There is one made in the Quantocks
I drank a pint of something in the Blue Ball pub that was unlike anything else I had ever tried, burning feeling at back of throat, trouble focussing etc Turns out the bloke sat next to me made it, can't remember what it was called, he couldn't remember how strong it was, around 9% at a guess.
Mmmmmmm 😀
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I knew Michelle for many years.
This was the bestest off license in all of Brizzle. She had 2 and sometimes 3 massive rottweilers and as a result the shop smelt of cider and dog. All local ales and cider on tap and in bottles. People came from all over the city. Massive loss IMHO.
Green Goblin - Originally Wychwood's now Thatchers.
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Hogans the local drop from a mile or so up the road ,Also do a perry
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Waitrose own is very nice too .. Again also do an awesome perry ,strong stuff too.
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And already mentioned Gwatkins. my fave being a perry
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Damn i'm feeling thirsty now ...
spectabilis if Hogans is just Up the road from you, where do you live? I'm in welland.
I'm sure Westons make waitrose cider.
ah, just seen you're in warks which means there are two Hogans 🙂
the "real" bulmers as brewed in clonmel.
Stoner,
yes im talking about [url= http://www.hoganscider.co.uk ]Hogan's[/url]
incidentally when speaking to Mr Hogan he suggested that Westons made the waitrose stuff ...
This was the bestest off license in all of Brizzle
Very sad day when she passed away. Gutted the family don't want to keep it going.
Went to an Asturias cider festival in June, definately similar to the scrumpy I had as a "yuff". very tasty.
For supermarket cider I do like the aspalls premier cru.
A local pub also does Old Rosie that I'm occasionally tempted by. If you want a rapid route to lying in the street a dribbling mess then it's definitely the way to go!
Have been put off my cider a little recently after a friend of mine who's a heavy cider drinker told me about his visit to the dentist 😐
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Not bad at all if a little dry for my tastes
Cider Bar, Newton Abbot. I don't care how much you think you can drink, it will make you fall over and probably puke. It's great !
There is another pub in Droitwich that sells Thatchers Gold with slush puppy ice in it !!! surprisingly refreshing after a ride !
If you are ever near Pershore, you've got to try the Monkey House at Defford
Properly made me laugh that!
I grew up in Pershore, and when I was a kid spent many a Friday or Saturday evening taxiing my mates back from the Monkey House... Still not sure even now I'd be brave enough to try it!
stoner, where do you drink normally? Was in the Nag's last Thursday night, [i]might[/i] have had more than my fair share of Thatcher's that night! 😳
Not bad at all if a little dry for my tastes
Sadly for a boy from Worcester, I can't abide the Pear! 😕 Apples all the way for me...
Another vote for Henney's (dry), Westons (Vintage) and Aspall (Premier Cru)...with the clean crisp taste of the Premier Cru edging it more often than not.
Will check the others out, but so far, the Weston's Vintage is definitely my tipple of choice. Quite liking the Thatcher's single variety's for a slightly less strong choice though. Had 2 pints of the Cox's single variety last night, very sharp taste, good for a pint or two but not so sure for after that.
There is another pub in Droitwich that sells Thatchers Gold with slush puppy ice in it !!! surprisingly refreshing after a ride !
Which pub's that Renton?
Hey Stoner, still opens a few days a week, def sundays, Mrs C is winding down to retirement.
As its a school night and normally a riding night, and I'm not riding, I am enjoying a nice big bottle of Morrison's med / dry.
Tastes like stoford press.... but its 5.3% compared to stofords 4.5%....
Its cheap as chips too! £1.26 a litre :-).
I'm a happy cider drinker 🙂
aha - still ticking over then graham. I must try and drop in with my bro (eckington) one night at the weekend.
mboy - I used to live a few hundred yards from the Nags. Its a Tough life 😉
But now my local is the Plume of Feathers on castlemorton common from whence I have just returned after a post-plumbing skool pint. Although I can be found in any one of 10 local pubs depending on the day and the weather 🙂
BTW - mboy, pershore was my haunt as a young'un. Used to go to my mates farm at Besford from Elmley on my scooter and then he and I would drive back to the Plough in his tractor 🙂
Fell through the back window of the angel one new years eve too 😳
As its a school night and normally a riding night, and I'm not riding, I am enjoying a nice big bottle of Morrison's med / dry.
Tastes like stoford press.... but its 5.3% compared to stofords 4.5%....Its cheap as chips too! £1.26 a litre :-).
I'm a happy cider drinker
I like your maths! I shall have to investigate...
mboy - I used to live a few hundred yards from the Nags. Its a Tough life
Forget the beers and ciders on tap in there. Have you tried their special Scotch Eggs? WOW! Quite simply the BEST PUB SNACK EVER!
aha - still ticking over then graham. I must try and drop in with my bro (eckington) one night at the weekend.
It ain't half a small world eh! My Dad lives in Eckington, just by the railway bridge!
Although I can be found in any one of 10 local pubs depending on the day and the weather
Good call! All post bike ride of course? 😉
those scotch eggs must be new. are they http://www.handmadescotcheggs.co.uk/ ?
As it happens the coppice I work is opposite them at Bishops Frome. They have a shop on the shambles in Worcester as well as at Clives Fruit Farm in Upton.
Bets scotch eggs in the world. And a great company too.
I think they are stoner, certainly the Chilli one I had the other day was bloody lovely (and sounds just like the ones from the website you linked to)...
Very sad day when she passed away. Gutted the family don't want to keep it going.
Me too. I grew up around the corner from there. It's where I used to buy my rizla!
Round here there is the Wilkins diet an afternoon at the farm and you lose 5 days
Cheddar Valley is perhaps a tad too orange but it's tasty!
Its the beetroot they colour it with that makes it look like that .They used to grow it where the cycle path crosses their land before they planted an orchard
Three pages in and nobody has mentioned this stuff http://www.gwyntcider.com/gyd/
Orchard Gold is gorgeous...Firey Fox is like freshly squeezed apple juice... but makes your legs stop working.... especially good when its a post ride guest pint at the Kinmel Arms also like Henneys and that Westons Organic does reduce hangovers... a :wink:bit
inspired by this thread I stopped at the supermarket on the way home and picked up something from the cider aisle that wasn't obviously a mass produced one, and purely by chance ended up with a bottle of Weston's Oak Aged Vintage, which has been noted a couple of times above. Lovely.
However, just noticed it's 8 and a bit % and because I'm such a lightweight / so out of practice, my head feels a bit wobbly now.
All good.
Westons Oak aged - two bottles and i start feeling happy
Thatchers vintage 2011 is nice as well
I tried a bottle of bulmers something or other about a month a go (yellow label on it) it was rank i couldn't even drink it all
drinking henry westons 8.2% vintage 2 for £3 at co-op
made 30 litres of cider from apples at work last year, old varieties by all accounts, really nice, but sneaks up on you !
try tillington hills from co-op - not too fizzy, in a clear wine bottle type bottle - really nice, my fav
Mmmmmmmmmmm... Lyne Down cider...
They used to do a cider that was matured in old whisky barrels; pure nectar!
Sadly, it's no longer available as they can't get hold of the barrels any more (all shipped off to the Far East, apparently).
Aspalls for me, on tap in my local. I love the way the colour changes throughout the year as the apples change.
I'll second the secret falling-over ingredient in Addlestones. Many unhealthy evenings and even more unhealthy mornings from my yout' can trace their origins to that particular tipple.
Westons Old Rosie is another brain melting favourite, and in fact was my weapon of choice alongside a nice full English at 9am on the day they brought on 24hr drinking... Happy times...
Mboy,
sorry for the delay.
The pub is called the Hop Pole which is down by the fire station.
Resurrecting this thread for a minor update on my findings so far... Oh and yes Renton, think I've been in there, though years ago with my ex GF, and I wasn't drinking back then.
Anyway... Currently sat drinking a Thatcher's Rose for the first time. It may look like a gay pink wine, but it's really rather tasty! Also been very partial to a Thatcher's Katy on occasion, Weston's Vintage and Weston's Medium Dry, Black Fox is quite nice. But I think my 2 favourites so far are Weston's Organic, and Aspall's Organic. Either are bloody lovely!
Anyone for any more suggestions?
Thatchers Green Goblin hits the spot.
I'm just back from 4 days in the Quantocks, place I stayed at was next door to a shop which sold Green Goblin, which was next door to a pub which sold Cheddar Valley for £3 a pint.
Never slept so soundly!
Thatchers Katy, good stuff, gets you well pissed.
I'm quite a fan of Angry Orchard which is cheap enough but light enough to drink all night when out.
Makes me fall over a bit though.
If anyone wants any ruff cider, i'll be drawing what's left into Gal containers possibly tomorrow. Haven't a clue what it's like, but i've been told by the chap who made it, it's 8%. There will be around 150 gals.
The other 1000 gallons he's left me, is turning to vinegar, but if you like it like that, i can run some of that off too. But most of that will be turned to full on Cider vinegar with mother.
If anyone comes to ride the Quantocks and wants any produce, let me know.
Sorry, you need to try Thatchers Old Rascal, well worth the hunt, proper wobbly falling down juice
Thatchers Green Goblin hits the spot.
I found that one is quite nice with some food, but IMO it's a little too sharp/acidic to drink any more than one on its own. Tastes alright though.
Thatchers Katy, good stuff, gets you well pissed.
Oh yes... Went out for a mates birthday the other week. I was [i]only[/i] going to have a couple. Two of his mates, who have way more money than they know what to do with, kept buying bottles of Thatcher's Katy and thrusting them in my hand before I could say no!
I was ill... 😕
