Brothers - Ginger

[robith]

It sounds horrible.

However I would like to add my voice to bring back lemon

[The Brothers]

Glad you're liking the new Ginger!!

If you're struggling to find it we're giving some away free - enter here http://www.brotherscider.co.uk/win-ginger-cider

Good Luck!

[TwistedReligion]

[Ponyegg]

My local Wetherspoons (Stratford, where the Olympics are) had some in stock recently, I grabbed what seemed to be the last bottle on Saturday. My thoughts were not bad, but certainly not a session cider and only 4.5%. Would go nicely with a shot of Southern Comfort & lime though.

[Mackem]

Not many people know this, but the alcopop market in this country was started by a ginger: the predecessor of Hoopers Hooch: Hoopers Ginger Brew. I worked on a project to help revive its sales; as part of that we looked at a new drink just coming into the country: an alcoholic lemonade called Mad Dog. Out of that relationship came the hideous mutant offspring: Hoopers Hooch. I'm sorry. But I'm blaming it on the ginger

[TwistedReligion]

Would go nicely with a shot of Southern Comfort & lime though.

[rexclark]

A guy I work with has been raving about that stuff for the past fortnight which he said he picked up from a specialist off license but he described it as being a fortified wine similar to Pukefast. Same grog or something totally different?

Edited April 8, 2011 by rexclark

[Mackem]

Horrid stuff.

Unless he's talking of Two Dogs, a lemon alcopop favourite from the late 90s.

[rexclark]

Yes, sorry, slip of the tongue. It was Two Dogs (from Australia, imported by Merrydown). Mad Dog 2020 is indeed a health hazard that was popular up in the North East, especially, afaicr.

[KaleidoscopeEyes]

Fear not, its still available in scream pubs I believe not seen it anywhere else though and wern't at glasto last year its the best one!

[Jie Bie]

for a second i thought this was going to be a thread about the proclaimers being added to the glasto line-up

also is quite funny to see some chat about mad dog. md2020 (as its usually called) is still the drink of choice up here in scotland for young neds who haven't yet moved onto buckfast.

[al_coholic]

I have a couple of gingers in my fridge at the moment, will be tasting one later

[mungo57]

its really nice, tescos near me sells it

[Liam13th]

Its really nice, but i don't think id could have more than one at glastonbury. IMO its quite sweet and takes a while for me to drink. I'd say stick with the fruit based syrups at glasto and then everyones a winner!

[blue6field]

Got some last night, it's really good but took me a while to drink and found one bottle enough, not a patch on festival strength pear, still the best and the one I'll be partaking in in June

[Mackem]

Not a patch on festival strength pear, still the best and the one I'll be partaking in in June

[JimOfTheJungle]

I like the new Ginger Brothers. Although, I like that Crabbies malarkey too though. Power to the ginger.

Although like a lot of the novelty flavours, Im not sure I would want to drink loads and loads of them, theyre nice for a refreshing change one or two, not for a full skinfull.

My current brothers cider chart countdown....

8. Tutti Frutti - Uuugh.

7. Strawberry - Sort of ok, but sort of wrong at the same time.

6. Toffee Apple - Sickly sweet but quite nice. One is enough.

5. Apple Cider - Nice but see pear below

4. Non-Festival Pear - Nice but missing that extra festival punch

3. Ginger - Cracking Stuff

2. Lemon - Lovely Stuff, bring it back!! Where can I buy some??!

1. Original Festival Strength - Obviously.

[hashcity]

Me too. As an ale drinker Festival Strength is the only non-beer I'd ever countenance drinking - indeed we often spend hours at West Holts just because of it. I can't see the point of 5% perry myself.

[Mackem]

For me the objective of a festival is not to get as drunk as possible as quickly as possible - I can do that at home. If I'm drinking 7% festival strength it will destroy me far too early in the day and I will feel drunk, tired and not want to move around much. More over that sort of thing tends to give me a banging hangover. I'd rather drink a lot, but slowly over the course of the day. When evening comes I will be merrily pissed but not shitfaced. I don't see the point of excessively strong drinks, beyond the short-lived novelty value.

[hashcity]

Thanks for the advice. But I'm 56 so I've had plenty of time to work out the balance between enjoyable alcoholic reverie and getting stuff done. Drink affects different people in different ways, you see.

[Mackem]

Ah yes I see that. I just meant that I do see the point of the 5% stuff.

[DeanoL]

You can always drink slower of course, whereas drinking faster is possible but can lead to awkward toilet moments in the middle of stuff you want to see...

[cooio]

I still have yet to try any brothers other than the toffee apple one (which i do like but yes i imagine you may struggle with the second as it could get sickly)

Looking forward to trying some of that festival strength pear whats it like compared to normal, say magners pear cider?

[Liam13th]

whats it like compared to normal, say magners pear cider?

[Mackem]

I still have yet to try any brothers other than the toffee apple one (which i do like but yes i imagine you may struggle with the second as it could get sickly)

Looking forward to trying some of that festival strength pear whats it like compared to normal, say magners pear cider?