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.[http://www.tivertonpeople.co.uk/news/Cider-Tap-Dry-Tiverton-Brewery/story-4561802-detail/story.html Could the Cider Tap go Dry at a Tiverton Brewery?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008083643/http://www.tivertonpeople.co.uk/news/Cider-Tap-Dry-Tiverton-Brewery/story-4561802-detail/story.html |date=2011-10-08 }}. Mid Devon Gazette, Thursday, October 22, 2009 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.

Devon Cider Company went into administration again in 2009 and was taken over by Birmingham-based Aston Manor Brewery,{{cite web

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