Cider Chat 215: Andy Hallett of Hallet Cider | UK
Andy Hallett says he choose to become a cidermaker, once he retired from a career as a Mechanical Engineer. As he puts it, it was a choice of creating a lifestyle that he wanted to live, but that would be denying all the roads that led him to cidermaking.
For the most part, his story would be familiar to all who have spent their early drinking years learning to ferment beer, wine and cider. Like so many, Andy began making both beer and cider at 17 with his brother Pete. In college he tried his hand at homemade wines.
It was only a matter of time before he entered his cider into a competition and won a bronze medal in a National Competition. That award provided the encouragement to go commercial.
The cider brand at the time was named after the farm, Blaengawney Farm, which is Welsh. For non native speakers of this Celtic language "Blaengawney Farm" is a bit difficult to pronounce, which can have an impact on sales.
In 2010 it was time to rebranded the cider name from Blaengawney Farm.
Andy's last name is "Hallett" with a double t. But the design team didn't like the look of the double ll and double tt. Despite a bit of grumbling from the family including Andy's father, he forged ahead and changed the cider brand to Hallet, because as he puts it, "It looked perfect on the label."
Hallet Cider is shipped to Ontario Canada and as far at Japan, so basically around the world.
They make 80,000 liters/year.
You can order Hallet Cider online at their website. Tell them Cider Chat sent you.
Contact for Hallet Cider
- Website: https://halletsrealcider.co.uk/
- Located at Blaengawney Farm, Mynydd Maen, Hafodyrynys,Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales NP11 5AY Telephone: 01495 244691 eMail: info@halletsrealcider.co.uk
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