[Closed] Sunshine and cider

I thought this thread was going to be about cider?

Phht amateur !

You'd get chucked out of the park with anything under 8% by the local drinkers

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There will be a few on this forum who know the delights of getting off the mountain and sharing a bottle or 5 of nicely chilled Basque farmhouse cider and a few pintxos while watching the villagers play pilota in the fronton.

I'll concede that English scrumpy is tastier, but nothing quite hits the spot like that.

Pah.

Since the minimum alcohol pricing commenced up here, it's all about cans of Dragon soup, frosty jacks is merely a misty eyed memory.

frosty jacks is merely a misty eyed memory.

I've a feeling it'll be a misty eyed hangover.
Normally drink Stowford or Autumn Gold , frosty is a tad to strong for volume drinking in the sunshine.

Usually Aspall's Draught but tonight its Devon Red.

Mmmm, I've just had 3 cans of Strongbow!!

I'd normally buy nice ciders in the summer but just bought a load of cheap cans from supermarket for the long weekend. It'll do.

just bought 20l of some somerset cider for 40 quid.

It's slipping down deceptively well

I do like a proper cider, but the local stuff was £75 for the same amount.

K good good it’s the start of many hanger overs.

Well now a subject close to my heart hailing from the home of the cider apple (Somerset if you didn't know 😉) not being able to get to Roger Wilkins' for obvious reasons next best 5 minutes down the road on the bike to Hecks' . A Gallon of Kingston Black 6.5% for £9 😎 Proper job 'tis ! And just for the record the only fruit that cider should be made from is APPLES ! All your poncy Rhubarb , Blackcurrant etc etc is just wrong !!!!'Also don't mention Strongbow round these parts !

Gwynt y ddraig...born in the same place as me awesome 😊

Henneys or Aspalls. Never heard of frosty jacks

Most of the time I would never remotely even consider drinking cider, on account of it being tramp juice

But when the suns out and I’ve just been out for a long walk, I got back today and had a hankering for it. Our local office is still open so I nipped down to ‘shop for essential items’

Can't beat a nice cold bottle of Henry Westons....or 4

Also: can you still buy K cider? Not seen it for years.

When we first used to go out drinking in Manchester, our first drink of the evening would be a green nasty.

Pint glass, bottle of K, topped up with Lowenbrau Pils, double blue bols and a vodka. Turned the pint bright green. Happy days 😃

Fatcha's Gold for me. Ice cold and served in one of our posh 4x pint glasses They've got a widget.

"Also: can you still buy K cider? Not seen it for years."

Yes Iceland stock it.

And just for the record the only fruit that cider should be made from is APPLES ! All your poncy Rhubarb , Blackcurrant etc etc is just wrong !!!!’Also don’t mention Strongbow round these parts !

And also just for the record, cider is 100% fermented apple juice, not the flavoured glucose syrup muck most mainstream "cider" brands are made out of.

Most of the time I would never remotely even consider drinking cider, on account of it being tramp juice

This was my thinking, but thanks to CV19 I couldn't safely reach the ale in Morrisons (aisle choked with old dears) so just grabbed 3 for £5 of the more accessible cider. It went down far, far to easily for stuff nearly as strong as wine.

I chose 3 dry ciders, aspalls and some other stuff. Great in the fun, very tasty and not just fizzy sweet apple piss that put me off in the past.

Today's tiple

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Time to plug my mates 'little hobby'

I'm drinking this, 17% 😊

17% , way too strong for me .
Enjoy 🍻

I loves my strong still organic cider though started a bottle of cold spiced rum which is fairly strong tasting at 35%

Curious cider down here in the SE England - Kentish Ruben & Bramley apples.

'tis lovely.

(nothing quite beats the memory as a youngster being allowed Breton cider on our family campimng trips to France. Drunk nicely chilled, sat in the sun with sandy toes, usually whilst pigging out on moule frites. Sigh...)

@avdave2 - where can one purrrrchase a crate?

Perlease reply as much needed right about NOW 😔

Think I'm just going straight to the Calvados 🙂

@tdog I’ve no idea, this was from my friend Steve - see Steve’s Garage thread- he was given it on his final trip back to Normandy and it comes from the village of Rots. I’m drinking it tonight in honour of him and his comrades who didn’t come home. It’s really very nice

Smashing a few of these down today whilst laying a floor in the summer house. 6.8%, lovely jubbly

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Gwatkins everytime. Local cider for local palates? I have to think that’s a good thing, because tasting the supermarket belchpopfizzysugarstuff is not even like real cider at all!

We're only a few miles from Thatcher's and I love most of their flavours but green goblin and old rascal are lovely

Back on the Stowford today.

Only one to have ‘round ere

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Dunkertons organic is fantastic stuff. I used to buys Heney’s, Sheppy’s, Aspall, etc, but Dunkertons, especially the premium reserve or the Court Royal is simply outstanding.

Houns.
You found anywhere local selling it?
Though i've lost almost 10KG since The House has been closed so might not be good to get back on it...
I can see this happening again when they re open.😵

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Burrow Hill medium or Ham Hill Early Drop or Bop Drop. Burrow Hill at the moment as Ham Hill don't do online orders. Hazy Jane when I really do have to get it from supermarket.

First stop every trip to Somerset is Pip's Railway Carriage cafe for the best breakfast you'll ever taste and then next door to the Trading Post to stock up on Early/Bop Drop!

Though i’ve lost almost 10KG since The House has been closed

"Cider makes your belly wider "

Localish saying 😁

Stu try your local corner shops/offies. A few around wolves have it on tap or you can buy 330ml glass bottles (3 for £5 at the Cally)

snaps
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Time to plug my mates ‘little hobby’

Posted 1 day ago

I used to live in pretty much the next village along, High Bickington, my folks still do so I’ll definitely drop in next time and get some from these guys.

I normally stop in at Sams cider in Winkleigh for my Apple fix.
They make some lovely drinks.

Sams

Sunshine and Cider the perfect combo

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This is my new found go to post ride refreshment at the moment, 85p a bottle from Aldi.....

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You people are animals! I was in Asda the other day and noticed they have about 15 types of cider. Once the sun comes out I'm going to buy one of each and try them all out

Nice one Cheesy, if only Charlie the Bikemonger was still doing stickers I'd deffo have room for "Cider makes you wider"

Bit of a thread resurrection / PSA..

Westons Vintage 8.2% (the good stuff!) is currently discounted on Amazon - voucher for £4.80 off 12 bottles brings it down to £1.60 a bottle (£1.50 if you use S&S to get an extra 5%) which is less than the heady old days of Co-op 3 for a fiver!

🌞

Does anyone make their own on here? I moved to a house with a few garden apple trees and have spent the last 7 years learning how to make a decent drop. The main issue is you only have one time a year to practise but I'm pretty pleased with this year's. To compensate for the lack of cider apple varieties (and before my three Dabinett trees start yielding fully) I've learned how to store and macerate the apples to keep acidity low and to rack multiple times to leave as much residual sugar as possible (you can achieve this if your apple trees are old and low in nutrients). Always letting wild yeasts do their thing (albeit with a low does of sulphite at the start) brings the best results too.

Very refreshing after today's ride.

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Know a thing or two. Have assisted friends in the making of local single varietal and blended ciders and perrys. Some commercial.

What passes as ‘cider’ from the regular shops and pubs these days is shocking! Like some kind of apple-flavoured lager, all bubbles and bolx.

See also all the big brand chocolate nowadays. Like some kind of chocolate-flavoured set vegetable fat and sugar.

Anyway. Rant over!

Gwatkins or Malvern Gold, chilled, not too cold. That’ll do more than nicely.

Local cheese, crusty bread and chutney on the side 🙂

Fully agree, but sometimes cheap shite just hits the spot . 😁😊

Cheers all 😁

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😎👍🏼

Its more beer, jumper and fire pit weather here, but not complaining.

I've just got back after 4 hours out on the hybrid around the villages below the Ridgeway. Golly that was fun and only 3 pints of weak but cold lager on the route.
I'll walk to the next village for a couple of Abingdon Bridges around 8:30. Ham and cheese omelette with peas first though.

Did I mention its my 58th birthday today, it go a little messy 😁

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Happy Bday. Someone’s been to Clive’s I see 👍🏼

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