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Christmas Dinner and Cider Competition 2023Our annual Christmas dinner is on Thursday December 14th and is now available for booking by members. As last year, it will be at the Barista in Wigton. Arrive by 7pm (prompt!). After dinner we will be holding our members' cider competition.
The dinner:
Our annual Christmas dinner is on Thursday December 14th and is now available for booking by members. As last year, it will be at the Barista in Wigton. Arrive by 7pm (prompt!). After dinner we will be holding our members' cider competition.
The meal is strictly for members only and the process for booking is as follows:
- Decide your menu selection (see attached menu).
- Book your places (including names of members) here on the NCOG site and choose the menu options for each individual member attending
If you have any difficulty with the booking process, contact Mark.
Location:
The Barista, 20 High Street, Half Moon Lane, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 9NJ
The cider competition:
Our annual cider competition will be held immediately after the Christmas dinner. All those attending the dinner will be able to taste and rank the ciders, at the end of which the winner will be announced to rapturous applause (speeches optional). Last year the winner was Ronald Graham, together with Eileen Rees. Sadly Ronald died this year, but Eileen has kindly offered a prize tankard in his honour for the winner of the competition.
You do not have to be at the dinner to enter your cider. The process will be as follows:
Supply your cider (min 500ml) to John Nutley either:
- at the pressing & cider-making event on November 26th, if you are attending that
- on the night of December 14th, before the meal
- to John directly before December 14th (contact him via to arrange this)
If your cider is fizzy it will be left to go flat before tasting, so that the CO2 does not mask/enhance the flavour.
All cider will be presented in anonymised bottles for members to taste and rank.
The final scoring will be carried out by John and no disputes will be permissible.
This event is bookable - see details and book -
Committee Meeting 8 Jan 2024The next committee meeting will be on Monday January 8th 2024 in Threlkeld
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