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The best English cider?
MindLib
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Recently I bought myself a six pack of Strongbow, a dry cider imported from England. I've tried cider before but the American brands are always so sweet, not my bag, the Strongbow was sexy. My question is simple, and I suppose is aimed at the English posters here, what is your favorite dry cider? Any Americans here know some good imported brands? I'm also interested in purchasing online.
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I don't know any of the good English cider gets exported. I highly doubt it as they are mostly small operations.
this site says they will ship outta england, I don't see it being cheap.
http://www.realdrinksofengland.co.uk/acatalog/Cider.html
http://www.bevmo.com/Shop/ProductDetail.aspx?D=woodchuck&Ntx=mode%2bmatchall&Dx=mode%2bmatchall&Ntk=All&Nty=1&Ntt=woodchuck&N=0&ProductID=3048
http://www.bevmo.com/Shop/ProductDetail.aspx?D=woodchuck&Ntx=mode%2bmatchall&Dx=mode%2bmatchall&Ntk=All&Nty=1&Ntt=woodchuck&N=0&ProductID=5700
Same drink, duder. In the Rep of Ireland, it's known as Bulmers and everywhere else it's known as Magners.
I quite like Stowford Press, that's good. A lot of people swear by Scrumpy Jack.
nah i mean this one
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They're all much closer to apple juice. If "strong bow" is shit and the "good stuff" is this alcoholic apple juice, I'll stick with the shit.
if you like cider, you might want to try an apple lambic like lindeman's or a perry like babycham
Strongbow is great, my favourite no worries. Quite cheap too
I'm surprised by the lack of cider in the US, it's generally seen as a more rustic drink, and the US certainly has more open space and countryside than the UK!
I don't know anything about 'real' ciders, but if you guys can suggest more dry less sweet, more alcoholic ones, I'd also appreciate that.
Its crisp and tasty, yea in the UK it popular with the unsavory crowds, but that negative connotation doesnt exist here in North America so drink away.
Gotta scrounge around some more and see if I can find something else to compare it to...
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This is exactly my predicament. I'm gonna call some local bev centers today, see what surfaces.
There are some good Herefordshire ones, dammed if I know what they are actually called. Probably not available overseas anyway.
Strongbow is not a good drink. If the only cider a pub has on tap is Strongbow then it's time to head upmarket...
that's what cider is....
In Calgary, Strongbow is 90% of the time is the only Cider you will find on tap, the only other one I have seen here on tap is Rockcreek which IMO isnt very good. There are other ciders in bottles but they are more looked at like they are a cooler (Okanogan Springs for example has a variety of flavors of "cider" but since you can get them in 2L bottles it gets delegated as more of a teen drink, although they do come in glass bottles as well)
Cider just isnt as big here as beer. Which thankfully we are seeing more and more imports on tap, I dont mind bottles but I prefer draft, of course alot of good stuff we dont have here on draft so i'll take what I can get at times.
Next you're going to tell me that wine is just boozy grape juice.
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No boozy grape juice is a Beaujolais Nouveau :P
Onion cider? I cant say I have ever noticed an Onion smell or flavor with Strongbow, then again we likely arent drinking the same stuff, i'll have to check where ours is bottled compared to yours.
I do enjoy Growers, Rock Creek just doesnt do it for me.
From a nation where Tennents is brewed/consumed, thats really saying something.
Kopparberg Pear is apparently a dry cider.
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also look for Merridale. I doubt you'll be able to get outside of the Island and Vancouver.
Yea, my parents grew up near a cider mill, and I've tried some of the (alcoholic) ciders from the area that were pretty good, albeit a little sweeter than I like. They were also fairly strong, in the 8-12% range, and unfiltered which I dig. I've also had decent (and dry) house ciders at some brewpubs. I would really spend some more time looking into domestic options before writing them off entirely.
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