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 DeathReaper wrote:
The myth of Beer before liquor, never sicker is just that, a myth.

 notprop wrote:


Lightweights, real men drink without biscuits!

That is not a biscuit, that is a cookie.

This is a biscuit...

Spoiler:

Heathen, Your biscuit is a scone.

This is why the Queen doesn't allow you to have the secrets of good beer, tis a punishment for naming things wrong.

Drinking lots of alcohol will feth you up.

I know, it's cool isn't it.

Unless you are a kid then it isn't. Just say no kids (cider/fortified wine in the park doesn't count)

.....or unless you are one of my kids then, in which case - what the hell are you doing on the internet reading about drinking? Back to work!

 notprop wrote:
I know, it's cool isn't it.

Unless you are a kid then it isn't. Just say no kids (cider/fortified wine in the park doesn't count)

.....or unless you are one of my kids then, in which case - what the hell are you doing on the internet reading about drinking? Back to work!

Isn't drinking in the park one of the many rites of passage we should all go through for a healthy, stable life? Bottles of 20/20, claymore whiskey. Diamond White Sitting in a aprk annoying the households situated around it until the threat of the rozzers causes panic.

Nowdays teens have it easy. Tesco value spirits now come in kid friendly plastic bottles providing solidarity with the local alcoholic.

K cider FTW.

Then getting chased by the Parky at dusk....great days!

 Mr. Burning wrote:

 notprop wrote:
I know, it's cool isn't it.

Unless you are a kid then it isn't. Just say no kids (cider/fortified wine in the park doesn't count)

.....or unless you are one of my kids then, in which case - what the hell are you doing on the internet reading about drinking? Back to work!

Isn't drinking in the park one of the many rites of passage we should all go through for a healthy, stable life? Bottles of 20/20, claymore whiskey. Diamond White Sitting in a aprk annoying the households situated around it until the threat of the rozzers causes panic.

Nowdays teens have it easy. Tesco value spirits now come in kid friendly plastic bottles providing solidarity with the local alcoholic.

I'm sure I can use 20/20 to strip my mini's.

Diamond White?! you had it easy all we had was white lightning...
I can't drink cider anymore .

Those in their big boy pants would select something like Breaker or Tennants.

Truly gods amongst men.

Tennants! I love that stuff it was 2 pounds a pint in scotland for two nights at some backpacker place I was at. Just awesome.

Yeah cider will mess you up...

 purplefood wrote:
Yeah cider will mess you up...

IT'LL GET YOU DRUNK!

I like cider, it doesn't quite do the job for me, but it's sweetness, tartness, and crispness is quite refreshing

I like Angry Orchard Cider a lot.

I love cider, nothing beats an ice cold magners on a summers day, although I was frequently called a woman by friends for not getting beer.

They will never understand.

edit: Draw the line at strongbow, after 2 or 3, it just becomes sickly and unbearable to continue drinking.

I don't like Strongbow.

I've had a dry cider before, not too bad, certainly felt like I was drinking an apple flavored wine rather than a cider.

I've got plans on making my own adult Apple Cider this winter, but I have a feeling that it's going to turn to apple cider vinegar.

Anyone tried Red Apple Ale?

My mum makes cider. Isn't too bad.

Eh feth it, more booze, I care not about the order, that is for lesser, puny livers to worry about

You people sound like you're drinking the wrong ciders. Try some proper scrumpy - actually tastes of apple instead of mildly fruity fizzy beer, and typically clocks in at anywhere between 8-20%.

 Alfndrate wrote:
I've had a dry cider before, not too bad, certainly felt like I was drinking an apple flavored wine rather than a cider.

I've got plans on making my own adult Apple Cider this winter, but I have a feeling that it's going to turn to apple cider vinegar.

Anyone tried Red Apple Ale?

Are you sure were taking about the same thing? I'm sure I've heard Americans say cider when talking about a type of apple juice rather than the 6% junior beer we enjoy here.

It's most suitable for getting smashed in the sunshine.

My preference is for Aspall, most excellent and it comes in a tarts bottle too. Ideal for drinking while sticking your pinky finger out like whot posh people do.

Also for the record Strongbow is for cleaning toilets not consuming.

 Super Ready wrote:
You people sound like you're drinking the wrong ciders. Try some proper scrumpy - actually tastes of apple instead of mildly fruity fizzy beer, and typically clocks in at anywhere between 8-20%.

Yeah, Cider's amazing.

There's a local orchard that makes Gravenstein apple cider and it's to die for.

I'm getting a thirst on reading this thread.

Cider isn't too bad but I find the darker it is the more of a headache I get.

I have been a convert to Magners pear, a delightful drink over ice.

Also had somewhat of a revelation on the weekend. I brought a Swedish mixed fruit cider on a whim. It was alcoholic fething Vimto. Vimto I tells you, the first bottle went down before I knew what was going on. 2nd and 3rd the same, before I paused and emptied my wallet to clear out the outdoors'* fridge.






* For non savvy dakkanauts Outdoor is another term for off licence or liquor store.

 notprop wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
I've had a dry cider before, not too bad, certainly felt like I was drinking an apple flavored wine rather than a cider.

I've got plans on making my own adult Apple Cider this winter, but I have a feeling that it's going to turn to apple cider vinegar.

Anyone tried Red Apple Ale?

Are you sure were taking about the same thing? I'm sure I've heard Americans say cider when talking about a type of apple juice rather than the 6% junior beer we enjoy here.

It's most suitable for getting smashed in the sunshine.

My preference is for Aspall, most excellent and it comes in a tarts bottle too. Ideal for drinking while sticking your pinky finger out like whot posh people do.

Also for the record Strongbow is for cleaning toilets not consuming.

In America we have Apple Juice (which is squeezed juice from an apple, who knew!), Apple Cider (apparently called Soft Cider, which is similar to apple juice just with less babying), and Hard Apple Cider (implying booze). Everyone in this thread is talking about Hard Apple Ciders, I am talking about taking unpasteurized Apple Cider, putting some raisins, a little brown sugar, and something else (yeast maybe?) and putting an airtight seal on it. Then let it sit for a few weeks. My dad did this when he was in the seminary for two years (thankfully he left, or else I wouldn't be here ).

The difference between Soft Cider and Apple Juice is that soft cider is more akin to Orange Juice with "some pulp" It doesn't go through a filtration process like Apple Juice does, so there are "pulpy" pieces of Apple in it. There is an Apple Orchard about an hour and a half from where I live, they press their apple cider on an old wine press and don't pasteurize it, meaning there is just enough bacteria and organisms to feed on sugars and raisins in my cider for me to ferment it .

 kronk wrote:
I don't like Strongbow.

He's probably one of my favorite wrestlers from that era.

Damn this phone.

 Alfndrate wrote:

In America we have Apple Juice (which is squeezed juice from an apple, who knew!), Apple Cider (apparently called Soft Cider, which is similar to apple juice just with less babying), and Hard Apple Cider (implying booze). Everyone in this thread is talking about Hard Apple Ciders, I am talking about taking unpasteurized Apple Cider, putting some raisins, a little brown sugar, and something else (yeast maybe?) and putting an airtight seal on it. Then let it sit for a few weeks. My dad did this when he was in the seminary for two years (thankfully he left, or else I wouldn't be here ).

The difference between Soft Cider and Apple Juice is that soft cider is more akin to Orange Juice with "some pulp" It doesn't go through a filtration process like Apple Juice does, so there are "pulpy" pieces of Apple in it. There is an Apple Orchard about an hour and a half from where I live, they press their apple cider on an old wine press and don't pasteurize it, meaning there is just enough bacteria and organisms to feed on sugars and raisins in my cider for me to ferment it .

Okay this smacks of America renaming stuff to me but I'm gonna let it ride this time. You can have a Hard Cider on me you little scamp, but you have to drink it in a park!

Mr. Burning wrote:I'm getting a thirst on reading this thread.

Cider isn't too bad but I find the darker it is the more of a headache I get.

I have been a convert to Magners pear, a delightful drink over ice.

Also had somewhat of a revelation on the weekend. I brought a Swedish mixed fruit cider on a whim. It was alcoholic fething Vimto. Vimto I tells you, the first bottle went down before I knew what was going on. 2nd and 3rd the same, before I paused and emptied my wallet to clear out the outdoors'* fridge.






* For non savvy dakkanauts Outdoor is another term for off licence or liquor store.

Interesting and dangerous fact: half a pint of port mixed with a bottle of blue WKD tastes like vimto and is my Rugby Tour drink of choice. There really should be a vomit orkimotion.

 notprop wrote:
Okay this smacks of America renaming stuff to me but I'm gonna let it ride this time. You can have a Hard Cider on me you little scamp, but you have to drink it in a park!

I'm well over the legal US drinking age I'm not doing this to circumvent drinking laws, I'm doing this because I'm bored . And it's not just the US, it's also Canada.

For taste has anyone tried rekorderlig pear cider, its delicious, not strong or anything but it tastes like it was made for gods and then someone stole it from them to give to us.

 notprop wrote:
Interesting and dangerous fact: half a pint of port mixed with a bottle of blue WKD tastes like vimto and is my Rugby Tour drink of choice. There really should be a vomit orkimotion.

Sounds like a cheeky vimto, those things are lethal.

 unmercifulconker wrote:
For taste has anyone tried rekorderlig pear cider, its delicious, not strong or anything but it tastes like it was made for gods and then someone stole it from them to give to us.

Hah, i've tried it, not usually a fan of pear stuff but it was alright, Westons Stowford Press is my favourite cider, i live about 30 mins from the brewery

On the topic of apple-derived beverages. . .



It claims to be apple flavored on the bottle, but the taste is somewhat closer to rancid corn syrup cut with listerine.

That doesn't even look appetizing or appealing.

 kronk wrote:
That doesn't even look appetizing or appealing.

It's not. The appeal lies entirely in the fact that it's 2 bucks a bottle.

I think it's a good sign that given the choice between that substance and not drinking, I would choose the latter.