Cider Reviews
60 Cider Reviews articles in total, showing 31 to 40
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Review — Brook Farm Cider
I learned an important lesson yesterday. It turns out that drinking a couple of pints of Brook Farm Cider makes understanding the mathematical writings of Gottlob Frege pretty much impossible. Who would have imagined it. Not me.Drink with ca …
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Review — Mahorall Farm Cider
Back to almost traditional cider country this time, with a Shropshire cider from Mahorall Farm Cider. The King-Turner family have been making cider since the turn of the century. I had a crack at the Dry Sparklling incarnation on a sunny August day.The cider packs a …
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Review — The Governor Cider
I have to admit that I was sceptical about a cider branded with the name of a celebrity chef. I picked the bottle up at a little after 9 AM in my local co-op on a bit of a whim to be honest. But, reading the label I saw that it wa …
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Review — Gwynt y Ddraig Orchard Gold Cider
As regular readers know, I’m a big fan of trying new ciders from unexpected places, recently Scottish cider by Thistly Cross and Barkaiztegi Sagardo Naturala — a lovely Basque Cider. This time it was …
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Review — Sainsburys Vintage Cider
It seems that Thatchers are doing a lot of cidermaking for supermarkets these days. You might remember I reviewed the vintage Somerset they were making for Marks & Sparks a while back. This is a ch …
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Review — Broadoak Bristol Port Cider
The Far from The Madding Crowd on a Sunday. Noisy, but with a decent wifi connection. Me and nor (she of the vegan chocolate reviews) had decided to do some working from home internet caff style laptopping. But not fr …
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Review — Barkaiztegi Sagardo Naturala
A bit of a rare treat this one! I’ve been wanting to try some of the cider from the Basque country for ages now. And whilst I was in Amsterdam going to the Unlike Us conference and visiting pals, I got given a bottle of Barkaiztegi by one …
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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 …
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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 s …
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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 Ch …
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