Devon Cider Company

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Devon Cider Company was a company founded in 1999 in Devon, England, which produced cider. In 2005 it moved to a former Whitbread brewery in Tiverton, which it purchased from brewer InBev. [1] The company went into voluntary administration in 2007 and was restructured as a group of three companies: Devon Cider, Devon Cider Brands and Devon Commercial Property. [1]

Devon Cider Company went into administration again in 2009 and was taken over by Birmingham-based Aston Manor Brewery, [2] who retained the Tiverton site and in 2011 increased the workforce there. [3]

The company produced cider under brands such as Devon Village, Superior Old Moors, 3 Hammers and Ice White.

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References

  1. 1 2 Could the Cider Tap go Dry at a Tiverton Brewery? Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine . Mid Devon Gazette, Thursday, October 22, 2009
  2. "Aston Manor takes over rival and saves 50 jobs". The Birmingham Post (England). 6 November 2009.[ dead link ]
  3. "£8m rescue cider firm set to invest further £4m in Westcountry plant". This is Devon. 8 September 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2012.

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