Cider Reviews
Cider is an alcoholic drink made by fermenting apples. I'm particularly fond of good proper cider (i.e. not the sacchirine-infused Strongbow type). I often go by the name ciderpunx online (I like punk rock too). I went through a phase a couple of years back of publishing cider reviews and have now resuscitated the habit. More recent reviews are marked up with the hreview microformat.
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Why drink cider?
- Locally made cider has a low Carbon Footprint, so its not as bad for the environment as wine, which usually has to be shipped to the UK
- Drinking real cider helps preserve the UK's biodiversity and countryside, vicariously. There are about 1,000 apple species in the UK, many of which are grown just to make cider.
- Cider, being high in antioxidents, may be good for your health, your mileage may vary.
- Cider makes you more attractive, intelligent and witty. OK, I made that one up.
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Review - Tutts Clump Special Reserve Cider
A while back I reviewed cidermaker Tim Wale’s rather nice Tutts Clump Cider. You’ll recall that Tim is based in West Berks and his mission is To establish Real Cider and Perry at the forefront of English drinks, even if it takes the rest of my life. Laudable stuff. This time I sampled some of his Special Reserve.
Let’s set the scene. It’d been a long day at work. Though fun — I’d built a web-enabled mp3 jukebox. Not central to my job but fun nonetheless. Well, clearly a bit of ciderism was called for. A journey into ciderspace if you will. Read More …- 2012-01-29 12:37:58
- Published: 2012-01-29 12:37:58
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Review - Malvern Oak Dry Reserve Cider
Nor and I rented a little cottage up in the Malverns for a few days for my birthday a couple of weeks back. Yes that does sound thoroughly bourgeois!. One of the reasons for heading out West was to get nearer to traditional Scrumpy country. And to climb some hills. But that’s another story. I came across the Malvern Oak Dry Reserve in the local Waitrose. Ahem, yeh. That’s probably not sounding any less middle class.
We spent a bit of time wandering amongst the wintery orchards, so it was rather cool to come across some cider made from the fruit of those very trees. Near enough, anyhow. Malvern Oak is a cider from Knights Cider, a family outfit based at Crumpton Oaks in the foothills of the Malverns. On their site they say that they have been making cider there for 3 generations. They’re doing the right thing by making their ciders from 100% real cider fruit (not concentrate) and they’ve expanded from 25 to 200 acres of trees over those 3 generations. Pretty impressive. Read More …- 2012-01-29 12:37:33
- Published: 2012-01-29 12:37:33
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Review - Thistly Cross Ginger
Let me begin with an apology. This week I couldn't be arsed with a picture. "Quel unprofessionalisme!" as they would no doubt exclaim in France. And why the slackness? Christmas cards, that's why.
Thistly Cross, the Scottish cidersmiths, echo my Christmas theme with their Ginger Cider, which is this week's subject booze, as it were. Now, I was pretty impressed by their Thistly Cross Gold. But the Ginger left me a little cold. Read More …- 2011-12-19 20:51:39
- Published: 2011-12-19 20:51:39
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