insideKENT Magazine Issue 64 - July 2017 | Page 92

Made IN KENT
JUST WHAT IS IT ABOUT KENT THAT MEANS THE PRODUCERS AND GROWERS HERE ARE SO GOOD
AT WHAT THEY DO? WELL, FOR A START IT MIGHT BE THE LAND – IT’S PERFECT FOR GROWING ALL
SORTS OF THINGS INCLUDING THE FAMOUS HOPS AND APPLES, AND MORE RECENTLY VINES. OR
PERHAPS IT’S THE CLIMATE – JUST THE RIGHT MIX OF WET AND DRY, JUST THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE,
JUST RIGHT ALL ROUND. IT COULD BE THAT THE PEOPLE OF KENT ARE BORN ENTREPRENEURS, SO
THEIR IDEAS ARE ABLE TO FLOURISH AND COME TO FRUITION, OFFERING UP A VAST ARRAY OF
BUSINESSES AND PRODUCTS THAT ARE PURE KENTISH PERFECTION.
WHATEVER IT IS, THE ONE THING WE DO KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CREATING
HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTY OF OURS, AND THAT CAN ONLY EVER BE A GOOD THING. HERE ARE JUST
A FEW OF THE MANY, MANY BUSINESSES AND MAKERS THAT ARE FLOURISHING IN KENT.
Wise Owl Cider Simply Ice Cream
High Halden Ashford
Award-winning Wise Owl Cider (bronze winner in the 2015 International
Cider Challenge, best Kentish Cider or Perry at the 2015 Taste of Kent
Awards and finalist in the same category in the 2016 awards) is a crisp
and fruity drink made using 100% pressed Kentish apples. Everything
is pressed on site, to give the cider an even fresher taste. Based near
Tenterden, Wise Owl Cider is as Kentish as it gets!
www.wiseowlcider.co.uk
The name says it all,
and more – Simply
Ice Cream is run by
Sally Newall who
has created a
premium brand
using locally
sourced
ingredients.
Homemade by
hand in small
batches and free
from preservatives,
this is ice cream at
its best, and as it
should be. It is now
sold all over
England, and
flavours include Heavenly Honeycomb, Brown Bread, Kentish Cobnut
Fudge and Mango Sorbet to name just a few.
www.simplyicecream.co.uk
Goody Ales
Herne Bay
Concept:Skin
Canterbury
The idea behind
Concept:Skin is to promote
natural skincare solutions
that can be used every day
in place of the chemical-
filled items we use at the
moment. Founder Chioma
Esther Copeman worked in
a pharmacy for 10 years, and
in that time she saw many
skin issues – and the
products that were often
prescribed seemed to make
things worse in many cases.
So she decided to come up
with her own unique brand
of completely natural skincare products that would soothe and nourish
the skin and not harm it in any way. It is even tailored to different skin
types, ensuring that everyone can benefit.
www.conceptskin.co.uk
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Goody Ales’ Good Health was voted Best Kentish Beer at the 2015 Taste
of Kent Awards, and was a finalist in both 2016 and 2017. This honey
coloured, fresh and zesty drink with an undertone of orange sets the
benchmark for the numerous other superb ales and beers that are
produced here and include Good Life (pale and tasting of citrus), Good
Heavens (made with Pilgrim hops), and Good Evening (a chocolaty
darker ale). This is Kent in a bottle.
www.goodyales.co.uk