{"id":36964,"date":"2025-12-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/?p=36964"},"modified":"2025-12-03T23:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:00:49","slug":"daylesford-cider-named-australias-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/daylesford-cider-named-australias-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Daylesford cider named Australia&#8217;s best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DAYLESFORD Cider&#8217;s Wild Oak has been named the best cider in the country at this year&#8217;s Australian Cider Awards.<\/p>\n<p>More than 230 local and international entries were judged as part of the competition and Wild Oak was also named best traditional cider and best cider in show.<\/p>\n<p>The business took home three gold medals, three best in class awards and four trophies at the awards ceremony held in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Self-taught cider maker Jon Mackie has been developing his skills for 10 years and said he was thrilled with the results.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m absolutely stoked to bring home so many awards,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/WildOak2025Awards_86395.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wild Oak has been named the best cider in the country.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, blown away &#8211; what an unbelievable result, especially most successful small producer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Massive thanks to everyone at Cider Australia, and to all the sponsors for making it all possible, what an incredible night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mackie works alongside his wife Clare, and the pair currently serve 14 cider styles alongside special releases and non-alcoholic alternatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAYLESFORD Cider&#8217;s Wild Oak has been named the best cider in the country at this year&#8217;s Australian Cider Awards. 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