west country cider drinkers
working in a sports \ social club in hereford in mid 90's. All the football lads mainly drunk the local ciders (GL, stowford press, strongbow). about 20 of them booked to go on holiday to a greek island, so thought they better get re-acclimatised with lager. In 4 weeks they drained us dry of bottled lager that had been hanging around on the shelves for years. Once they turned up at their hotel, they found Stowford press cider on tap. Made 10 miles from hereford. They got pissed and made a spectacle of themselves most days i'm told.
( nikdude, Thu 24 Apr 2014, 20:29, 24 replies)

Now THIS is an anecdote.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 24 Apr 2014, 20:34, closed)

I'm not sure that QOTW is ready for 'some blokes went in a pub and had some drinks'/

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 24 Apr 2014, 20:51, closed)

it's all go in Hereford

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 24 Apr 2014, 21:01, closed)

I lived in Hereford, I cannot remember the names of any of the ciders that I drank. It was more
cloudy, cloudier and cloudiest
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Thu 24 Apr 2014, 21:08, closed)

that wasn't cider

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Thu 24 Apr 2014, 21:11, closed)

I see where you are going with that line of thought.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Thu 24 Apr 2014, 21:18, closed)

Hereford?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Thu 24 Apr 2014, 21:34, closed)

Much Marcle

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 7:38, closed)

Hahahayeah. Like that's even a real place.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 8:05, closed)

Dunno. ask the West family

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 8:47, closed)

What would Batman know about cider?

(sarcastic fringehead feet of clay, buns of steel, head of lettuce, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 14:59, closed)

I like this.

( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Thu 24 Apr 2014, 21:53, closed)

No cider drinker would choose to drink Strongbow.
I call INTERNET LIES.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 24 Apr 2014, 22:19, closed)

Isn't it easily the biggest selling brand in the country?
Or are you playing 'no true Scotsman' rules here?
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 8:06, closed)

It easily is the biggest selling cider with declining 'on trade' sales as other breweries introduce their
own ciders (Stella Cidre, Sommersby etc.)and force their will on the Pub Co. estates and free trade accounts. No true cider drinker would choose Strongbow but if it is the only product available then cider drinkers are known to stick to the concept of alcoholic apples rather than switch to bitter, lager, stout or whatever. TITS!
( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 8:58, closed)

it all tastes like vinegary fizzy pop to me
I'll leave it to the tramps, chavs and yokels.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 9:02, closed)

There are some tolerable fermented apple drinks in your adopted second home

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 10:06, closed)

The still and naturally carbonated ciders rarely have the taste you describe and the Normandy ciders are deightful.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 11:30, closed)

I think the fact that it's only drunk by backwards yokels in places where they can't brew proper beer is as much evidence as anybody needs for its alleged qualities
I don't mind a slug of calvados from time to time. Fermented orchard droppings are fit only for pigs and the Cornish.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 12:10, closed)

Strongbow, Magners and the other mega-mass-produced ciders
To me they taste like they sterilised the bottles with sodium metabisulphate and didn't bother rinsing them afterwards.
(squigbobble existed, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 14:09, closed)

I'm calling BS
What's the colour of the boathouse in Hereford?
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 9:57, closed)

Her what?
I still don't understand why Sean Bean didn't point out the mispronunciation on the set unless the fucker didn't notice or just wanted to make De Niro look like a twat.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 11:25, closed)

He probably didn't find out about De Niro's grasp of English placenames until that take...
...and they didn't bother reshooting it, it's not like factual accuracy is paramount in Hollywood. Reminds me of The Hole which was set in a random posh bit of the UK and featured an MG TF with a V8 engine dubbed over it.
(squigbobble existed, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 14:06, closed)

Hehe true
I bet he was glad it wasn't in Worcester.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Fri 25 Apr 2014, 15:03, closed)