big apple

Crafted from vintage bittersweet apple varieties including Tremlett’s, Dabinett and Somerset Redstreak, Thatchers Big Apple is a traditional cider full of flavour and big on personality. Following limited edition appearances at festivals over the summer, we have now introduced Big Apple in 20 litre Bag-in-Box exclusively for the on-trade. At 6.4%, Thatchers Big Apple is […]

We’re embarking on our biggest calendar of events and festivals to date, as part of a marketing campaign that will see us introduce our ciders to new customers across the country.   We’ll be sampling to over 800,000 people over the summer months, which includes appearing at nine festivals new to Thatchers, including Boardmasters, Kendal […]

Father and son Philip and Robert Griffiths have been named our Apple Growers of the Year 2022. The family run business was praised for its attention to detail, which has meant the duo have grown consistently great quality fruit to be used in our best-selling ciders. Philip Griffiths has been growing apples on his Herefordshire […]

50 community organisations across the UK have been planting young apple trees this spring as part of Thatchers Community Orchard project 2022. We’re really pleased to have been able to donate 350 apple trees to groups who applied to be a part of this year’s project, now in its second year. With 500 groups sending […]

With the largest and most diverse collection of apples used in cider making under our care, we have been partnering with the University of Bristol in a ground-breaking project that is using DNA fingerprinting techniques to identify apple tree varieties. With many old and heritage varieties of apple trees beginning to disappear, the project is […]