Is cider crap?

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Is cider crap?

Post by ClaretAndJew » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:19 pm

Discuss.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by levraiclaret » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:21 pm

Chilled French cidre is very refreshing on a hot summer day.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by BennyD » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:23 pm

Yes.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Aclaret » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:25 pm

levraiclaret wrote:
Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:21 pm
Chilled French cidre is very refreshing on a hot summer day.
Was just about to write nowt better than a couple of pints of Aspall on a hot day.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Billy Balfour » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:26 pm

Decent dry cider is great. I wish Henney's Dry Cider wasn't 6.0%. I'd buy it more often if it was a session cider. I'm sure it used to be either 5 or 5.5%.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Burnley1989 » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:26 pm

It’s usually my go to drink on a summers day if the beer on tap is crap

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by yTib » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:27 pm

are you crap?
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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Billy Balfour » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:27 pm

Aclaret wrote:
Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:25 pm
Was just about to write nowt better than a couple of pints of Aspall on a hot day.
Yeah, I like their dry cider - the one with the red and white label on the bottle.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Woodleyclaret » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:28 pm

Strongbow is great for cooking but unfit to drink as Cider
Thatchers and Welsh Dragon are decent brands
As a rule you need to be in Oxfordshire to get decent draught cider though

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by MACCA » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:28 pm

Like any drink, if you drink the quality stuff it is very nice.

I dont mind battery acid, so like all cider, although woodpeckers and thstchers gold need to up their game for me.
I'll chose I nice lager if they're on.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by yTib » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:34 pm

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a recent thatchers ad. the bloke on the left is the chief of operations/head brewer.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by karatekid » Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:44 pm

I like cider but cider doesn't like me. Severe acid indigestion follows a couple of pints of it. I'll stick to ale. ;)

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Bosscat » Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:13 pm

I likes Cider
Cider makes me fart
When I farts I'm Happy
When I'm happy I works
When I works I gets money
When I gets money I buys Cider

I like Cider
Cider makes me.............
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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:31 pm

Strongbow..... PINT.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Quickenthetempo » Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:33 pm

It's great if you like stomach ulcers.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by tarkys_ears » Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:35 pm

Don't mind supping a jug of Old Rosie over my shoulder.

Most cider to me is Meh, except Pineapple cider but no one seems to make that over here so there you go.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by IanMcL » Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:51 pm

Bosscat wrote:
Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:13 pm
I likes Cider
Cider makes me fart
When I farts I'm Happy
When I'm happy I works
When I works I gets money
When I gets money I buys Cider

I like Cider
Cider makes me.............
Is that an Ashley Barnes quote? :D
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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by ALP » Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:06 pm

No, Cider is a lovely drink on a summers day, and also at Christmas; give me a pint of Henney's any day over some other drinks out there.

http://www.henneys.co.uk/index.html
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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by box_of_frogs » Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:11 pm

Yes.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by pureclaret » Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:30 pm

Try the cider house in Newton Abbot served in 3rd of a pint glass if you get through 6 glasses and can still walk you have done well

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by houseboy » Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:52 pm

Yes. It makes my teeth itch.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Bosscat » Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:59 pm

pureclaret wrote:
Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:30 pm
Try the cider house in Newton Abbot served in 3rd of a pint glass if you get through 6 glasses and can still walk you have done well
The Cider House Rules ;)

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by NottsClaret » Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:03 pm

I was so sick off cider when I was 17, I've never been able to taste even a drop of it since.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Rowls » Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:14 pm

Cider's brilliant.

Pub cider normally ranges from awful and undrinkable to acceptable.

Undrinkable - Strongbow
Acceptable - Aspalls, Thatchers, Westons

Very good is properly made Real Cider with nothing other than pure apple juice (and yeast) as the ingredient.

The cider tent at a good beer festival is a joy to behold.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Woodleyclaret » Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:32 pm

Last time we played Exeter we had a few pints in the Cider House and pasties
Went on to the match and Burnley got thrashed 4 0 by already relegated Exeter City

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Rowls » Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:38 pm

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:32 pm
Last time we played Exeter we had a few pints in the Cider House and pasties
Went on to the match and Burnley got thrashed 4 0 by already relegated Exeter City
Please don't blame the cider.

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by Croydon Claret » Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:01 pm

NottsClaret wrote:
Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:03 pm
I was so sick off cider when I was 17, I've never been able to taste even a drop of it since.
I got the same off lager. Can't touch anything in a pint glass since, it all makes me want to retch. Damned frustrating

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Re: Is cider crap?

Post by tim_noone » Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:41 pm

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:32 pm
Last time we played Exeter we had a few pints in the Cider House and pasties
Went on to the pitch and Burnley got thrashed 4 0 by already relegated Exeter City
The footballers today are more disciplined...shame on you.

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