hux309

Rattler is very nice, but i LOVE brothers wild berry such a fruity little drink, i could knock them back all day long.

Luan Pra bang

Its nice to see so many people coming out of the closet all on 1 thread

DYK

I had some koppar kopparberg yesterday.currently I grabbed a few tins of some cider called HCC 7.5% and has a nice smooth taste to it. Looking at the can now,I just noticed HCC is short for Herefordshire cider company,but hold on because it don't end at that.The can has a lovely Black silver and red design,it also has the word Black wrote under HCC,its triple filtered and originates from one of the world's best known cider making regions,and is a fine example of the strong ciders that have been a hallmark of this region for decades..
Well how about that,one of the best cider making regions in the world is in Herefordshire.

Bristol98

You can't beat Thatchers Vintage for a treat but their Gold is nice as well!

Graz

Exactly. I once had the misfortune to try some Koppaberg, sickly sweet and tasted quite artificial. The mass produced cr*p that you have with ice is also pretty rank i.e. Bulmers, Magners, etc. Haven't tried the Stella stuff but probably never will on principle.

The best cider is bought draught straight from the farm in a 5L plastic container and is sold to you by a character with rosy cheeks and nose whose consumption of their own product has obviously frazzled their brain a long time ago. Failing that the Westons Organic Vintage that comes in the 3L wine box is quite a nice tipple.

We have decent cider up here too BTW, it's not all in the south west - Worcestershire/Herefordshire/Gloucestershire

urban

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Rainy NI - we had a wee blip last week with rain, but that's been all.

CharlySkunkWeed

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Im not starting a campaign against real cider , just wondered if anyone knew why there is a difference in UK Kopperberg and EU stuff.

Bought "Wild berries" Rekorderlig and weirdly tastes more like the wild berries Kopperberg I had on hols ! Also got the Apricot & Peach , tastes like peach schnapps & lemonade.

LSherratt

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The Koppaberg strawberries and lime smells and tastes like strawberry yoghurt....

ScoobyWon't

In the old days, if you crossed two different breeds of dog, you got a mongrel as a result. These days they are just rebranded as "designer dogs".

It's the same with cider. Give it a flash label and add some berries and call it designer cider. It's still tramp juice at the end of the day.

urban

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Its probably for the very same reasons as to why Guinness in Ireland is far more enjoyable than the muck the UK mainland lads get served up - i.e. base ingredients.

Graz

Used to be but the Guinness in the UK now comes out of the same brewery in Ireland as the Irish stuff. If it's not good in your local then it more likely down to how they are keeping and serving it. I may be wrong in this also but it was said the stuff sold for export was pasteurized whereas the stuff in Ireland wasn't. This changed the taste.

CharlySkunkWeed

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But is it not all imported from the same place ? Like a bottle of Budweiser would taste the same anywhere ?

Infected by sti

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Strawberry and lime kopperberg is a nice drink to wash down in the sunshine served over a pint of ice ahhh also that rekorderlig has a few nice ones.

Tried a pint of westons cider that delivered a slush/ice on top of the pint up in Ross on Wye a while back and that was a lovely pint, and just tried a pint of thatchers over the weekend on a stag do and to be fair it was a nice smooth cider, didn't leave that sharp crisp sensation on the end of your tong and tasted very much like apple juice

Some of them special ciders you see weather spoons selling as a trial run can be lethal and not that tasty, wanna get your head knocked off for little money then you know the game to play just be prepared for the hangover from hell

Kieran_Burns

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Try the Elderflower and Lime Kopparberg. Real cold, that's one you'll just keep drinking.