Revel Cider

Bonkers is back! 🍭

And while it doesn’t feel as ‘bonkers’ of an idea after 7 vintages, it does feel like a nice reminder that fruit is never guaranteed.

Bonkers is a blend of the lees of two of our heavily fruited tanks: cherry cider in one, and a dark plum cider in the other.

Lees are the very end of a tank, where all the yeast cells and precipitated tannins fall. They’re full of texture, salinity and a rich savouriness, but in these tanks they also hold the most concentrated flavours of each fruit.

Typically these would all get washed away, but after tasting the lees, I thought you all might like to too. And with nearly the entire cherry crop being lost this year, it feels like our duty to capture every last bit of last year’s harvest.

Bonkers is texture galore: savoury and saline from all that extra fruit-skin contact. It’s a touch oxidative too (being the end of the tanks), but truly in the best way. It drinks like cherry cola with a frozen plum stone in it instead of an ice cube.

We have about 30 cases left, which feels like the perfect amount for the summer. Find it online or on the shelf at now.

Thanks again for this fun lil photoshoot!