When life gives you apples…

…We swap them for cider

2026 swap dates:

19th + 20th Sept 11-2pm

26th + 27th Sept 11-2pm

3rd + 4th Oct 11-2pm

10th + 11th Oct 11-2pm

We’re taking some bramleys again this year! If we get too many, we will have to stop taking them but we are desperate for fruit, and the quality of the bramley should be better for making cider thanks to all this sunshine.

An extra note on ripeness - we can only turn ripe fruit into cider. Due of the drought, your trees might be dropping fruit before they are ripe, but unfortunately we cannot accept these. Find out how to check ripeness here.

We serve burgers and cider on the farm every weekend, so please join us for lunch if you’re dropping off fruit.

Shop & Taproom hours:

Sept - Sat 11-8pm, Sun 11-4pm

Oct - Sat + Sun 11-4pm

For what sort of fruit to bring, please read below -

We love all types of apples no matter shape, size or container - bins, buckets or bowler hats will do.

We ask that you make sure your apples are perfectly ripe - this is vital for making tasty cider. Over ripe apples will go bad in the bin and can spoil the cider with moulds. Under ripe apples have too much starch which block our filters and won't ferment, so are pretty much no good to us.

We don't spray our apples as we don't want nasties going into our cider - please only bring us unsprayed, clean and naturally delicious fruit.

Ugly fruit and small bruises are not a problem - anything you think is good enough to eat or cook with, is good enough for Silly Moo Cider.

We know that some of your trees will come into harvest before we start our swap. We don't start pressing until our orchard is ready to pick, which tends to be later in the season. This is because the later ripening varieties tend to be better for cider than the earlier apples. We would ask that you don't pick your apples much in advance of swapping them. Apples left in damp and poorly ventilated containers will start to go bad and can ruin our cider by introducing nasty moulds.

Please do not bring us muddy fruit. Our washing system struggles to cope with mud on fallen fruit and can taint our cider. We will have to reject any muddy, mouldy or unripe fruit this year. Thank you.