good cider?

[TW]Sponge · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:21

Thatchers Gold

BlackDragon · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:22

My favourite cider is Pear Kopparberg, which is quite a sweet tasting cider with no unpleasant bitter/sharpness.

stulid · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:23

rG-tom said:
Thatcher's Old Rascal is my favourite, so nice.

That use to be my absolute favorite, but they have stopped manufacture of 2L bottles and its now only available in 500ml size

Mobius 1 · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:23

vectisitch said:
no one tried the new stella artoir cider??? bloody lovely

its nice, but i find it overly sweet. and i like em strong too.

old rosie cloudy is good stuff.

had some real strong still cider the other day. totally knocked me for six as i was drinking it like apple juice. it was great stuff.

cymatty · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:24

AcidHell2 said:
Westons most of them

Thatchers most of them
Old bristolian
Exhibition
Black rat

To name just a few

Black rat is amazing. I also like cheddar valley, mainly because it is orange.

Also Stone rosie is amazing half old rosie half something else. It hurts, hard.

Oh and a mention has to be made for Katy.

TFleming · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:28

I hear Stella's new Cider is very nice. People have been raving about it!

cymatty · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:29

rG-tom said:
Thatcher's Old Rascal is my favourite, so nice.

nvm

LordSplodge · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:31

AcidHell2 said:
Westons most of them
Sheppys most of them
Thatchers most of them
Old Bristolian
Exhibition
Black rat.

Good choices, sir. I'll add Savannah Dry and Cornish Rattler. Personally my favourite is Westons Perry but that's not cider!

People who drink Magners et al thinking it's proper cider must be real suckers for marketing.

LordSplodge · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:32

TFleming said:
I hear Stella's new Cider is very nice. People have been raving about it!

Oh no you didn't.

cymatty · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:33

LordSplodge said:
Oh no you didn't.

The OP is drinking tesco value cider so taste is questionable.

danza · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:37

Most of the 'best' supermarket ciders are average at best. Some of the Westons stuff is good, Henney's stuff is good too. The best stuff I find comes from farm shops or places that sell it by the pint from the barrel (although there aren't many places like that).

Glaucus · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:40

danza said:
Most of the 'best' supermarket ciders are average at best. Some of the Westons stuff is good, Henney's stuff is good too. The best stuff I find comes from farm shops or places that sell it by the pint from the barrel (although there aren't many places like that).

You should drive around the back roads in the west country, every other farm has scrummpy for sale signs.

stulid · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:44

I get my poison direct from Thatchers farm in Sandford, straight out of the huge oak barrels, a refill of my 5L container only costs me £7, either the sweet or the Cheddar valley for me.

Anyone who says Magners/Bulmers/Stella Cider is good needs a slap TBH

Broken Hope · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:56

My faveourite is black rat perry cider, though technically not a cider I guess. Anyone saying the usual Strongbow, Bulmers, Magners etc really needs to go to a beer festival and taste some proper ciders.

EndlessSky · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:56

I love Stowford Press.

Mmmmm cider the perfect summer drink @ 6%

st00dent · 3 Jul 2011 at 21:57

Stowford Press

beh · 3 Jul 2011 at 22:15

Thistly Cross
Dunkertons

BlackDragon · 3 Jul 2011 at 22:19

Another vote for Stowford Press. The pub I normally go to for lunch on a Friday started selling it so I gave it a go, and it's quite nice.

ShaolinDreams · 3 Jul 2011 at 22:21

stulid said:
Magners taste like urine.

Get some proper west country Thatchers rough/scrumpy.

That's some sweet urine.