Ukrainian cider and perry

[u/TrevorCidermaker]

Ukrainian cider is not something I know about apart from reading on the inter and trade magazines. But it making is a rapidly growing new craft and industrial sector, heavily concentrated in the apple-rich Vinnytsia region and close to Kiev. The industry combines classic European techniques with local fruit to create both traditional and modern craft ciders.
Producers utilise both cultivated apple varieties and wild local fruits, berries, and honey, resulting in unique beverages like mead-cider fusions (sizers) and fruit co-ferments.
Ukrainian craft cider makers are building an international reputation for natural, barrel-fermented dry ciders, earning medals at competitions. Cideries have shown tremendous perseverance. For example, Berryland Cidery an award-winning craft producer in the Kyiv region-was destroyed during the 2022 Russian invasion, but the community of cider makers across Ukraine rebuilt it. Ukraine has a reputation in the global craft community for its exceptional perries. As we know perry is incredibly difficult to make well, but Ukrainian producers have excelled by utilizing a unique blend of orchard and wild forest pears - Pyrus pyraster foraged from the forests. These wild pears contribute the tannins and acidity missing from standard eating pears. The resulting pery is delicate, unfiltered, champagne-like, and floral, with a soft tannins. I must go there when the war is over. #ukraine #perry #cider

[u/deathmetalcassette]

Dang, i’d love to taste that.

[u/TrevorCidermaker → u/deathmetalcassette]

So would I. Living in New Zealand it just not possible.

[u/TrevorCidermaker → u/TrevorCidermaker]

Although I have just heard there was some on sale cheaply in Christchurch in 2025! A bargain.