Est. 1994
Awards
Big Apple Blossomtime Trials 2024
Bottle-conditioned/In-bottle fermented perry - 1st
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Dry draught perry - 3rd
Bottle-conditioned/In-bottle fermented cider - 3rd
Yew Tree Cider Challenge 2023
Joint 1st - Dry Perry
Joint 2nd - Medium Perry
2nd - Sweet Perry
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​Overall - Champion Perrymaker 2023
Yew Tree Cider Challenge 2022
Medium Perry- 1st place
Dry Perry- 2nd place
Big Apple Blossomtime Trials 2018
Draught sweet perry - first prize
Draught dry perry - third prize
Best product in show- Draught Sweet Perry
CAMRA
West Midlands Perry Competition 2017
Third Place- Aylton Red, Blakeney Red & Gregg’s Pit Perry
CAMRA West Midlands Perry Competition 2015, Beer on the Wye, Hereford
Blakeney, Butt & Oldfield 2014 draught perry- 2nd place (Silver)
CAMRA West Midlands 2016
Regional Perry of the Year- Bronze Award
Big Apple Blossomtime Trials 2014
Draught Perry Medium/Sweet-1st prize
Big Apple Cider & Perry Trials
Champion Perry- 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010
​Champion Cider- 2010
Flavours of Herefordshire 2008- Small Drink Producer
Commended.
Museum of Cider
Hereford
Cider & Perry Competition 2024
Dry draught perry - 1st
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Sweet draught perry - 1st
CAMRA Stockport Beer, Cider & Perry Festival 2022
Perry of the Festival
CAMRA
West Midlands 2019
Cider of the Year 2019
Yew Tree Cider Challenge 2018
Medium Perry- 1st place
Dry Perry- 2nd place
CAMRA Manchester 2016
XS Perry of the Festival
Big Apple Blossomtime Trials 2016
Third Prize- Draught Sweet Perry
Third Prize- Draught Medium Perry
CAMRA Sussex Beer & Cider Festival 2015
Blakeney, Butt & Oldfield 2014 draught perry- Perry of The Festival
Hope Ciderfest 2013
Blakeney Red- Perry of The Festival, 1st prize
CAMRA Stockport 2011
Brown's Apple, Kingston Black and Sweet Coppin Cider- Cider of The Festival
Big Apple Blossomtime Trials 2023
Medium Perry - 1st
Bottle-conditioned Perry - 2nd
Bottle-conditioned Cider - 3rd
Big Apple Blossomtime Trials 2022
Draught dry perry - second prize
Draught sweet perry - third prize
Draught medium perry - fourth prize
Bottle fermented/conditioned perry - first prize
Champion Perrymaker
CAMRA Stockport Beer, Cider & Perry Festival 2019
Perry of the Festival
Cider Museum Hereford International Cider & Perry Competition 2022
Perry (sweet)- 3rd place
Big Apple Blossomtime Trials 2017
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Overall - 'Champion Perry' 2017. This was the 13th time since 1996 (21 years) that we have won the overall 'Champion Perry’ award at the Big Apple Blossomtime trials
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Draught dry perry - first prize
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Draught sweet perry - first prize
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Bottle conditioned/in-bottle fermented cider - 2nd prize
CAMRA Stockport 2016
Rhys Jones Perry of the Festival
Hope Ciderfest 2015
Blakeney, Butt & Oldfield 2014 draught perry- Perry of The Festival, 1st prize
CAMRA West Midlands 2010
Gold Champion Perry: for Thorn 2009 Draught Perry
​Bronze Award for Flakey Bark 2009 Draught Perry
CAMRA National Champion Cider & Perry Competition 2008
Gold Award for Perry.
'A balance of citrus aroma with a winey aftertaste. Fabulous.' - Judges comments
Press Coverage
 Ledbury Reporter coverage, April 2022. |  Cider orchards vs climate change: The battle to protect the pint - ITV, May 2022 |  Fresh off the press- The Daily Mail, August 2021. |
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 Discover local producers on a makers’ break in Herefordshire - The Independent, July 2021 |  BBC Midlands Today, May 2020 |  Pear Pressure - Country Living Magazine, October 2019 |
 Included in Felix Nash's 'Fine Cider' - Dog & Bone, 2019 |  Hereford Times Coverage, October 2017. |  Worcester Evening News, 2017 |
 Give Perry a chance- The Guardian, 2012 |  'It's all gone pear shaped' - Time Magazine, 2010 |  Gregg's Pit has it's own chapter in James Crowden's award-winning book 'Ciderland' (Birlinn, 2008) |
 Gregg's Pit features throughout James Russell's 'The Naked Guide to Cider' (Tangent Books, 2010). |  Included in Rick Stein's 'Guide to the food heroes of Britain' - BBC Books, 2005 |  Feature in RHS The Garden Magazine, 'Perry: A Taste Reborn'. September 2009 |
 Featured on 'The Hairy Bikers Food Tour of Britain'- BBC Two, September 2009 |