Cider Voice 39 - I Missed The Train Because of Sneezing! - Alison Taffs, The Hop Inn, Hornchurch

Absolute cider royalty comes to the pod this week as Justin and Albert are joined by Alison Taffs, head honcho at multi-award-winning might-as-well-keep-the-trophy cider pub The Hop Inn. We talk about Alison and Justin's shared background as drama students at Mountview, and how that armed them to become tasting host extraordinaires, we touch on managing alcohol intake when working in the drinks industry and Alison schools us on what makes good hospitality. Only momentarily distracted by Justin looking up directions to the Hop Inn on his phone, we learn how to build the ultimate cider list as a pub and how gaining confidence with tasting notes can help drinkers, producers and hospitality staff. Ciders by @gospel_green Albert lords the land @rosscider Adam hops in @cider_review Justin is on heavy antihistamines @justinwellsjustin