch it.

A stemless glass of hazy golden cider on a weathered oak table, low afternoon light glowing amber through it
Real juice, 100% · no concentrate
Real juice 100 %, no concentrate
Perry trees 80 years old
In barrel 9 months, Wild Ferment
Established 2017 Ledbury

What's inside

What goes in, and what doesn't.

Bittersweet apples

Dabinett and Yarlington Mill, the two apples behind Orchard Dry. Tannic fruit for a bone-dry cider.

Old perry trees

Perry Gold is pear cider from 80-year-old perry trees: soft, floral, Great Taste 2 star in 2025.

Wild yeast

Wild Ferment starts with wild yeast and spends nine months in barrel before it reaches the can.

Organic, certified

Soil Association organic certified. All fruit juice: no concentrate, no water to stretch it.

2017

making cider since

4

people on the farm

12

cans in every case

Three ciders,

one family farm.

Orchard Dry, Perry Gold and Wild Ferment, made by Ruth Pembridge and family in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Real juice, 100%, no concentrate, in every can.

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Website review · October 2025

In their words

“The Wild Ferment is the most interesting cider I've had in years. Tastes like an orchard after rain.”
O Owen Price Bristol · on Wild Ferment

FAQ

Before you order

Real juice, 100%, no concentrate. Most supermarket cider is 35% juice and water. Every Hollow Oak cider is made from the fruit's juice alone, with nothing added to stretch it.

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A question about a case, the subscription, or which cider suits you? Email Ruth Pembridge and the team in Ledbury.

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