Whether the ideal partner to your fine single malt or an aged Navy rum these elegant tumblers are perfect.

Mounted in a hallmarked lead-free pewter base, which gives them a substantial weighty feel, and are finished with an intricately-detailed pewter Swordfish or a Seafire emblem.

They are still made, by hand, in Sheffield, the home of British pewter craftsmanship.

All supplied in a luxury presentation box.

Tumbler
Capacity 285ml
Handwash in lukewarm soapy water recommended

35cl 16.6% abv.

A beautifully concentrated crisp blackcurrant liqueur with a remarkable depth. Made using whole Somerset blackcurrants infused for six months with our Apple Eau de Vie.

We love it with our Burrow Hill Perry – add a generous dash as you would use a Cassis

50cl 18% abv

A legend in the apple orchards of the West Country.  A blend of Cider Brandy and the juice of one of the finest and rarest of vintage cider apples.  

Apple, honey and apple blossom with citrus notes. Drink over ice or with tonic.

REVIEWS

Great Taste Awards 2023

“An unusual mix of juice and brandy makes this spirit quite unique. This is a very versatile drink which could be imbibed as an aperitif or digestif, before or after a meal. It could be drunk long with a soda or by itself with ice. Simply delicious.

An exquisite product of the highest order. The apple shines throughout with soft caramel notes which evoke the flavour of tarte tatin. We simply couldn't find fault with this product, or stop going back for more.

The Daily Telegraph

‘Scrumptious’ ‘A gratifyingly versatile blend of apple juice and Somerset Cider Brandy.’

Malt Review

“On the nose: Really clean and fresh. Red apple juice, heather honey, a light touch of caramel. Orange zest and copper pennies. Very nicely married with the spirit – nothing harsh whatsoever.

In the mouth: Pristine again, and what this has that pommeau often tends not to is a lovely fresh brightness of acidity that just pierces the sweetness and lifts everything up. Apple and golden raisin. Mango slices and Dundee cake. Just such a drinkable and fresh take on this style and again the weighting of juice and spirit is delightful.”

Crafty Nectar

“It pours a bright, burnished bronze and whilst still a little swirl reveals some pronounced ‘legs’. The aroma is sweet and aged, toffee apple and Christmas cake, but at the same time the acid in the Kingston Black juice lifts everything to give the impression of a light, freshness. In the mouth it is more of the same, the spices and sultanas from the Christmas cake almost seem to evaporate off the surface of the liquid and fill your nose from within. There’s no harshness or alcoholic note, just velvety, sweet goodness.”

Try our range of Somerset Cider Brandies with this beautiful gift box

The humble apple turned into prize-winning, sophisticated and heart warming flavours

Highly recommended

(4 x 10cl)

42% abv. 

Some fabulous flavours demonstrating what a skilled and prize-winning artisan can do with humble fruit.

Morello Cherry Liqueur

Blackcurrant Liqueur

Kingston Black Aperitif

Somerset Pomona. 

A great gift or an easy way into exploring a variety of new tastes

4 x 10cl

Apple Eau de Vie infused with Somerset Morello cherries. Rich and fragrant with a hint of almonds.

Good after dinner or served with ice cream.

Great Taste Award 3 stars!

 35cl 17.5% abv

70cl 42% abv.

It smells bold, full of apples, vanilla and spice. It tastes fruity with walnut, coffee and oak notes and prunes, vanilla and spice and sherry wood. It feels smooth and full with a gentle astringency.

Complex with a Christmas pudding richness, full of subtle bouquets and aromas.

“An interesting and worthy alternative to an armagnac, cognac or a single malt” Liquid Companions, BBC Radio 4

42%, 70 cl

5 year old Somerset Cider Brandy.

Complex with a velvety palate and intriguing spicy aftertaste. 

The nose is fruity, sweet and floral, like spring in the orchards. There is honeysuckle, apple blossom and hawthorn. The taste is full of apple, with delicate white flowers and a clean lingering fruit finish.

This brandy has gained depth, smoothness and stature.  With its complexity, velvety palate and intriguing spicy aftertaste it is a candidate for after dinner.

“gorgeous, mellow-yet-warming, richly fruited spirit” The Telegraph

70cl 42% abv.

The alchemist’s art is evident in Alchemy’s journey from our orchards to a unique golden spirit. A brandy with finesse and apple, mellow, smooth and long on the palate.

TASTING NOTES - Smells of ripe fruit, vanilla and raisins, It tastes complex and apply with a hint of hazelnut and raisins. It is smooth, balanced and soft.

‘scented, deft and complex’ Distilled magazine

It makes an exceptional digestif and is an ideal accompaniment to a cheese board. 

Sophisticated complex apples with honeysuckle and a hint of almond.

REVIEWS

The Telegraph

“This is a blend of apple juice and cider brandy, which is then aged in cask. The result is a complex, nutty, toffee-laden delight”

Malt Review

“On the nose: Deeper, richer, spicier. Very spicy actually, oak and nutmeg and clove. Moved from the Dundee Cake of the Kingston Black Aperitif to a brandy-soaked Christmas pudding. Oloroso sherry. Polished furniture. All with a beating heart of stewed apple. Fans of Glendronach, step this way.

In the mouth: Again, it’s deep, it’s rich, it’s rounded, it’s spicy. Very sweet, but balanced by tannin and oak. Less acidity than the Kingston Black Apple Aperitif, but again there’s more than you find in most pommeaux, which is all to the good. Char and raisin and cinnamon and nutmeg. In pudding terms it’s Halloween’s toffee apple meeting Christmas’s fruitcake. A decadent end-of-evening treat.”

50cl 20% abv

50cl 42% abv.

XO Somerset Cider Brandy is blended for age and quality. We have drawn upon over thirty years of experience to make this beautifully balanced spirit.

XO has been aged in small oak barrels and each bottle can be traced back to it's source orchard. It starts with a fruity, applely nose which leads into an elegant aromatic palate with notes of vanilla, followed by a long spicy, oak finish.

A small batch, hand-made, premium Scottish Gin, in the style of a classic London Dry Gin, slightly stronger at 47% ABV to accentuate the full flavour of the botanicals that we use which consistently produce a fantastic, juniper led, premium quality gin. 

Colonsay Gin takes its inspiration from a mixture of Celtic folklore and the natural Hebridean beauty of the island. Our Gin is hand-made in small batches to a recipe that is closely guarded by our special helper, ALVA, a delightful, red-haired maiden, who lives at the home of Wild Thyme Spirits – Tigh na Uruisg – which means Home of the Spirit. Colonsay Gin is all about a sense of place and the heartfelt passion of those who make it.

70cl 0 47 ABV

70cl & 10cl- 40% ABV

Colonsay Gin – Cait Sith is Wild Thyme Spirits’ version of an Old Tom style gin based on its multi-award winning Colonsay Gin.

“Old Tom is dead, then I must be queen”, said the Cait Sith {Caught Shee}.

From the deep, dark recesses of Celtic Mythology came the Cait Sith. A legendary spectral cat that roamed the Scottish Highlands & Islands, mysteriously bringing with it, either a blessing, or a curse, depending on whether householders left it a suitable libation or not. Not a cat as we know it, but rather a fairy-like creature that took the form of a cat.

To the Ancient Celts, cats were a message to step back and look within. A symbol of resourcefulness, flexibility, aloofness, unpredictability and, of course, great mystery.

Old Tom plays an important role in the history of gin, sitting as it does, between Dutch Genever and London Dry, it’s drier than the former but sweeter than the latter. Created to satisfy the huge demand for gin in the 18th & 19th centuries, distillers sweetened their juniper-laced sprits with liquorice or sugar, and in so doing, created a whole new category of gin

A Navy Strength version of the multi award winning Colonsay Gin. 

While powerful, this gin is far from just being a blunt instrument and it lacks for nothing in terms of complexity and flavour.

50cl & 10cl- 57% ABV

The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne fighter aircraft that served with the Fleet Air Arm  during the Second World War. A total of 600 were built by Fairey Aviation at its Stockport factory between January 1940 and December 1942. The Fulmar's design was based on that of the earlier Fairey P.4/34 that was in turn developed in 1936 as a replacement for the Fairey Battle light bomber. Although its performance (like that of its Battle antecedent) was lacking, the Fulmar was a reliable, sturdy aircraft with long range and an effective eight machine gun armament.

Brand: Trumpeter

Model Information:

Length: 223.1mm
Wingspan: 241.4mm
Contains 140+ parts.

Fuselage.
Wings with finely engraved panel lines.
Decals.

Please note paint and glue are not included.

If you're a member of the Fleet Air Arm Squadron, or just want to show your affiliation to it, these quality mugs say it all. Either way it's a statement of pride.

Handwash recommended for longevity
330ml capacity.

A specialist variant of the Westland Sea King, the HC.4 was the Royal Navy's Commando troop carrying and resupply helicopter replacement for their Wessex HU.5 helicopters and a development of similar aircraft produced for the Egyptian and Qatari Air Forces. 42 newly built helicopters were eventually produced in this configuration, which by their nature, were never too far from any action hotspots.
Deployed to combat zones right across the world during their 36-year service career, the Junglie as it was affectionately known, served with distinction from the Falklands War, through to the UK's campaign in Afghanistan.

King of the Junglies
Known as ‘King of the Junglies’, ZA298 was the longest serving Sea King HC.4. For over 30 years it was active in wars in the Falklands, Bosnia, Iraq and most recently Afghanistan.

Features:
- Folding rotor blades and tail
- Undercarriage without sponsons unique to HC.4 variant
- New interior parts including lengthened cabin and extra seats
- Open/closed door option
- GPMG machine gun mount
- New cockpit detail parts
- Extra antenna and countermeasures detail parts to suit the HC.4’s front-line role

Decal schemes:

Scheme A
Westland Sea King HC.4 - ZA298 ‘King of the Junglies’, No. 846 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, HMS Fearless, Operation 'Corporate', Falkland Islands, 1982.

Scheme B
Westland Sea King HC.4 - ZA312, No.845 Naval Air Squadron, Operation 'Granby'/Desert Storm, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, King Khalid Military City, Saudi Arabia, January-February 1991.

Scheme C
Westland Sea King HC.4 - ZD480, No.845 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Croatia, 1995.

Scheme D
Westland Sea King HC.4 - ZF122, No.845 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset, 2013.

Kit Specs
- Pieces: 289
- Length: 460mm
- Width: 397mm
- 4 x Decal Options

This book uncovers many hidden facts and untold stories of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), shedding light on its remarkable history, much of which has not been widely published. It offers a concise yet vivid account of how the Royal Navy’s Air Service (RNAS) evolved over the years, shaped by over a century of political manoeuvring and its long-standing rivalry with the Royal Air Force. Even today, the FAA continues to operate in the shadow of the RAF, as seen in the ongoing developments surrounding the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers and the F-35B aircraft they now carry, frequent subjects in the media.

Few know that the last serviceman to die in the Second World War was an FAA pilot, shot down over Japan at the very end of the Pacific conflict. While FAA victories such as Taranto and the Falklands are well known, it may surprise readers to learn that the FAA briefly flew Lancasters in 1946. And in the Gulf War, FAA Westland Lynx helicopters made history by virtually wiping out Iraq’s navy using Sea Skua missiles, the first time seaborne helicopters achieved such a feat.

This book also features the most comprehensive post-1945 timeline of the FAA, a reflection of the decline of Britain’s maritime power over recent decades. Enriching the narrative are personal anecdotes from FAA personnel, highlighting their bravery, dedication, and sacrifice in the line of duty.

 About the author:

Keith Abnett served in the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) from 1961 until 1985, initially as an artificer apprentice reaching the rank of Aircraft Engineering Warrant Officer. He was predominately part of the ‘fixed wing’ element (Sea Vixens, Phantoms and Sea Harriers) maintaining and managing in a variety of engineering capacities. He led the team that maintained the helicopters flown by HRH Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, whilst in the RN. Keith served on five different aircraft carrier types: HMS Ark Royal, Bulwark, Hermes, Illustrious and the mighty ‘Sara’, the USS Saratoga. From a young age and following retirement from the FAA, he has keenly studied both the historical and future developments of the UK’s Naval Air Service.