Asda Premium Dry Cider

I think it is the old 5.3% recipe for Gaymer's Olde English before they ruined it by dropping the alcohol and sweetening it to imitate that Magners shoite.

can't be all bad though egg , it is 4.7% while others are weak & taste nasty at 4% , this stuff tastes good imo


have you tried it

Do U live in a bus shelter ?

i may as well do  , but don't have WiFi

just poured another Pops

Sorry, I'm thinking of Tesco's Dry Cider, that's 5.3%.

Gaymers Olde English was a great cyder in the 70s.

Tesco's probably costs £5.99

WE used to try & drink 2 quarts of the silver label Merrydown

that Merrydown is nasty stuffs !

mange  • June 8, 2014 8:16 PM BST
Do U live in a bus shelter ?

merrydown GOLD label was the business

Look

I'm tipping you the good stuffs right here , right now , don't try & delude me with cheap imitations

been off the drink all week mc but will pick u a bottle next time im in asda

get a few in for the world cup Pug , you won't be disappointed , really nice chilled & i'm fussy about my ciderz

the best cider is made 5 miles up the road to me

Aspals

Cider time is here

I almost bought Aspals Coach .. the pear stuffs .. but this is a great family sized bottles !!

4th & final glass now

do i eat well .. or just go to bed now

The cider market will shortly (if it is not already)like the real ale market several years ago. Drinkers will get fussy about content, source AND OF COURSE TASTE.

Most UK available cider is NOT made from English Apples or even straight juice from apples FROM ANYWHERE. Apple juice concentrate from almost anywhere being the bulk content and the norm.

Not need to believe me though, if you just want a fix of apple flavoured alcohol, go ahead. If not, or even if yes, try some proper stuff.

whats the best cider to get which is reasonably priced iyo bb?

I don't do "reasonably priced" cider, Pug! Seriously though, where are you located?.

The "problem" is that most decent cider is not "cheap". Aspalls is excellent, but expensive, but there are loads of premium brands. If you live in cider country you will get proper stuff at farmer's markets or other local events. The tricky thing (as I am finding, as a new producer) is producing decent stuff with a reasonable (not too high) alcohol level. I am in Sussex by the way but will not be on the market for 2 years yet.

Interesting Blackbarn , but a regular dinker wants a decent alcohol level , 4% is just aimed at the kids !!

I tried some of Aldi's cider lat night , winterburns or something ,  bought 2 x 568ml bottles at 4% , though it good value for £1 a bottle , it wasn't .......

im in glasgow bb

have tried aspalls before and its one of the nicest ciders i have had

although as you say its expensive

Of course Mc Moonbeam, but the natural process comes out at 8%+ with absolutely no effort at all. The key is getting it to a reasonable level without losing the "hard cider" taste. Everyone expects cider to be "strong", so 5/5.5% is fine, and 6% (like some of Aspalls) is ok too.

pug - didn't see your latest post before posting mine. Aspalls is lovely, and what is seriously annoying is that the more you pay in their range the better it is AND even the cheap ones are NOT CHEAP and still good. I have studied them very carefully, and it is true that some people think it is just poncy marketing, and there is a bit of that, but they just do "here it is, its expensive, its proper cider".

I just wish I'd thought of their model, way before I'd planted my orchard. Still they'll buy my organic apples

just stick to the buckfast pugmunter

i was more of a md 20/20 drinker back in the day grant

This is quality at it's best and a guaranteed good night's sleep. [:cool:


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Westons-Rosie-United-Kingdom-Herefordshire/dp/B00F2KUXBO/ref=sr_1_9/275-8539666-1544654?ie=UTF8&qid=1402336509&sr=8-9&keywords=westons+cider

They do the Scrumpy Jack also at 7.3%.

Ah the life of a pro gambler. Wish I could afford to assault my liver with a 2ltr bottle of Asda's finest tramp juice.

12 cans of stella cidre for me on this lovely summers evening

none of the ciders mentioned here are recognised as "real cider"

http://www.camra.org.uk/nonrealcider

i see even aspells made it onto that list which is a shock

Price is no guide to quality with cider, beer, lager drinks.

The price is based on the amount of marketing they've put into the product.
You can get some real bargains amongst the cheap stuff.

i got those 12 cans for a tenner

not exactly cheap but worth the money imo

A few years ago when pennies were tight I dabbled in supermarket cider.

Great to start with - roaring drunk for a few quid.

After a few weeks started getting crippling stomach pain. They don't call it gut rot for nothing.

Dr Crippen is right , price isn't a true guide


also agree with you Emden


I've actually decided to lower my alcohol level as was becoming far too dependent & craving a good drink every night

so i've now discovered the Grafenwalder Cloudy Radlers from Lidl

Basically a 500ml can of Lemon Shandy at 2.5% alcohol but they taste gorgeous for 49p & really refreshing to drink cold

2 cans gives the same feeling of having a drink but without actually feeling drunk at all

and it will save you money too


i felt like a wee break 2nite so got myself some cans. Been non stop punting this last week

Cider was the pissheads drink that the alkies took in bottles over the local park in brown paper bags when I was a kid. And it was less than half the price of beer.

Same thing happened with that as with diesel v petrol, it proved popular, so the price rocketed.

I remember good jeans, which were only used for work, like Levis or Wranglers, being £3 a pair. Some daft bastards ironed creases in them ffs, and wore them to a nightclub up the west end.

They became 'fashionable' and within 2 weeks were a tenner a pair.

I've not worn a pair since.

yep true Pug

money wasn't really the issue tbh although you do start to feel a mug spending money every single night on drink that in the end does nothing for you

I can drink as well as most once i'm started , but that's the trouble really

I've come to learn that i actually just like to enjoy a drink without it having a grip on my life !


How u doing anyway mate , i've had a nightmare on the World cup lately

Layed Costa Rica to Qualify cost me £500

I had 1-1 in the Italy game today would've saved me £300 but they were complete letdowns , lazy Italian bstrds

the first week has been an absolute dream mc

all the over 2.5 goals at generous odds have been pleasing

got stung on overs in the chile v spain match and got shafted in the japan match last nite

Backed them heavily coupled with some CS

all in all its been very good this last week

2nite i had over 3.5 goals france match and btts and ecq win

both have obliged


sorry to hear about your luck with costa rica and italy

a lot of folk on footie forum had their fingers burned too

hope u manage to claw it back

hmm

Glad you're doing ok , it's the match betting & Group betti g that's caught me out a bit , Spain cost me a bit , and Uruguay losing to Cost Rica was a Nightmare !

The Aussies also battled a bit

I've had a few decent wins on under 3.5 goals myself but keep getting burnt on other stuff

I layed Honduras also so is £165 back , but again lost £60 on correct scores as Honduras score first again 

It's been quite unpredictable so far imo

Not quite sure to back the outright market or not

Brazil & Argentina look a bit weak imo

but will no doubt improve a bit ,  fancy the Germans to nick it tbh

I shouldn't of been greedy laying & just approched every match as it comes , i'd have done alright that way , but a lot of my bets are interlinked now with the groups

do you only back overs Pug , and back before kick off ?

advice for 2moro mc

get on the overs in the nigeria match at evens now

i expect the odds to come in to 1.8

both teams need to go for it

im just a punter mc i dont trade unless the odds mean it doesnt eat too much into my green


really keen on the goals in this match

It's not really a game i'm interested in tbh Pug , but hope Bosnia win , they're a much better team than Nigeria , who are really poor imo

Good luck with it though , but can't see 1.8 , odds won't swing that much !

If Germany reach any kind of price though back them , but not at 1.34 , 1.54 maybe

yes maybe they hit those odds around 25mins

not my kind of odds tho

can only back evens or above


lookin forward to them 2moro long last the world cup i say

Pyder

Medium, 6.0% Vol.
An out of the ordinary blend of apple and pear juice fermented and matured in wood.
20L Bag in a Box.
£57.00

This is my all time favourite, from Gwynt Cider near Pontypridd.

2 bottles of Thatchers Katy does me............................

A lot of the CamRA winners come from Wales. I don't think I've tried Welsh cider knowingly, though I have bought plenty of unmarked unbranded 5 litre plastic jerrycans of scrumpy at Glastonbury over the years.

They are a bargain, you see two bands for the price of one.

I like this cider, and I like that cider..........

Well.....flippin' Hurray for that!