Cornish Cyder Farm

Healey's Cornish Cyder Farm is a small independent family run business near Truro, Cornwall, England. It brews and sells its own cider, brandy, whisky, country fruit wines and apple juice, all produced on site. Ciders include Cornish Rattler cyder and Pear Rattler, which is made by adding pear juice to the original Cornish Rattler. In addition, the farm produces traditional scrumpy cyder, reserve and classic cyder, with the latter made in second hand oak whiskey barrels. The farm also produces jams, marmalades, sauces, chutneys, a pickle and a mustard.[1]

Healey's also make whiskey, which at seven years maturity, is the oldest whisky matured in England.[2] The whiskey won Jim Murray's 'European Whiskey of the year' in 2013.[3] The whisky was produced in a partnership with St Austell Brewery. The first commercial whisky to be produced in England in almost a century. [4]

The farm is also a tourist attraction, with some 400,000 visitors per year.

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References

  1. ↑ William Gray (2014). Cornwall with Kids: Includes the Isles of Scilly. Footprint Travel Guides. p. 91. ISBN 9781907263866. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Gavin Smith & Neil Ridley (2013). Let Me Tell You About Whisky: Taste, Try and Enjoy Whisky from Around the World. Pavilion Books. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "JIM MURRAY'S WHISKY BIBLE AWARD WINNERS 2013 • WhiskyPlus". Whiskyplus.ca. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
  4. ↑ "Cornwall produces first whiskey in 300 years | Life and style". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-07-17.


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