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Post by **Prebe** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:25 pm

Stonemaybe wrote:Scrumpy Jack cans have a warning on them 'Contains Sulphur Dioxide'. Anyone know why cider should have sulphur dioxide?

It kills the yeast and thus stops fermentation. Suphites are used in most wines for the same purpose. A preservative in other words.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:54 pm

Stonemaybe wrote:
Scrumpy Jack cans have a warning on them 'Contains Sulphur Dioxide'. Anyone know why cider should have sulphur dioxide?
It kills the yeast and thus stops fermentation. Suphites are used in most wines for the same purpose. A preservative in other words.

Thank you!

You'd think they'd find something a little less..... disreputable?...... that could do the same thing, wouldn't you?

Post by **danlo** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:31 am

Have I said cider makes my deathly ill?--at least Woodpecker Hard Cider does...

Post by **stonemaybe** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:50 am

Can someone explain this? (Prebe?????)

Drinking some South African Savanna cider tonight and my eye was caught by the ingredient list.....

Ingredients: Apple cider, glucose syrup.........etc etc etc

???????????????????

How can an ingredient of cider be cider??????????????

Post by **Prebe** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:20 am

The english language is marvelous. "Cider" (in American?) also means apple juice, and not just an alcoholic beverage made from fruit of the Pomaceae family. Hence apple cider, the alcoholic beverage will contain cider.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:04 pm

Drinking the red one tonight (a Belgian cider with the juices of summer fruits). Really refreshing on a nice day, over ice.

Post by **Prebe** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:09 pm

Looks good! Though cider "with fruit" seems a tad tautological

Post by **stonemaybe** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:10 pm

It's totally commercial and easy-drinking, but I'm in the mood for that tonight.

Post by **Prebe** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:43 pm

No worries mate. I'm drinking 5.2% easy going easter brew from Ceres. You don't get much more commercial that

Post by **matrixman** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:36 am

Local liquor stores haven't had any cider in stock for weeks now. I am...distressed. I miss my Strongbow.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:27 am

matrixman wrote:Local liquor stores haven't had any cider in stock for weeks now. I am...distressed. I miss my Strongbow.

OMG! I am SO sorry, matrixman. That's just terrible.

Post by **aliantha** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:19 pm

I heart cider. Had some on draft at a Celtic festival a few years back. Oh baby.

Post by **matrixman** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:40 pm

Stonemaybe wrote:
matrixman wrote:Local liquor stores haven't had any cider in stock for weeks now. I am...distressed. I miss my Strongbow.

OMG! I am SO sorry, matrixman. That's just terrible.

Thanks, Stone...yeah, I checked the store a few days ago and they still didn't have any.

Wonder who is behind this shortage. Cider terrorists?

Post by **aliantha** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:59 pm

Hey Prebe -- in the US, we typically get "apple juice" throughout the year and "apple cider" in the fall (the cider tends to be cloudier and doesn't have the same shelf life as our apple juice). Apple cider is non-alcoholic; "hard cider" is the technical term here for the good stuff.

I guess there could be other types of cider than apple cider, but I don't remember ever seeing any.

Post by **stonemaybe** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:29 pm

Wonder who is behind this shortage. Cider terrorists?

maybe I'd better cut down my consumption.....

Post by **Zarathustra** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:09 pm

I think "cider" is used elsewhere in the world (besides the US) to mean the alcoholic beverage.

It can also be made from pears, in which case it's called, "perry."

You can go even further and distill it, making "applejack."

I've thought about making some cider myself. Hard cider homebrew. But I've heard it's a little trickier than beer. Maybe I'll tackle mead first.

Post by **Vader** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:30 pm

As soon as I'm sober enough to find ALL keys on this keybiaiuurd I'll post my famos Normandy pork filet dish with Cider and Calvados.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:23 am

OK, so I went to my favorite locally owned and operated store with the terrific selection of individual bottles of micro-brew beers and ale, to see what selection they had of hard cider.

In individual bottles they had a couple of selections of American crafted and one from the UK called Samuel Smith's Organic Cider. It was nearly $5.00 for the one bottle.

In the nine pack they had what Stone has mentioned, Strongbow, and another, Magners Original Irish Cider, which apparently is served over ice.

So, for just me, which should I start with? And if I decide to go with a hard cider with the turkey on Thanksgiving (for some reason, after reading that article I posted in the Beer thread on turkey/beer pairings, I think I might enjoy a hard cider instead of wine), which of the nine packs should I get?

Post by **stonemaybe** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:53 am

So you have to buy nine?

What are we talking here - 440ml/500ml cans or 250mls bottles? The Magniers, I assume is probably in 500ml bottles? (btw the 'over ice' Magniers thing was just an incredibly clever marketing ploy)

You probably know my answer already - I'd go for the Strongbow. In fact, if I was living in the States and was missing my cider horrendously, I'd still probably buy Budweiser before i'd buy the magniers!

But really, both are very commercial & designed to be easy to drink!

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:30 pm

Stonemaybe wrote:So you have to buy nine?

Yeah, the store has neither as individuals. I can ask if they're willing to break open a nine pack to sell individuals, but I did not see any individuals of the Magners or Strongbow on the shelves.

Stonemaybe wrote:What are we talking here - 440ml/500ml cans or 250mls bottles? The Magniers, I assume is probably in 500ml bottles?

I didn't think to look that closely, they were both in sealed cardboard over wrappers. If you looked at the photo of the shop I linked in my previous post, it is a photo of their beer, ale, and cider selection. From what I see, it is all bottles. I guess I assumed the nine packs would be bottles as well. Does it make a difference?

Stonemaybe wrote:(btw the 'over ice' Magniers thing was just an incredibly clever marketing ploy)

Ah...good to know about the marketing ploy.

Stonemaybe wrote:You probably know my answer already - I'd go for the Strongbow. In fact, if I was living in the States and was missing my cider horrendously, I'd still probably buy Budweiser before i'd buy the magniers!

*shudder*

OK...
Definitely not go with the Magners.

Stonemaybe wrote:But really, both are very commercial & designed to be easy to drink!

And the Samuel Smith?
Just overhyped packaging and marketing?

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