Celtic Marches re-badge these ciders for numerous breweries around the country such as Mad Squirrel and it irritates me no end. Grainstore state on the can that a small Herefordshire cidermaker makes these ciders for them, and the only producer in the county that does this kind of thing, with ciders in their portfolio that exactly match Grainstoreâs ciders is Celtic Marches. Even one of the names is similar - Lily the Pink / Lady in Pink.
You are requesting to eliminate Rutland rates? Additionally, who is making Rutland Cider Company (ratebeer.com) since I saw packaging of that coming out of Grainstore Brewery when I visited, but that gets you Leicestershire rates.
Are you suggesting itâs not made in Herefordshire? The label clearly say it is, and there is only one producer who would do it, with the exact same range that is relabelled for other breweries. If itâs sent in a big container for them to bottle in house it surely would make no difference.
And no, I donât buy that they have sent the producer their âexacting recipesâ.
The Rutland cider company has no manufacturing address and have zero cider production photos on social media - the classic telltale sign of a re-badged cider company - just reposts of the Grainstore pub posts. The focus is entirely on watered down fruited ciders which Celtic Marches have in abundance.
In my eyes this would make any cider associated with Grainstore mergable with itâs equivalent at CM, or at the very least state it is made there.
Iâm suggesting you contact Grainstore or Celtic Marches and get more proof. Which Iâm sure they will probably not reply to or deny. Additionally, you could post this in the FAO UK Forum. As I donât speak for them, but Iâm not the one to merge off from description or assumptions.
Label states itâs an NZ pale ale (the âIrish Farmhouse Beerâ on the label is I believe because the brewery is on a farm, itâs not related to the style of the beer).
The actual series itâs a part of is âDeath Byâ so weâll use that as the main one, Iâve left the Muerte as an alias since this has obviously confused a lot of people and possibly taprooms and bars too.
