Cider Thread

[brian6-2]

Rekorderlig Passion Fruit Cider.

Stuff of genius.

anyone have any other recomendations?

[Allant1981]

I just had strawberry-lime by the same company, was braw

[West Upper]

Rekorderlig Passion Fruit Cider.

Stuff of genius.

anyone have any other recomendations?


Yes, try some real cider.

[Scouse Hibee]

Yes, try some real cider.


:agree: The trouble is that many folk who like cider as in the mass produced/flavoured variety often find a pint of proper cider not to their taste.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

I find the bottled cider (whoever makes it) is like drinking liquid sugar. Very sickly.

I know this will be frowned upon, but, I'd prefer Strongbow.

[brian6-2]

Yes, try some real cider.

being a 19 year old from north gyle whats your idea of "real" cider? white lightning? :wink:

[West Upper]

being a 19 year old from north gyle whats your idea of "real" cider? white lightning? :wink:

Cheddar Valley 6% on sale in the White Lady in Corstorphine. :wink:

[brian6-2]

Cheddar Valley 6% on sale in the White Lady in Corstorphine. :wink:

will give that a bash buddy, cheers. although probably not in the white lady :wink:

[Pretty Boy]

Remember a few years back I was in a village pub in Devon.

They had a cider on tap called Madam Rosies XXXX cider and the abv was stated as ?. I had a couple of pints of it and it was quite pleasant, went to the bar for another and was warned by the barman to take it easy, being a bit of a dick I went on to drink another 4 pints of it.

Woke up the next morning in a hedge on a countru lane about 3 miles from the village withno recollection of getting there and a brutal hangover.

Word of advice, if someone warns you off home brewed cider then it pays to listen.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

I stayed in Reading over the weekend of the Millwall "friendly" and we ended up in a wee country pub called The Cider House, IIRC it was just outside Caversham, they had different concoctions of Cider/Scrumpy called Hand Grenade, Depth Charge etc, the final outcome was much the same! :-)

[Haymaker]

Any type you get from the side of roads in Somerset. Cloudy, bits floating in it and tasty.

[weedgiehibbie]

Cheddar Valley 6% on sale in the White Lady in Corstorphine. :wink:

Tried a pint of that (or at least i tihnk it was that - it was something Chedder :greengrin )in my local Wetherspoons last time they had a Cider festival and wasn't too impressed with it, prefered some of the others.

In saying that there is another cider festival just staerted in Wetherspoons so will need to head down and try some new ones. :agree:

[Sylar]

We get some properly lovely ciders down here - nought more refreshing after a long day's work than a nice pint of local press! :thumbsup:

[danhibees1875]

The bottles fruity ones taste great but I need to stop after 1/2 cause it gets a bit sickly. From there it's Strongbow or Henry Westons.

HW is currently on offer in Scotmid I've been told. £1.50 and it's 9%. :thumbsup:

[kdhibees1]

The new strongbow dark fruit is pretty nice, I also like the red bulmers

[The_Exile]

Kopparberg Naked Apple is a lovely cider, also bought a load of Stella Cidre as it was mega cheap, was sh**.

[Wilson]

Kopparberg Naked Apple is a lovely cider, also bought a load of Stella Cidre as it was mega cheap, was sh**.

I like cidre. The pear one too. £1.70 a bottle in Morrisons just now. It has got to be really cold though. Not enjoyable if it is tepid.

Drink old Rosie and adnams ale when visiting my dad in Sussex. They are ok.

Edit: cannot remember what adnams brand cider was called - not been there for a while!

[Jones28]

Aspel ain't too shabby :agree:

[CB_NO3]

Is Strongbow a cider? Never seen an apple in its puff. The flavoured bottle ones are excellent for a hangover, Bulmers 17 being my favourite. Slightly off topic, whats everyones thought on Jeremiah Weed? Thats a nice drink, can only have a couple IMO.

[Hibee87]

Is Strongbow a cider? Never seen an apple in its puff. The flavoured bottle ones are excellent for a hangover, Bulmers 17 being my favourite. Slightly off topic, whats everyones thought on Jeremiah Weed? Thats a nice drink, can only have a couple IMO.

I used to be a lager lout, wouldnt drink anything other than lager......now I drink cider mostly.

Strongbow is fine, will happily drink pint after pint in the pub.

I do liek the koperbergs and rekorderlings but only 1 or 2 bottles as i find it pretty sweet and sickly.

henry westons is a nice cider, especially when on offer in tesco :greengrin

Im not a fan of magners but dont mind bulmers or cidre.

I tried a new cider the other night but cant mind the name, somthing thistle i think it was, it was nice would recomend it.

Dark fruits strongbow was rank, tasted flat.

I hated cider growing up and tended to stay o nthe buckfast or MD (i know i know) so I dont have any bad experiences on the stuff yet, so id still happily drink blackthorn or woodpecker.

Also I tried the merrydown with berries and was rather refreshing.

and to answer your question, I tried 2 flavours of that jerimiah weed, I liked one more than the other but cant remeber which one, but I did enjoy them if not for the heartburn.

I suppose I can take from this analsys is I will drink anythign really :faf:

[alhibby]

Stowford Press in the Cask and Barrel Southside is awfy good :agree:

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Stowford Press seems to get me bevvied a lot quicker than other ciders, its not that strong, so I dinnae really understand why!

[Haymaker]

Stowford Press seems to get me bevvied a lot quicker than other ciders, its not that strong, so I dinnae really understand why!

Too tasty, I drink that stuff too fast and fall over.

[Godsahibby]

Very old thread but need help form you cider drinkers. Never been a big fan always the bitter aftertaste that got me but I’m just back from Portugal and has some Sommersby cider and it changed my life!!

Stuff was amazing tasted like Appletiser with no bitter aftertaste. I believe it’s made by Carlsberg but it’s not widely available in the UK and the stuff they make here is slightly different.

Anything drinkers able to recommend similar ciders available here?

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Very old thread but need help form you cider drinkers. Never been a big fan always the bitter aftertaste that got me but I’m just back from Portugal and has some Sommersby cider and it changed my life!!

Stuff was amazing tasted like Appletiser with no bitter aftertaste. I believe it’s made by Carlsberg but it’s not widely available in the UK and the stuff they make here is slightly different.

Anything drinkers able to recommend similar ciders available here?

I really don't like it, it's like drinking sugar, sorry. Same as Magners.

[Dav1986]

The wife loves her cider. She prefers Henry Westons, but will drink Scrumpy Jack, or Aspalls too.

She doesn't like any of the fruit ciders as they're too sweet and 'not real cider' as she says.

[Dav1986]

The bottles fruity ones taste great but I need to stop after 1/2 cause it gets a bit sickly. From there it's Strongbow or Henry Westons.

HW is currently on offer in Scotmid I've been told. £1.50 and it's 9%. :thumbsup:

Is HW £1.50? I thought it had to be £2.05 now due to minimum pricing?

Need to investigate that.

Lidl do a cider for a bit less in a bottle which is made by HW, worth a look, although I can't remember the name of it off top of my head.

[lord bunberry]

Is HW £1.50? I thought it had to be £2.05 now due to minimum pricing?

Need to investigate that.

Lidl do a cider for a bit less in a bottle which is made by HW, worth a look, although I can't remember the name of it off top of my head.
The post you quoted was made 6 years ago. It certainly won’t be £1.50 now.

[lord bunberry]

Thatchers do some nice ciders. If I’m having a pint in the pub I always go for that.

[Eaststand]

Very old thread but need help form you cider drinkers. Never been a big fan always the bitter aftertaste that got me but I’m just back from Portugal and has some Sommersby cider and it changed my life!!

Stuff was amazing tasted like Appletiser with no bitter aftertaste. I believe it’s made by Carlsberg but it’s not widely available in the UK and the stuff they make here is slightly different.

Anything drinkers able to recommend similar ciders available here?

I started making turbo cider a few years ago and really enjoy doing that. Its easy and cheap to make once you gather the demijohns, airlocks etc. I began by making straight apple cider from shop bought apple juice, but after reading some online brewing tips, I've made apple/cranberry, and also apple/mango cider.

One demijohn produces 9 x 500 ml bottles of around 6% abv cider
I love tweaking the recipes to suit my own tastes and its very enjoyable

Give it a try, you might be pleasantly surprised at the outcome ;-)

GGTTH

[danhibees1875]

Is HW £1.50? I thought it had to be £2.05 now due to minimum pricing?

Need to investigate that.

Lidl do a cider for a bit less in a bottle which is made by HW, worth a look, although I can't remember the name of it off top of my head.

Haha unfortunately, as Lord B pointed out, that offer was 6 years ago. :greengrin

Interesting to note dark fruits was described as "new" - I couldn't have told you when it first came out but it's pretty main stream now I would say, most bars have it on draft I've found.

[Dav1986]

Haha unfortunately, as Lord B pointed out, that offer was 6 years ago. :greengrin

Interesting to note dark fruits was described as "new" - I couldn't have told you when it first came out but it's pretty main stream now I would say, most bars have it on draft I've found.

Hahaha what an erse eh?

Hadn't saw the thread before so just assumed it was new :doh:

[Scouse Hibee]

I like a session on Old Rosie, goes down a treat far too easily.

[Haymaker]

I like a session on Old Rosie, goes down a treat far too easily.

It goes down easily and you fall over easily too!

[CapitalGreen]

Very old thread but need help form you cider drinkers. Never been a big fan always the bitter aftertaste that got me but I’m just back from Portugal and has some Sommersby cider and it changed my life!!

Stuff was amazing tasted like Appletiser with no bitter aftertaste. I believe it’s made by Carlsberg but it’s not widely available in the UK and the stuff they make here is slightly different.

Anything drinkers able to recommend similar ciders available here?

Somersby is so sugary, it’s essentially an apple flavoured alcopop.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Somersby is so sugary, it’s essentially an apple flavoured alcopop.

Good, it's not just me that thinks that. 👍

[Moulin Yarns]

I started making turbo cider a few years ago and really enjoy doing that. Its easy and cheap to make once you gather the demijohns, airlocks etc. I began by making straight apple cider from shop bought apple juice, but after reading some online brewing tips, I've made apple/cranberry, and also apple/mango cider.

One demijohn produces 9 x 500 ml bottles of around 6% abv cider
I love tweaking the recipes to suit my own tastes and its very enjoyable

Give it a try, you might be pleasantly surprised at the outcome ;-)

GGTTH

I have 4 apple trees and made cider from scratch last year, very dry but more my taste than the shop bought cider. This year there are fewer apples but I'm thinking of inclusion of blackcurrants which we also have in abundance.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

I have 4 apple trees and made cider from scratch last year, very dry but more my taste than the shop bought cider. This year there are fewer apples but I'm thinking of inclusion of blackcurrants which we also have in abundance.

Nice! 😜

[Jack]

There's a few pubs, like the Windsor, that sell Symonds which I like.

Aspall is also very nice.

The Harp and Castle used to sell normal Strongbow which I drank because I liked the pub. They took that out some time ago and that only left the fruit version on draft. I've hardly been back since.

[lord bunberry]

I’m currently enjoying a few Henry Weston’s, nice but a bit strong at 8.2%.

[Eaststand]

I have 4 apple trees and made cider from scratch last year, very dry but more my taste than the shop bought cider. This year there are fewer apples but I'm thinking of inclusion of blackcurrants which we also have in abundance.

Sounds great MY and there's nothing quite as satisfying as drinking a home made beer or cider that you've made yourself eh ;-)

I've used blueberry/blackberry/raspberry along with apple juice and they all taste good. I reckon if you start with just a small amount of berries, then add more next time etc, you'll soon find the level you like most.

GGTTH

[lord bunberry]

Is that home brew shop still open on Elgin Terrace? I quite fancy having a go at making my own cider.

[Jack]

Is that home brew shop still open on Elgin Terrace? I quite fancy having a go at making my own cider.

No.

It moved up to somewhere around South Clerk Street, I think opposite the Queens Hall a few years ago.

[lord bunberry]

No.

It moved up to somewhere around South Clerk Street, I think opposite the Queens Hall a few years ago.
Thanks I will pop in and have a look around.

[Eaststand]

Is that home brew shop still open on Elgin Terrace? I quite fancy having a go at making my own cider.

If you fancy trying to make some turbo cider using demijohns, I'll happily pass you on a couple of easy recipes for you to try out :-)

GGTTH

[weecounty hibby]

I know this probably won't really help any if you looking for decent ciders but I can't even stand the smell of it. Drank way to much Merrydown when I was 14/15 and can't touch the stuff now. 🤮🤮🤮

[lord bunberry]

If you fancy trying to make some turbo cider using demijohns, I'll happily pass you on a couple of easy recipes for you to try out :-)

GGTTH
Cool, I’ll drop you a pm when I’ve got all the equipment.

[Eaststand]

Cool, I’ll drop you a pm when I’ve got all the equipment.

No probs LB 👍

GGTTH