Stuff tagged cider
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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. Read More …
- 2012-01-29T12:37:58Z
- Published: 12:37:58 on Sunday, 29 January
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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. Read More …
- 2012-01-29T12:37:33Z
- Published: 12:37:33 on Sunday, 29 January
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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. Read More …
- 2011-12-19T20:51:39Z
- Published: 20:51:39 on Monday, 19 December
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Review - Gwatkin Yarlington Mill Medium Farmhouse Cider
With today's cider I'm heading back west to the traditional heartlands of ciderism in Herefordshire. For it is in those heartlands that Gwatkin cider is made. On Moorhampton Park Farm in fact. Of Yarlington Mill apples Read More …
- 2011-12-03T20:06:48Z
- Published: 20:06:48 on Saturday, 3 December
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Review - Tutts Clump Cider
Tim Wale is a cidermaker from West Berks who has a mission “To establish Real Cider and Perry at the forefront of English drinks, even if it takes the rest of my life”. Well, I am certainly down with that. And even more excited that this cider is another one from near to Oxford. Just like Cider Nik's splendid Coombe Raider, Tutts Clump cider originates in West Berkshire. This time from dead near Reading. Read More …
- 2011-11-30T20:41:51Z
- Published: 20:41:51 on Wednesday, 30 November
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Review - Ross on Wye Traditional Farmhouse Cider
This is another from my recent cache from Cider Club UK order. Ross on Wye is much more traditional cider country than Scotland or Berks. Read More …
- 2011-11-14T21:06:37Z
- Published: 21:06:37 on Monday, 14 November
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Review - Thistly Cross Gold
I'm not going to beat about the bush here. I like whisky. And I like cider. So I was intrigued to hear of a cider that was matured with chipped whisky barrels. That's got to be good, right? Well, I got a bottle of the Thistly Cross in my recent Cider Club UK order to see if it was. Read More …
- 2011-11-11T22:27:37Z
- Published: 22:27:37 on Friday, 11 November
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Review - Combe Raider
Bonjour ciderists. Long time no wotsit. 5 months in fact. Time flies, eh? This week I've been getting ciders off the internets thanks to Cider Club UK. My ciders arrived at work in a big box a couple of days after ordering, so props to Cider Club UK for that. I got myself a case of 12 assorted ciders for reviewing and supping. Read More …
- 2011-10-26T18:41:53Z
- Published: 18:41:53 on Wednesday, 26 October
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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 …
- 2011-06-13T18:03:45Z
- Published: 18:03:45 on Monday, 13 June
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Cidered up techs in a field? Must be BarnCamp 2011!
This post is a slightly edited version of the BarnCamp 2011 blog post, which appeared on New Internationalist's tech blog. Read More …
- 2011-06-03T12:35:21Z
- Published: 12:35:21 on Friday, 3 June
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Review - Savanna Dry South African Cider
My continuing cider odyssey went in a most peculiar direction with my first crack at a South African cider. I had no idea that such a thing even existed and felt a little bad for incurring all those food miles. So my hopes were high as I settled down to read Q and sup the apples of the African plains. Read More …
- 2011-05-15T21:51:06Z
- Published: 21:51:06 on Sunday, 15 May
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Review - Thatchers Katy Cider
We headed up to Jericho, via Cuckoo Lane last Sunday. The weather started out springlike but grey and got better by the time we'd walked to the Gardeners. The sun was shining like some celestial interrogation device when we got there as you can see from the pic. Now, I am a massive fan of the Gardeners Arms. A pub that does veggie and vegan food, decent ales and ciders and even has a selection of early nineties indie record covers on the wall. Carter's 30something, Nirvana's Bleach. Pretty awesome. Read More …- 2011-04-27T15:35:50Z
- Published: 15:35:50 on Wednesday, 27 April
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Review - Westons Scrumpy Cloudy Cider
Regular readers will know that I am a bg scrumpy fan. Like massive. So when I chanced upon a fuck-off 2 litre flagon of Westons Scrumpy in my local co-op supermarket, I obviously forgot all about buying brocolli or whatever it was that had bought me storewards in the first place and got me some scrumpy. The occasion for imbbement of said scrumpy was a meal where nine of us would be munching mega lush vegan splodge. Read More …
- 2011-04-27T15:35:50Z
- Published: 15:35:50 on Wednesday, 27 April
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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 …
- 2011-04-27T15:35:50Z
- Published: 15:35:50 on Wednesday, 27 April
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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 …
- 2011-04-27T15:35:50Z
- Published: 15:35:50 on Wednesday, 27 April
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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.
Recent cider pics The ciderslider requires javascript. Trying to load it now...Read More …- 2011-04-20T19:02:32Z
- Published: 19:02:32 on Wednesday, 20 April
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Review - Keane's Premium Cider
Magners. That's a social phenomenon. And not necessarily one which the dedicated ciderist should be keen to embrace. I tend to think that cider that requires ice is, let's say problematic. If you really must make the stuff cold before you can drink it it implies that you are likely to be drinking proper drek. Read More …
- 2011-03-14T10:45:53Z
- Published: 10:45:53 on Monday, 14 March
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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 …
- 2011-03-08T22:42:54Z
- Published: 22:42:54 on Tuesday, 8 March
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Review - Aspalls Draught Suffolk Cyder
Of course this isn't the first time I've reviewed Aspalls', my previous Aspalls Premier Cru review was a bit bourgeois, at least according to Simi. He suggested that I should review White Lightning. The difficulty with that is remembering the taste afterwards, I suppose, but watch this space. Read More …- 2011-02-27T20:56:07Z
- Published: 20:56:07 on Sunday, 27 February
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Review - Old Rosie Cider
I'm a firm believer in contextualising. So, here's the back story. We'd been to watch a Disney film (no, really!) after a couple of beers in the Three Goats Heads and decided to go for a pint at the Turf. The Turf Tavern is a typically Oxford establishments, full of posh kids in rugby tops and the occasional tourist drinking lovely, if expensive real ale. The sort of place they film episodes of Morse. Well, they were also one of the first Oxford pubs to serve Old Rosie. So I had a pint. Read More …- 2011-02-22T18:55:11Z
- Published: 18:55:11 on Tuesday, 22 February
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Review - Sheppy's Organic Cider
2011-01-23 by Charlie HarveyRead More …
- 2011-02-16T15:57:32Z
- Published: 15:57:32 on Wednesday, 16 February
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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 …
- 2009-06-18T09:20:10Z
- Published: 09:20:10 on Thursday, 18 June
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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 …
- 2008-11-22T17:23:14Z
- Published: 17:23:14 on Saturday, 22 November
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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 …
- 2008-06-21T21:09:16Z
- Published: 21:09:16 on Saturday, 21 June
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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 …
- 2007-09-16T18:03:34Z
- Published: 18:03:34 on Sunday, 16 September
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