The Cider Thread

>>9205744
Can you recommend a cider for someone who usually likes beer? I want to be able to enjoy cider but it always ends up tasting like sweetened apple juice cut with some kind of cheap liquor.
I've tried normal shit like Angry Orchard and Crispin's and some craft stuff from a local thing called Common Cider Company.

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>>9205744

Local distillery/brewery makes this.

Very good.

Woodchuck and Magners aren't bad either.

>>9205744
Those aren't ciders.

>>9205744
>Somersby
Looks and tastes like piss.
> Bulmers
Better than Strongbow.
>>9205768
>Magners
Mass market trash.

I drink Kopparberg.

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Brooks Dry Cider is nice, but I don't think it's distributed outside of California

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Hands down the best cider I've ever had. If you like cider this is my #1 recommendation. Don't know whether it's nationwide cuz I've only seen it in the NW

>>9205744

Nice view, wish I lived near the coast.

>>9206194
>Rightfully calls out those rubbish 'ciders'

Well, you're pretty coo-

>Drinks Kopparberg.

Get the fuck out.

>>9206194
>kopparberg
literally sugar water....

what are you a 15 yo girl

>>9205744
where you from op

>>9206423
Yeah, this. Denmark? Flensburg?

>>9206194
(You)

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time for your daily cup of enlightenment

>>9206594

As an American I was impressed how cheap that was, also white lightening brand cider. Mixed with goon sack for the ultimate discount binge drinking. England was fun.

>>9206610
aye we've got a decent drinking culture. Frosty jacks has a place in my heart; remember when I was 12/13 me and my mates would save together all our school dinner money then have either a brother or a local radgie go in shop for us and get a few of these in. We'd just go to this park on our estate on a friday and get absolutely steaming then head back to our mate Tomo's house. Fucking class.

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>>9205744
OFFICIAL CIDER POWER RANKINGS

GOD TIER
>>>>>Manx Cider Co, Dry

Godly tier
>>>>>Thatchers
>>>>>Samnel Smithy's Cider Reserve

Decent tier
>>>>>Stella Cidre
>>>>>Angry Orchard
>>>>>Orchard Thieves

Acceptable tier
>Woodgate

Overpriced crud tier
>>>>>Aspall
>>>>>Maddens Cider
>>>>>Macivors Cider

"There's nothing else to drink" tier
>>>>>Magners
>>>>>Strongbow

"I drink cider" tier
>>>>>Old Mout
>>>>>Kopparberg
>>>>>Rekorderlig

"welfare and brain damage" teir
>>>>any supermarket brand (excluding M&S)

>>9205744
I had predrinks at a shitty burger joint in Sydney before a concert last week and Somersby is alright without being as sweet as say, Kopparberg.

The venue had James Squire though which tasted like $9 battery acid.

>>9206423
Hungary, currently in Balaton

>>9206716
cider is shite and you've still fucked this up.

u gimmer.

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not as dry as I was expecting, but my favourite so far

>>9206716
>Official

Wew, you have yet a world to experience...

>>9205757
Anon, i'd tell you to go try some Bacardi. It's good for a start, it is't any special but if does the job if you want to get used to the extra flavors that comes with a cider.

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>>9206670
The weedgie is strong with this one

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>>9206670
>soft shell crab

>>9206804
>>9206842

aye literally this except these lads look like they're from Scotland and/or Preston rather from Liverpool like me - its the baggy mckenzie trackies and fake pringle jumpers. like a third of the lads I started necking frosties with in the earlier days are now either nicked or proper reprobates, smoking brown and spice.

>>9207023
I hope you don't mind, I'm using this paragraph verbatim in a short story I'm writing. The language is perfect for what I need.

>>9207023

Chav culture is endearing, the likes of Pikey cuture. Keep on keepin' on you crazy cat.

:^)

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Op you have shit taste wow

>>9206716
y-you too

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>>9205744
We only have a cheap replica of Somersby here. My head hurts every time I drink it. Feels bad man.

>>9206245
They sell JK Scrumpy in Illinois. I've never had a bad cider from them

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Ace's Joker cider was my go to six pack for a while. Super Smooth, and the ABV didn't hurt

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Wyder's Dry Raspberry Cider.
That shit is the most refreshing drink I have ever had. Not really much going for it alcohol-wise but it is damn tasty after a hot day.

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>>9207133
This

And the Bulmers series, the Red Berries are one hell of a 500ml refreshment.

>live in SoCal, birthplace of the reinvigorated IPA meme
>same town as arrogant bastard pale ale brew co which is apparently one of the largest/most famous IPA breweries in the world to the point where almost everybody around here has a shirt of theirs
>only like hard cider

i like ace's, angry orchard, and shock top apple if i'm in a bind

How much do you pay for a 12 to 20oz bottle of cider? All the ones I see at the grocery store near me are 4 to 8 bucks per, which seems kind of ridiculous to me.

>>9206594
>>9209966
frosty jacks costs the equivalent of 8 dollars and gets you 100oz of 16proof alcohol
stop describing liquids like this its retarded

PNW only as far as I'm aware, but pretty good. Other flavors are good as well, but being over 10% is a bonus in my book.

>>9210623
The ones with 500ml and 7% are a work of art. You purchase two of them and off you go in to wonderland.

>>9206778
Is Somersby sold in the US?

Damn, no Seattle Cider? Easily the best cider I've had so far.

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I don't need my cider carbonated

>>9211192
The bottles i bought said they were imported from Croatia, but there is a good chance that they do indeed stock them in the USA.

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UK bros, thoughts?

>>9211770
I think we need to stop fucking with cider so much and make good cider, not spastic monstrosity ciders

>>9211795
I don't know, I discovered it in a bar on draught and it was so good

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I got a chance to try Foggy Ridge ciders when I ate at Husk Nashville.
Legit some of the best alcohol I have ever had.

I had 3 bottles of their Pippin Gold, which is a Cider done like a Port shipped to California.
10/10

>>9206206
Brooks is goddamn great

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>>9210623
>>9211173
aaaaand I forgot my picture like a tard

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>>9211987
How do i get my hands on one if those?

>>9212007
Live somewhere on/near the west coast? They make them in Oregon but I'm pretty sure they sell them in Washington, California, and Idaho as well. They're pretty good, price ranges from 5 to 8 a bottle depending on flavor (pic related tends to be more expensive), or $12 for a 6 pack of 12oz cans.

>>9205744
JK scrumpy's is my fav, really good shit

>>9212037
Nah, sadly i'm in Europe