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12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
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Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 11 8:05 pm Post subject:

gardening-girl wrote:

Of the bigger "proper" manufacturers, try Thatchers or (my fave) Henry Westons 2009/2010 Vintage 8.2% or Weston's Organic. Lovely stuff

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vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 11 9:19 pm Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

Old Rosie was also a bit disappointing,

It should have been cloudy, if not it loses a lot of flavour.

jema
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Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 11 9:47 pm Post subject:
"Invert" is at least drinkable. Buying almost anything lately without sweeteners is a struggle. Could not find one basic lemonade this year Sainsburies seems a little better than others for availability of non sweetened stuff.

Rusticwood

Joined: 01 Dec 2009
Posts: 2154
Location: All over the South West

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 12 10:31 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Pop over to see this lot. You can try them all before you buy and they will blend you you own mix from the barrels.

Another vote for Winkleigh cider

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 12 10:29 pm Post subject:
If you are really interested.... https://www.facebook.com/ukcider https://www.real-cider.co.uk/

kellineil

Joined: 12 Feb 2012
Posts: 1

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 12 7:09 pm Post subject:
I'm fond of Thistly Cross from East Lothian https://www.thistlycrosscider.co.uk/

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 12 7:23 pm Post subject:
What a useful first post Hello and welcome !

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 12 7:38 pm Post subject:
Hello! I have spent today combing the world for a small cider producer to come to our farmer's market. The links Lorraine has put up are helpful, too.

Pilgrim1975

Joined: 30 Jan 2012
Posts: 149
Location: Here And There

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 12 10:47 am Post subject:

Chez wrote:

Your best bet is to sample local farm gate ones. PM me a slightly less vague location and I'll see if I can recommend anyone.

We use Sheppy's, near Wellington and Pixford, near Bishop's Lydeard. With both of those, you turn up with your own container and they draw it off on tap for you.

Be careful with the local farm gate scrumpy. I once recall drinking half a gallon of the stuff without fully realising just how utterly lethal it is. With the benefit of hindsight, the fact that the farmer nicknamed the stuff 'Brainhammer' and he got it for me out of a drum with the Castrol logo on the side should really have been fair warning.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35935
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 12 11:15 am Post subject:
I get mine from down the road in gallon plastic containers. If you take your own, you get it cheaper

BadgerFace

Joined: 25 Mar 2009
Posts: 915
Location: Sussex

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 12 1:00 pm Post subject:
My favorite cider is Harold & Frank Naish's, 'Badgers Spit' Piltown Farm, West Pennard, Glastonbury. I used to live just up the road from Sheppy's, in Blackmoor. Thankfully Sheppys and Badger Spit are both stocked in my local Farm shop (Middle Farm, Lewes), by the barrel.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 12 1:13 pm Post subject:
We used to live right near the Naish' when we lived in West Pennard. We owned the pub.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 12 3:06 pm Post subject:
another nice one is Bounders Bath cider. Kieran and I have tasting sessions - we get 3 bottles and sip and taste each one..... (yes, I know he's a bit young - but he does have the most fantastic tastebuds)

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46340
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 12 3:49 pm Post subject:
aspartine is cheap the last cider i made was from laxton superb ,a white strong cider very unlike the cheap tramp juice stuff ,it was sharp but sweet enough from the unfermentable fruit sugars to be nice apples +yeast starter ,time less ingredients is best with cider

Ruralnaedowell

Joined: 11 Nov 2010
Posts: 121
Location: Welshpool

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 12 6:19 pm Post subject:
The Lowfields Inn in Marton betwee Welshpool and Shrewbury has a fantastic vintage locally made cider on draught, though I can't remember what its called ! The logo is a burnt sun on a barrel stave on the pump handle. Two pints of that and you are "proper mazed" and should be led home !

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