Stuff tagged alcohol

• Review - Sam Smiths Organic Cider

  I think that Sam Smith's, the Tadcaster based independent brewery, are a fantastic organisation. Everything they brew is vegan and a high percentage is organic. They run some of the cheapest and most pleasant pubs about; their pubs feel like proper pubs, rather than soulless McPub beer malls. By Wotan, none of their pubs or drinks are even advertised in the media! So, I wanted their Organic Cider to be a truly phenomenal drink, like their many fantastic beers. Read More …

  • Posted By: Charlie Harvey
  • 2011-06-13T18:03:45Z
  • Published: 18:03:45 on Monday, 13 June

• Review - Wilkins Farmhouse Cider

  My normal practice when writing these cider reviews is to write up my experiences the next day, or within a couple of days of drinking. This time I am making an exception and am writing whilst drinking. To be more specific I am sitting in my garden, listening to Back to The Planet and Senser, feeling slightly sunburned and watching the sun go down as I type away on the old laptop. There is a reason for this state of affairs. I acquired my Wilkins Farmhouse Cider from CiderPunk (of which more shortly). And it is only possible to acquire in 5, 10 or 20 litre measures. Too much to drink in one sitting for me. Read More …

  • Posted By: Charlie Harvey
  • 2011-04-27T15:35:50Z
  • Published: 15:35:50 on Wednesday, 27 April

• Review - Newtown Estate Still Cider

  Greetz ciderpeeps! This week I've learned that I'm now top of the results for cider reviews on Google (i.e. dot com, not dot co dot uk). Sweet. I've also learned that I say "autumn" a lot in my cidery ramblings. True dat. And there's this photo. 'Nuff said. Read More …

  • Posted By: Charlie Harvey
  • 2011-04-27T15:35:50Z
  • Published: 15:35:50 on Wednesday, 27 April

• 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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  • Posted By: Charlie Harvey
  • 2011-04-20T19:02:32Z
  • Published: 19:02:32 on Wednesday, 20 April

• Review - Thatchers Somerset Vintage Cider

  I should note as prominently as is possible that buying stuff from M&S is ethically extremely questionable given their well documented support for the Israeli state. Acquiring stuff in other ways may be an option. Read More …

  • Posted By: Charlie Harvey
  • 2011-03-08T22:42:54Z
  • Published: 22:42:54 on Tuesday, 8 March

• Review - Sheppy's Organic Cider

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  • Posted By: Charlie Harvey
  • 2011-02-16T15:57:32Z
  • Published: 15:57:32 on Wednesday, 16 February

• Review - Aspalls Premier Cru

  You may be thinking that labelling a cider "Premier Cru" is, well, a bit wanky. And I'd have to agree with you. However, Aspall Premier Cru Suffolk Cyder made me reconsider. A bone dry feast of light appley loveliness in a distinctive cone shaped bottle, it positively leapt down my neck. Honest. That's why I had to have a few. It's very much a French-style cider but, with its seven percent kick, you realize pretty soon that you're not in Normandy any more, Toto. Read More …

  • Posted By: Charlie Harvey
  • 2009-06-18T09:20:10Z
  • Published: 09:20:10 on Thursday, 18 June

• Review - Chiddingstone Bone Dry

  Chiddigstone Bone Dry is brewed by the Castle Cider company in Sevenoaks, Kent. Served at the Spotted Dog in Penshurst and to my knowledge, no other pub in the area, this 7.5%er certainly packs a powerful punch. It has a crisp, light appearance and certainly does not taste like a strong cider. It has an almost champagne-like appearance and is dry and has a pleasant aftertaste of elderflower. This is the cider for dry cider afficianados. It has everything a dry cider could want to have, aroma, a long palate, beautiful light effervescence and a pale almost ghostly colour. Read More …

  • Posted By: Charlie Harvey
  • 2008-11-22T17:23:14Z
  • Published: 17:23:14 on Saturday, 22 November

• Review - Addlestones

  I had high hopes for Addlestones, being, as I was, somewhat hungover from a night at the local. The occasion was the opening of my pal Meredy's official birthday season. It was lunchtime and I was on the "other" side of Magdalen bridge. To East Oxfordians the other side of the bridge is a place of myth, Japanese tourists, stuck up students and well, you know, weirdness. Read More …

  • Posted By: Charlie Harvey
  • 2008-06-21T21:09:16Z
  • Published: 21:09:16 on Saturday, 21 June

• Review - Westons Organic

  My local pub started selling Westons Organic cider a few months ago. I'm feeling pretty lucky about it I can tell you. Though mass produced, it's a real cider, made from fruit rather than concentrate. It has a nice balance between bitttersweet apple and booze. Its fairly heavy; more a cider for a cold winter night round the fire than for prancing round a sunny festival with. Read More …

  • Posted By: Charlie Harvey
  • 2007-09-16T18:03:34Z
  • Published: 18:03:34 on Sunday, 16 September

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