Devon Cider Company was a company founded in 1999 in

Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...

, England, which produced

cider Cider ( ) is an alcoholic beverage made from the Fermented drink, fermented Apple juice, juice of apples. Cider is widely available in the United Kingdom (particularly in the West Country) and Ireland. The United Kingdom has the world's highest ...

. In 2005 it moved to a former Whitbread brewery in Tiverton, which it purchased from brewer

InBev InBev () was a brewing company that resulted from the merger between Belgium-based company Interbrew and Brazilian brewer AmBev which took place in 2004. It existed independently until the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch in 2008, which formed Anheu ...

.Could the Cider Tap go Dry at a Tiverton Brewery?
. Mid Devon Gazette, Thursday, October 22, 2009 The company went into

voluntary administration As a legal concept, administration is a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions, similar to bankruptcy in the United States. It functions as a rescue mechanism for insolvent entities and allows them to carry on ...

in 2007 and was restructured as a group of three companies: Devon Cider, Devon Cider Brands and Devon Commercial Property. Devon Cider Company went into administration again in 2009 and was taken over by Birmingham-based

Aston Manor Brewery Aston Manor Limited, trading as Aston Manor Cider, is a former brewery and current cider maker and bottling company in Aston, Birmingham, England. Having started out as a beer brewery, the company now produces exclusively cider and perry. In 2008 ...

, who retained the Tiverton site and in 2011 increased the workforce there. The company produced cider under brands such as Devon Village, Superior Old Moors,

3 Hammers 3 Hammers (sometimes called Three Hammers) is a strong white cider made in Tiverton, Devon, England by the Aston Manor Brewery. Before 2009 it was made by the Devon Cider Company, until that company went into administration in 2009 and was taken ...

and Ice White.

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