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Wild + Free Cider
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Wild + Free Cider

A 0.0% wild-fermented fresh juice cider from the Iford Estate near Bath, made with estate-grown and locally sourced apples, never from concentrate.

About This Drink

Iford Cider is based on the Iford Estate, seven miles south of Bath in the border country between Somerset, Wiltshire and Avon. The estate has ancient wild orchards that were largely forgotten until Iford started reviving them, blending fruit from those trees with bittersweet cider apples sourced from other local growers. Their approach is straightforward: fresh juice, wild fermentation using only the native yeasts on the fruit itself, and nothing artificial. Wild + Free takes that same approach and removes the alcohol entirely. It is a 0.0% cider built on fresh-pressed apple juice, wild fermented rather than built from base wine or dealcoholised kit, which puts it in a different category to most alcohol-free ciders. Expect a genuinely cloudy, fruit-forward pour with the kind of natural apple character that comes from real bittersweet varieties rather than dessert fruit. The wild fermentation route adds complexity and a gentle lactic edge that you don't get from ciders made to a formula. It is vegan and gluten-free, and comes in 440ml cans. The absence of concentrates or additives means the flavour sits closer to proper traditional cider than the sweetened, pasteurised alternatives that dominate the no-alcohol shelf. Worth tracking down if you want a 0% cider that actually tastes like it started with apples.

Ingredients

apple juice, carbonation

Key Specs

Per 100ml

Calories
28 kcal

Dietary

VEGANGLUTEN-FREE

Tasting Notes

Taste

FRESH APPLE JUICE CHARACTER WITH BITTERSWEET CIDER APPLE DEPTH. NATURAL WILD FERMENTATION ADDS GENTLE COMPLEXITY AND A SLIGHT LACTIC EDGE ALONGSIDE THE FRUIT.

Aroma

CLOUDY FRESH APPLE LIGHTLY EARTHY WITH BITTERSWEET ORCHARD NOTES.

Character

Appearance
CLOUDY PALE GOLD

Production

Wild fermented fresh juice cider using native apple yeasts. Made with fresh-pressed juice from estate-grown and locally sourced West Country apples, never from concentrate.

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Key Specs

Per 100ml

Calories
28 kcal

Dietary

VEGANGLUTEN-FREE

Tasting Notes

Taste

FRESH APPLE JUICE CHARACTER WITH BITTERSWEET CIDER APPLE DEPTH. NATURAL WILD FERMENTATION ADDS GENTLE COMPLEXITY AND A SLIGHT LACTIC EDGE ALONGSIDE THE FRUIT.

Aroma

CLOUDY FRESH APPLE LIGHTLY EARTHY WITH BITTERSWEET ORCHARD NOTES.

Character

Appearance
CLOUDY PALE GOLD

Production

Wild fermented fresh juice cider using native apple yeasts. Made with fresh-pressed juice from estate-grown and locally sourced West Country apples, never from concentrate.

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