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[NeilVJ]

Hi All, In the lead up I thought I'd be the one to start a mass cider thread for us cider lovers.
I'll start it with the daddy of all by recommeding Brothers Festival Strength Pear Cider. I doubt there will many who have been to Glasto and haven't had a few too many of these. Goes down far too easy

[Kowalski]

Man up and drink something decent  

[CiderFiend]

'Nuff said.
Close the thread now.  

[dirty_dog]

CiderFiend, on Apr 12 2010, 10:27 PM, said:

'Nuff said.
Close the thread now.  

agreed

[Greenish]

Cheddar Valley

[LusciousLucy]

Glastonbury Cider Bus Cider...Burrowhill...Hot & Spicy...yeah daddio!

Brothers is for amateurs and Kopparberg lovers  

Oh...and when you clicky...you can head off to purchase some for your own

[ampersand]

koppaberg is just fizzy juice

[MrZigster]

LusciousLucy, on Apr 12 2010, 10:34 PM, said:

Glastonbury Cider Bus Cider...Burrowhill...Hot & Spicy...yeah daddio!

Brothers is for amateurs and Kopparberg lovers  

Oh...and when you clicky...you can head off to purchase some for your own

Agreed. Hot & Spicy is by far my favorite Glastonbury beverage. Sometimes with a generous shot of quality Calvados added.

[Mr.Tickle]

Weston's Organic all the way

[LusciousLucy]

In no particular order though...if you want proper cider...aka NOT fizzy and comes out of a barrel and within a pint or two has you running for the nearest porcelain bowl with self imposed IBS due to high yet very tasty levels of fruit acids...

Hecks - Bramley Apple and Honey - THE greatest cider on the planet 7%
Hecks - Single Varietal Perry and Single Varietal Cider...warning, take with a dose of Imodium!  
Gwynt Yr Draig - Firey Fox (tasted my first on Saturday, one of the finest tasting ciders in the world imo)
Co-op(!) Tillington Cider  - 6.6 % 75cl sold in glass bottles...VERY tasty and just very very slightly fizzy...buggers you sideways
Broad Oak Perry
Addlestones - alcoholic apple juice, available in good pubs and very dangerous!
Old Bristolian - caramel flavoured apple juice and even MORE dangerous than Addlestones and 8.4%
Thorogoods Scrumpy...only available in Australia, served and sold as table wine as it is 13% !!!

If you live in the South East of the UK you can visit the National Cider and Perry Centre at Middle Farm, near Lewes and taste over 50 of the finest pressed ciders available in this country for free!

Go and get an education and keep off the Brothers and stear very very clear of anything that is 4.5% or less and clearly has added sugars!  

[Langdale Wolf]

CiderFiend, on Apr 12 2010, 10:27 PM, said:

'Nuff said.
Close the thread now.  

No, no, no, no, no and no.

That tastes like piss straight from satan's urethra.  I bet you have it with ice as well, you dirty hound.

As this is the Glastonbury board, you shouldn't be looking past the Burrow Hill.  REAL cider, and very tasty to boot.

Koppaberg is f**king repulsive.  It's the cider equivalent of Michael Winner.

[LusciousLucy]

CiderFiend, on Apr 12 2010, 10:27 PM, said:

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'Nuff said.
Close the thread now.  

I hope you are kidding! If you have to drink that pish make sure you drink the 7.5% stuff. At least that doesnt taste of filthy sugary piss. And watch out for the Forest Fruits version...think Vimto but with a sledgehammer chaser! Not sure if the Swedish dudes still frequent your local city Continental Markets that get put on throughout the year but that is where you will find the strong stuff if you want to search it out.

But come on...PASSIONFRUIT CIDER??? WTF????!!!

[niceandfriendly]

Kopparberg tastes like a liquidised bag of penny mix sweets.

Tasty, but not a real drink. Not even a real cider.

[lolbeck]

Lucy, I have made a note of your glorious list of ciders. It is now a beautiful, cidery shopping list

[MikeyB37]

CiderFiend, on Apr 12 2010, 10:27 PM, said:

'Nuff said.
Close the thread now.  

  no way, just weak pish that tastes of peardrops. This however...



...gets the job done

[Digi]

LusciousLucy, on Apr 12 2010, 10:34 PM, said:

Glastonbury Cider Bus Cider...Burrowhill...Hot & Spicy...yeah daddio!

Brothers is for amateurs and Kopparberg lovers

Oh...and when you clicky...you can head off to purchase some for your own

6 quid for 4 litres?!?!  I've just ordered some to practice!  

[LusciousLucy]

niceandfriendly, on Apr 12 2010, 10:47 PM, said:

Tasty, but not a real drink. Not even a real cider.

So much like every other fizzy cider you buy in pubs then?

Cider...the proper stuff, should generally be non fizzy, f**k you royally within say...a pint...pressed with a press and made from apples harvested from the orchard round the back of the barn where the pressings happen.

Massed produced flourescent orange/yellow diluted, nothing freshly pressed about it, fizzy stuff pumped out of a pipe from a metal barrel in the basement of your local...might say cider on the label...but its not ZOIDER!

The Wurzels are not singing about the wonders of Dry Blackthorn/Strongbow/Magners/Bulmers are they?  

If you dont get Glastoenteritis™ after a pint...its not worth drinking!

[kingjamma]

Old Rosie and Addlestones are my ciders of choice, both are gorgeous and will have you on your arse in no time

[LusciousLucy]

Digi, on Apr 12 2010, 10:54 PM, said:

6 quid for 4 litres?!?!  I've just ordered some to practice!  

And £12 for 8...which is what I have just ordered! And a pack of H&S sachets for the weekend too Dont forget to add the lemon and sugar when brewing up your H&S at home folks or it wont taste like Bus Cider.

[niceandfriendly]

LusciousLucy, on Apr 12 2010, 09:54 PM, said:

So much like every other fizzy cider you buy in pubs then?

Cider...the proper stuff, should generally be non fizzy, f**k you royally within say...a pint...pressed with a press and made from apples harvested from the orchard round the back of the barn where the pressings happen.

Massed produced flourescent orange/yellow diluted, nothing freshly pressed about it, fizzy stuff pumped out of a pipe from a metal barrel in the basement of your local...might say cider on the label...but its not ZOIDER!

The Wurzels are not singing about the wonders of Dry Blackthorn/Strongbow/Magners/Bulmers are they?  

If you dont get Glastoenteritis™ after a pint...its not worth drinking!

Good point. May as well just drink kopparberg this year then



No but seriously, no. Just no.