Favourite cider?

[philsussex]

What's your favourite cider?

I got caught up in the Magners/Bulmers with ice fad but now find myself preferring good old Strongbow again.

 

[Bozza]

All of those are, frankly, absolute shite.

Aspall Premier Cru, Westons Organic or Thatchers Katy for me.

 

[John Dorian]

I'm very much your mainstream cider drinker and purely because I don't like the stuff usually !!!

I hate Strongbow, but I do love a magners/bulmers with ice...

 

[vegster]

Hit the Cider farm at Firle... you can have a different favourite every day for a year....and these are all winners.......Uncle S take note !

 

[Marshy]

scrumpy

 

[Easy 10]

That Gaymers PEAR cider is rather nice. I guzzled one of those the other week and it fair hit the spot after 18 holes.

 

[British Bulldog]

That Gaymers PEAR cider is rather nice. I guzzled one of those the other week and it fair hit the spot after 18 holes.

How can they call it pear cider? I thought cider was made from apples and perry was made from pears?

 

[northstandnorth]

How can they call it pear cider? I thought cider was made from apples and perry was made from pears?

this is true,it is just babycham in a big butch bottle.

but still babycham at heart

 

[severnside gull]

Tend to drink whatever local scrumpy is available when we are in Somerset for weekends - otherwise never touch it as I drink bitter

 

[Easy 10]

How can they call it pear cider? I thought cider was made from apples and perry was made from pears?

Its there as a product. Its called Gaymers Pear Cider. And its NICE.
I couldn't drink it all night mind, but it makes a refreshing change if you fancy somfing different to kick off with.

 

[vegster]

How can they call it pear cider? I thought cider was made from apples and perry was made from pears?

A very good point !

Years back when some chemist devised Hooch they tried lots of different flavours.. the brand expanded until almost all the fruit types had been made....then, they played their joker.. they made Apple Hooch !!... brilliant eh ? especially as the base alcohol was CIDER.. so people were actually buying Apple flavoured Cider..

better than sand to the Arabs !

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Not a big cider drinker,however Strongbow does have a decent edge to it. Firle Farm spent many pounds there !! However all this Diamond White etc. Well that is not drinking or with company. That is about getting Hammered.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

In my youth I used to drink the local merrydown, all the pubs sold it, is it still out and about in the local area.

Merrydown cider | Age verification

Peter and the test tube babies always advocated its use (Fish Brothers approved)
got us banned from many a pub.

 

[philsussex]

In my youth I used to drink the local merrydown, all the pubs sold it, is it still out and about in the local area.

they sell it in my local shop

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Merrydown,is class.

 

[We're the Stripes]

Merrydown Dry, no question.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

The problem is these 'cheap' Ciders, Artic,diamond,Dri nite. Etc.

 

[Giraffe]

Woodpecker?

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Magners by a country mile.

 

[BensGrandad]

I do not drink Cider very often but my wife has always maintained that if a person drinks cider all of the time they invariably smell of cider when they sweat and it doesnt matter how many showers or baths they have, it gets in their system and the smell comes out via their sweat.