CIDER

[westholtschic]

41 minutes ago, Skelts said:

I picked up 3l of their Bull Walloper at the Mid Devon County show on Saturday.  Had a taster beforehand, obvs, very nice!  Now I have to avoid temptation and keep it out of sight for Beautiful Days!

Well done, enjoy and good control 😂

[stuartbert two hats]

My haul from Gloucester services on the way back from Worthy Pastures.

Any recommendations? I'm particularly keen on trying the famous "Pilton", but don't know much about the others.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

17 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

My haul from Gloucester services on the way back from Worthy Pastures.

Any recommendations? I'm particularly keen on trying the famous "Pilton", but don't know much about the others.

I know nothing about them, other than they look very inviting. You bought them from a service station? Is that the farm shop looking type service station? Whatever the case, they must have cost a few quid in a service station - surely?

 

[stuartbert two hats]

3 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

I know nothing about them, other than they look very inviting. You bought them from a service station? Is that the farm shop looking type service station? Whatever the case, they must have cost a few quid in a service station - surely?

 

They certainly did, but I don't think much more than that kind of cider costs anyway.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

52 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

They certainly did, but I don't think much more than that kind of cider costs anyway.

Yeah, could well be the case.

Was it that farm shop type service station?

[stuartbert two hats]

24 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Yeah, could well be the case.

Was it that farm shop type service station?

Yes it is - better than most farm shops in fact:

https://gloucesterservices.com/

[august1]

top tier service station

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 hour ago, august1 said:

top tier service station

How the family who own it got to where they are now is an interesting read. It started in 1972 after the M6 was built across their farm. They saw an opportunity to cater for travellers, went for it, and then it mushroomed. 

[westholtschic]

Up to Glastonbury next weekend so will be popping in to Wilkins cider for 10 litres of rocket fuel 😂

[guypjfreak]

Cider gave me a fucking hangover...... AGAIN..... Lol

[CurlyPutz]

Figured I would resurrect this thread to mention my lad got us one of these 40 pint home brew kits from Christmas. Any home brewer here got any good tips? 

[guypjfreak]

20 minutes ago, CurlyPutz said:

Figured I would resurrect this thread to mention my lad got us one of these 40 pint home brew kits from Christmas. Any home brewer here got any good tips? 

Yea done do it in plastic bottles... We did a load about 20 2ltr bottles once.. Went off somewhere nice summers weekend aways when our daughter phoned to say that they were blowing up in the back room. 

We hadn't left enough room and they just kept on fermenting and... BANG

18 bottles all over the room and the plastic was like shrapnel lol 

Lesson learnt.. 

Follow the recipe but if you want it sweet add more sugar... 

Good luck

[Poorside.2]

58 minutes ago, CurlyPutz said:

Figured I would resurrect this thread to mention my lad got us one of these 40 pint home brew kits from Christmas. Any home brewer here got any good tips? 

Use Apple juice to sweeten it,makes it a bit drier and a lot more Appley.

[Poorside.2]

As we're here, what's normally available at the cider bus? I love cider however I'm finding particular ones murder my stomach lately, mainly the mass produced sugary stuff. 

[incident]

7 hours ago, Poorside.2 said:

As we're here, what's normally available at the cider bus? I love cider however I'm finding particular ones murder my stomach lately, mainly the mass produced sugary stuff. 

The Cider Bus is run by Burrow Hill Cider - a local (to the Festival) cider farm. So everything they sell is their own product - Basically Cider, Mulled Cider, Cider Brandy, and Apple Juice.

[westholtschic]

2 hours ago, incident said:

The Cider Bus is run by Burrow Hill Cider - a local (to the Festival) cider farm. So everything they sell is their own product - Basically Cider, Mulled Cider, Cider Brandy, and Apple Juice.

https://www.somersetciderbrandy.com/

[Poorside.2]

Brilliant,  thanks for that.

[guypjfreak]

We pulled into a farm about 20 miles from glasto and brought a gallon of cider ONLY TO FIND it was actually the cider made in the new forest cider farm.. 

Cheeky ah 

This place does 3 ciders and a barrel of cheeeeep cider.. Basically the dregs which is a really cheap, tastes orrible and gets you HAMMERED FAST.... Lol. I could tell you some story's after we'd stopped off here.. 20 odd years ago the bloke who had it then would even serve us at 6am lolol 

That last barrel is the one lol 

 

https://www.newforestcider.co.uk/index.php/shop.html

 

[blutarsky]

Spotted in Aldi last night 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Not seeing any cider?

[blutarsky]

51 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Not seeing any cider?

Brothers pink grapefruit? 

[gfa]

57 minutes ago, blutarsky said:

Spotted in Aldi last night 

The one near me has Brothers pretty regularly. These are 330s though 😞 

[MrZigster]

8 hours ago, blutarsky said:

Spotted in Aldi last night 

Love grapefruit. Pity I can't go near it as it interferes with the statins.

Does anyone know if this stuff has actually seen any grapefruit? It's probably your normal Brothers perry with a dash of flavoured syrup. Is said syrup from grapefruit or is it an artificial flavouring thing?

[blutarsky]

8 hours ago, MrZigster said:

Love grapefruit. Pity I can't go near it as it interferes with the statins.

Does anyone know if this stuff has actually seen any grapefruit? It's probably your normal Brothers perry with a dash of flavoured syrup. Is said syrup from grapefruit or is it an artificial flavouring thing?

No idea! You’d not catch me drinking it, but I thought some people might like it. 

[MrZigster]

35 minutes ago, blutarsky said:

No idea! You’d not catch me drinking it, but I thought some people might like it. 

If you've not already been prescribed statins, then there's a fairly high probability that you will be in the future.

Maybe try it now while you can.