CIDER SESSIONS

Join a session and learn from the experts!

All sessions are in the Granary, Founders Park

Sessions are FREE to attend unless otherwise stated

(Numbers in each session are limited - first in, first served)

1pm

Common Food, Uncommon Cider

$12 per person
(LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE)

Think fried chicken, steak & cheese pie, even a cheeky curry – but with a twist. This fun and flavourful session takes everyday takeaway favourites and elevates them with perfectly matched ciders.

Enjoy tasters of classic comfort food, each paired with a unique cider that will surprise your palate and change the way you think about takeaways.

Yvonne Lorkin - Drinks Editor, Dish Magazine

& John Powell - Cider Apples NZ

will guide you through this fun tasting session!

Includes Cider tasters & Food Samplers

Grab a ticket to this session as an add-on'

to your festival ticket,

Door sales on the day unless sold out prior

2.30pm

Mead:

The Modern Elixir
*Free
(limited seating, first in first served)

Once the drink of kings and adventurers, mead is on the rise as people seek out natural and sustainable beverages.

Join Sam Callander of Undisturbed Meadery for a relaxed journey into one of the world’s oldest fermented drinks – how it’s made, why it’s different, and why it’s winning over modern palates. Discover how the world’s finest honey, from right here in Aotearoa, transforms into

complex flavours.

Pick up tips for making your own, and of course, no mead talk would be complete without a tasting – so bring your curiosity and enjoy something a bit different.

Includes Mead tasters.