08 January 2025
By Michael Donaldson in Pursuit of Hoppiness
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One of the best new drinks to enter the market this year is, a) not a beer and, b) contains zero alcohol.

Step up Peckham’s Apple Zero.
This 0% cider is made from proper cider apples with a wild ferment and the result of those two “ingredients” it’s unlike anything else I’ve tried in the non-alc space this year.
The aroma is stunning, with that trademark funky, earthy, barnyard olfactory hit. There’s plenty of apple character plus lots of body weight and a lovely dry finish.
It’s brilliance was acknowledged at the Australian Cider Awards where it picked up a trophy in the low-no alcohol class and scored 95 points out of 100.
The result repeated at the New Zealand Cider Awards as one of four trophies Peckham’s won there, including the title of champion cidermaker.
Peckham’s owner and cidermaker Jody Scott was formerly at Zeffer where he created a range of 0% ciders. That knowledge made things a little easier at Peckham’s but the proper cider apples themselves did some heavy lifting. [READ MORE…]