Reply With QuoteTry the Savanna Dry from Tesco, apples in a bottle!
Its summer and as much as I like a pint of Pride its not as refreshing in the summer.
The only Lager type beer I like is the Czech style pils, Budvar etc.
I am not a big fan of the blonde beers,
Recently i have been enjoying a bottle or 2 of Cider.
What Cider recommendations do the Cider drinkers have.
I am talking supermarket stocked stuff, not your esoteric brews
Try the Savanna Dry from Tesco, apples in a bottle!
Boring suggestion but i do like Cidre but only in cans not bottles for some reason
Diamond White Cider in a 2 litre plastic bottle. Enjoy a relaxing Sunday by sitting next to a canal and shouting incoherent abuse at passers by. Happy days!
I like the flavoured ciders ie summer fruits etc, can't beat it ice cold on a sunny day. Problem is it goes down like pop
This is why you should not consume cider in the sun, you have already forgotten the malnourished mutt on a bit of string tied to the railings outside of the offie....Originally Posted by Lampoc
Aspall's
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
It is very hard to find cider without fizz in mainstream outlets, but Henney's Vintage Still is fairly widespread, but unfortunately a tad sweet for most cider aficionados.
Otherwise, go to Glastonbury and whilst there stock up on Heck's Farmhouse Dry.
If absolutely desperate, buy a dry cider and leave the lid off for a couple of days, giving it a shake every now and then. It will eventually go still.
Henry Westons 8.2% vintage, spot on
It has to be Hecks cider for me, I buy it direct from the farm shop though some stores stock it as well.
Waitrose own brand is quite nice as well,and Sainsburys (as well as other places) do a nice Normandy cider.
The more expensive stuff from westons or thatchers is great. Thatchers Kate is spot on
I have tried this and it is very nice, a tad on the sweet side but still good
Also tried the Henry Westons, i was half way through bottle and thought this is strong and it was 7.5% ish
Sheppys cider from Taunton is very nice
Aspall's, Stowford Press, Thatchers Old Rascall and Green Goblin, Henney's Vintage, Merrydown Fox, Westons Wyld Wood Organic.
If you want to dabble in the flavoured Old Mout - I was bought some for a present and thought I'd hate them but they're not bad.
Personally I'd steer clear of Somersby Cider (by Carlsberg!) its foul.
M&S Vintage Somerset cider. It's a spot on Medium Dry cider. Delicious!
If you are based in Central London there is a Cider vendor in Borough market. I won't profess to have much knowledge on the subject but it tastes good to me.
Last edited by Matt London; 19th July 2015 at 17:57.
Stowford Press or Stella Artois Cidre for me.
If you'd said White Lightning I'd have thought you were from Grimsby!
Aspall's Premier Cru or Organic cyder.
I like Aspalls if I'm buying it but it's actually very easy to make it yourself. You just need a demi john, some apple juice and yeast, plus some bottles and a bit of patience.
Yeah, this stuff is great.
Edit; I used to buy quite a bit of Sainsburys own vintage cider, comes in a big bottle. That was pretty good too.
Last edited by Nuisance Value; 19th July 2015 at 19:23. Reason: more cider!
hi, westons for me, i spend most weekends at a small village near me called Staithes, a couple of years ago the owner of the pub i go in (the cook) had a beer festival type weekend (most weekends) their were a couple of ciders on offer at £1.50 a pint.
anyway, one of them looked like the way it would come out (if you see what i mean), well this little beauty was 10.5 on the richter scale!
5 pints later i was a very happy man!
Sat with a Thatchers gold, nice stuff and a quid a can.
Col.
hi, K cider isnt too bad.
Is that strait he's in North Yorkshire the village with Angina hill to climb to get out?
Staithes sorry.
hi, thats the one, the cook pub is at the top of the bank thank god!
Henney's Dry Cider is spot on according to my taste buds!
I enjoy my cider, and of the 'easily available in shops' stuff, this is number 1 for me.
I like Westons stuff in general - their Scrumpy Cloudy Cider is good too. Also like Stowford Press and Aspalls
Brothers Toffee Apple Cider available from Tesco is definitely worth a try.
This weekend I had a few Tesco's Simply Sparkling Apple Ciders, very moorish as its lightly sparkling and not "gassy". £1.39 for 500ml, I will be having more next weekend.
Just had a bottle of bulmers with blood orange ,tasted a bit like tizer now back on the cheap and cheerful somersby's
Another to add is Orchard Pig
+1 for M&S Vintage Somerset, lovely stuff.
The Brothers Toffee Apple is very sweet, but does taste like a toffee apple!
Aldi's strawberry and lime cider is lush. Also like the Somersby Cider by Carlsberg
I prefer the Aldi peach and raspberry one, which is surprisingly nice, though it is a tad sweet. Good value ciders though.
As others have said. Westons 8.5 is a fantastic cider ,just be carefull.
I used to know a delivery driver who came up from axminster devon, all his family / friends were farmers and used to dig a pit, fill it with apples and other ingrediants including meat, and it was a proper flat cider in a sqaure 2lt bottle like the sort you get some industrial detergents in. I have no idea its ac content ,but it was very strong and if you left the bottle over a week after opening it would go mouldy.
I'm sure Staithes is familiar to many parents of young children: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Jack%27s_Boat
Interested to hear that Normandy cider is available. I'm a big fan of French cider - even the cheap stuff is lovely - and have often wondered why it isn't available over here.
Although their lager is rotten, Carling's Cider is pretty decent. For something a little different the Strongbow Dark fruit is really tasty. Its not too sweet so you forget your drinking alcohol and the cans /bottles disappear very quickly.
For something cloudy then Addlestones and Haymaker are very good. Haymaker is especially good bit is lethal. 5 of them with a malt to go along with each and I was ready to go home.
Does anyone remember K cider, black bottle red letter K?
Loved that stuff.
Lovely Jubley.
hi, morrisons sell "k" cider, 4 large cans for £5.
I've been a cider boy all my life, lager gives me a bad head.
Can hapily drink strongbow down the pub, but much prefer the proper stuff when i can get it in a real ale pub.
For me the best of the bunch from the supermarket is what used to be called westons organic (now called wyld wood), the westons cloudy scrumpy in the big 2l glass bottle is pretty good too.
Savanna dry is a nice fizzy tipple on a hot sunny day
Brighty
It is conceivable that I may have, by accident, in the sun, consumed rather too much cider yesterday - and as a result am sitting in the office feeling like sh1t.
Hunters Dry if you can find it, a lovely SA cider
If you like the fruity varieties then Rekorderlig also do some nice flavours.
I love these type of threads - someone asks for a recommendation for whatever it is and gets recommended almost every single brand of whatever it is on the market and even a few brands of something else entirely just for good measure.
Personally I like sweet ciders - not exactly smitten with a particular brand. IMHO the choice is overwhelming nowadays, so best to buy a bottle of 2 of whatever it is that takes your fancy and take a, drink it and see, approach.
Last edited by vagabond; 20th July 2015 at 11:41.
Orchard pig , the still one is lush & I don't normally drink cider
Red Dog is very nice but not that common
Aspalls gets my vote.
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