Season 9 · Episode 449
449: Exploring Hereford's Museum of Cider with Elizabeth Pimblett
Cider Chat · Ria Windcaller: Award-winning Cidermaker & Podcaster | Craft Beer Columnist
March 5, 202543m 5s
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Show Notes
The Role of the Museum of Cider
- Elizabeth Pimblett's background and her journey to the museum
- The history of the museum, founded in 1887 by the Bulmer brothers
- The significance of the building and its historic cider cellars
- Permanent exhibits: farmhouse stone press, cider brandy distillery, archival collections
- Rotating exhibitions, including photography and past exhibits like Women in the Art of Cider
- 18th-century cider glasses with engraved historical messages
- Rare cider books from the 1600s and 1700s, donated by Bertram Bulmer
- The underground rooms that were part of Bulmers original cider caves that had spanned over 3 miles at one time.
- The massive cider press at the entrance
- Cafe
- Cider to purchase
- Website: https://www.museumofcider.co.uk/
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