This is one of the many ciders that Westons are putting out at the moment. It comes in a nice straightforward brown bottle in the standard Henry Wesons livery. Popping the cap causes a nice inviting hiss, and pouring reveals that th …

I was in a Waitrose the other day, observing the bourgeois fascination with all forms of pretentious food. Well, actually I was looking for cider. Because that, as the phrase has it, is how I roll. I found a couple of intersetin …

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 …

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 …

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 Tav …

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 f …