yeah alright
reckon it's worth the twenty minute drive to get cider?

do you drink it room temp or cold?
/never had it before
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 21:38, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Slightly chilled is best I reckon
are you going for apple or pear?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 21:40, Reply)

I don't know
they've got three different ones
but I don't remember what they are
I have to go to a special shop to get it
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 21:41, Reply)

Get pear
apple's shit and it should be refrigerated.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 21:47, Reply)

oh they've got strongbow
what do you think of that?
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 21:48, Reply)

It's not very good cider
Kopperberg Pear cider is nice cold. Otherwise you want some sort of Scrumpy. I don't know if they do proper cider in the states.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 21:49, Reply)

sad times
we probably don't, I'm pretty sure this will be imported and will cost me an arm and a leg
besides most of the cider we sell is sold in gallon jugs next to the apples in supermarkets.
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 21:54, Reply)

Strongbow is one of the worst
Get Kopperberg. Accept no substitute.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 21:58, Reply)

they may not have it
I WANT A TASTE OF ENGLAND
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 21:59, Reply)

Well you don't want Kopperberg then
it's Swedish
(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:00, Reply)

^ This

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:01, Reply)

You should come to England next Easter
and attend the Easter Bash down in Cornwall or Devon or wherever Clendrix is holding it. They do proper cider down there.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:02, Reply)

Cornwall!
Devon cider is just awful
( Peej, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:04, Reply)

Although I am from Dorset
I did grow up about a mile from the Somerset border and I have to say that Somerset Cider is not made of apples or pears, it is made from win!
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:31, Reply)

Im sitting here drinking tesco own brand
Strong Dry Cider

And its still better than Strongbow.
( Peej, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:02, Reply)

That's a bit sad really
You're better off not drinking anything and saving the money until you can afford a smaller quantity of nice cider.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:04, Reply)

Yes but I want to get drunk.
And its 5.2% and £1.92 for a 4 pack and nicer than blackthorn and strongbow.

Cider of choice here in fair old cornwall is Rattler but its expensive.
( Peej, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:06, Reply)

You want to get drunk and sit at a computer?

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:07, Reply)

Im also watching District 9
But yes.
( Peej, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:07, Reply)

I do! I do!

(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:08, Reply)

Dammit I do, but stupid pain meds say no
sadface.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:13, Reply)

argh
antibiotics said no to me for two weeks, I was proper fucked when I drank again last saturday, I had to stop rather early
sad times
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:20, Reply)

This is almost 2 weeks for me now. Another 2 weeks to go for me still
Christ, I sound like an alcoholic!
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:26, Reply)

not really, I wasn't sure I could handle the last week
I was ready to break shit
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:31, Reply)

Rattler is more than worth the expense.
It's not really expensive though, as it's still stronger, cheaper and far, far better tasting than Stella or Export or any other premium beer.
I'm not on commission. No, really.
(Paolo Nutini's Bikini Better than Frederick Fleet's optometrist, Sat 12 Sep 2009, 1:20, Reply)

Be careful
Because a lot of cider in the US is NON-ALCOHOLIC!

Cider without alcohol - that's just wrong.

If you're a cider virgin then Strongbow will be good enough. Most UK persons had their first drunken experiences on Strongbow or Bulmers, I expect.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:01, Reply)

Nope. I've only ever drunk apple cider twice
Once at uni when we were all skint and bought a bottle of white lightning between us. I took a sip and declared myself out. The other time was a can of strongbow that I was paid £20 to drink.

FASCINATING STUFF, ONLINE.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:06, Reply)

Neither of those are really apple cider

(Bazongaloid, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:07, Reply)

Ok, apple flavoured toxic chemicals in a can then
/pedant
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:13, Reply)

When you're 14
And all you can rely on to get you pissed is Rick's big brother, who can get served at the Co-op, you make do with what you can get.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:18, Reply)

Shoulda been born a girl
No problem getting served from about 14 onwards until I hit 20, had my name above the shop door as the co-licensee holder and everywhere starts asking me for ID. Haven't stopped yet.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:28, Reply)

I was OK
From about 15 onwards.

First time I got challenged was two days after my 18th birthday.

Second time was in Alberqurque, New Mexico, last year. I was 39 last year!
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:32, Reply)

Do not fear White Lightning
Marvellous stuff
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:10, Reply)

I don't fear it, I just know that it tastes foul, so don't see the point in drinking the stuff
But then I don't drink with the intention of getting plastered.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:14, Reply)

yeah well duh I know it's non-alcoholic I live here innit
and yeah I'm going to fucking get the strongbow

and probably another kind

whatever it is that they have
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:18, Reply)

Well I just thought, y'know....
Being a kind chap etc., I ought to warn you.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:22, Reply)

how very lovely of you

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:24, Reply)

Yes
The Disappointed - shepherding unhardy souls through uncharted territory on the internetty since a long time ago.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:28, Reply)

Please don't get Strongbow.
It really is the worst loose stool water.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:42, Reply)

Poor Kristine has to live in America
And may not have much choice in the matter.

Lets face it - Strongbow v Miller Lite....

Must I continue?
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:49, Reply)

This is a fair point.
When Strongbow is the only option the I guess it'll do.
Guess I shouldn't be to snobby, I used to drink K.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:51, Reply)

Oh Blimey
I remember that stuff.

Came in a black bottle, didn't it?

One of my mates used to scoff it all the time.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:58, Reply)

It was in a black bottle
sometimes they had special editions which were in other colours.

My friends brother used to work in the factory, which was in Somerset. Still I used to drink it because it was cheap and I didn't like beer then.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 11 Sep 2009, 23:02, Reply)

I'm glad you said black bottle
Because I'm regressing twenty years or so here, and my memories of buying stoopid black bottles with a big red K on them, in sweaty bars thumping with the sound of Go West, Hue and Cry and our local heroes - It Bites - aren't too false after all.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 23:17, Reply)

UGH
Miller lite is the fucking nastiest shit EVER
I'm Bud Light all the way baby

sad but true
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 23:17, Reply)

"Lager Lite" can GTF away from me ;)

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Sat 12 Sep 2009, 9:05, Reply)

Don't get drunk
on cider if you're not used to it. It's very strong and very easy to drink. I've passed out drunk before on cider and it's not nice.

Also may I point out that pear cider is perry, not cider.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 11 Sep 2009, 22:39, Reply)

I've decided against it for now
but ta for the advice, everyone
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 23:23, Reply)

True, but also not.
There is such a thing as pear cider, Perry is made from Perry Pears. Any pear drink that is made from normal pears can be classed as pear cider, such as Magners, Gaymers, etc. TRUFAX.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 11 Sep 2009, 23:41, Reply)