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08 Jun 14
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this stuff is amazingly good
Forget all your top name , small bottle ciders
£2.25 for 2 litre .. lovely chilled & does the job
Forget all your top name , small bottle ciders
£2.25 for 2 litre .. lovely chilled & does the job
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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.
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can't be all bad though egg , it is 4.7% while others are weak & taste nasty at 4% , this stuff tastes good imo
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Do U live in a bus shelter ?
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i may as well do , but don't have WiFi
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just poured another Pops
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Sorry, I'm thinking of Tesco's Dry Cider, that's 5.3%.
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Gaymers Olde English was a great cyder in the 70s.
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Tesco's probably costs £5.99
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WE used to try & drink 2 quarts of the silver label Merrydown
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that Merrydown is nasty stuffs !
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mange • June 8, 2014 8:16 PM BST
Do U live in a bus shelter ?  |
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merrydown GOLD label was the business
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Look
I'm tipping you the good stuffs right here , right now , don't try & delude me with cheap imitations  |
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been off the drink all week mc but will pick u a bottle next time im in asda |
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get a few in for the world cup Pug , you won't be disappointed , really nice chilled & i'm fussy about my ciderz
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the best cider is made 5 miles up the road to me
Aspals  Cider time is here |
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I almost bought Aspals Coach .. the pear stuffs .. but this is a great family sized bottles !!
4th & final glass now  |
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do i eat well .. or just go to bed now
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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. |
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whats the best cider to get which is reasonably priced iyo bb?
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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. |
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Interesting Blackbarn , but a regular dinker wants a decent alcohol level , 4% is just aimed at the kids !!
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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 .......
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im in glasgow bb
have tried aspalls before and its one of the nicest ciders i have had although as you say its expensive |
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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.
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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 |
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just stick to the buckfast pugmunter
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i was more of a md 20/20 drinker back in the day grant |
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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 |
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They do the Scrumpy Jack also at 7.3%.
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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.
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12 cans of stella cidre for me on this lovely summers evening
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none of the ciders mentioned here are recognised as "real cider"
http://www.camra.org.uk/nonrealcider |
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i see even aspells made it onto that list which is a shock
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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. |
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i got those 12 cans for a tenner
not exactly cheap but worth the money imo |
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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. |
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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 |