Cyder Glorious Cyder
Sep 8th 2009 | 12:44 pm
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
Whatever they did, it used to have most of us paralytic after three pints!
Sep 8th 2009 | 2:17 pm
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
Are you familiar with a pub on Dartmoor called The Plume of Feathers? They used to brew their own, and rumour was they obtained the unique flavour, consistency and strength by fermenting half a piglet in the vat.
Whatever they did, it used to have most of us paralytic after three pints!
Whatever they did, it used to have most of us paralytic after three pints!
Sep 8th 2009 | 3:47 pm
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
Best cider I've had in a while is Rock Creek, made by Big Rock brewery here in Alberta. They use apples from the Okanagan, and it's one of my favorites.
Sep 9th 2009 | 2:58 am
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
Are you familiar with a pub on Dartmoor called The Plume of Feathers? They used to brew their own, and rumour was they obtained the unique flavour, consistency and strength by fermenting half a piglet in the vat.
Whatever they did, it used to have most of us paralytic after three pints!
Whatever they did, it used to have most of us paralytic after three pints!
Sep 9th 2009 | 11:01 am
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
I landed a week ago as a PR, I'd spent 14 months over through 2008/09 and am moderately familiar now with Toronto and the area.
There is one question that remains, one quest that eludes me. Where can one purchase a bottle, flagon, or vat of something that resembles English Cyder? I am speaking of the sort you'd get in the West Country - cloudy, possbily bitty, sour or bitter, made from apples and not the sugar.
So far I have found one Canadian brand at the LCBO/Beer Stores that could come close but is slightly effervescent and still a bit sweet to the taste. I know you can get Westons which is on the right lines but is akin to asking for lager and getting a pint of Fosters. Fine to quell a need but I'd not live on it! Other offerings seem to be of the Strongbow/Magners(or Bulmers)/Blackthorn range all of which are far too sweet and not at all what I'm looking for.
If anyone has found something good please do share!
There is one question that remains, one quest that eludes me. Where can one purchase a bottle, flagon, or vat of something that resembles English Cyder? I am speaking of the sort you'd get in the West Country - cloudy, possbily bitty, sour or bitter, made from apples and not the sugar.
So far I have found one Canadian brand at the LCBO/Beer Stores that could come close but is slightly effervescent and still a bit sweet to the taste. I know you can get Westons which is on the right lines but is akin to asking for lager and getting a pint of Fosters. Fine to quell a need but I'd not live on it! Other offerings seem to be of the Strongbow/Magners(or Bulmers)/Blackthorn range all of which are far too sweet and not at all what I'm looking for.
If anyone has found something good please do share!
Sep 10th 2009 | 3:55 am
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
Sadly there isn't any decent cider easy to come by in Toronto. I've heard rumours of the occasional cask being on tap at some of the 'real ale' places (Volo, C'est Wha?) but the Waupoos cider from Prince Edward County doesn't seem to travel well - it was quite nice at the Waring House near Picton, but like drinking vinegar at C'est Wha? (but then I think C'est Wha? might be the most overrated bar I've been to).
You occasionally see Quebec ciders in the LCBO, but as a previous poster said they're priced akin to a bottle of wine and the one's I've seen are all about 3%. I've tried my own homebrews with...middling success (one drinkable batch, two flippin horrible) but still on the hunt for the elusive scrumpy. Heard good things about west coast cider makers, but Ontario cider tastes like a fizzy alcopop to me.
You occasionally see Quebec ciders in the LCBO, but as a previous poster said they're priced akin to a bottle of wine and the one's I've seen are all about 3%. I've tried my own homebrews with...middling success (one drinkable batch, two flippin horrible) but still on the hunt for the elusive scrumpy. Heard good things about west coast cider makers, but Ontario cider tastes like a fizzy alcopop to me.
Sep 4th 2010 | 5:55 pm
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
Just to mention that I went into the Three Lions pub in Vancouver tonight and they had Magners cider, although they charged $8.00 for a 500ml can.
Sep 4th 2010 | 7:39 pm
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Sep 5th 2010 | 1:43 am
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
Igor: Dr. Frankenstein...
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: "Fronkensteen."
Igor: You're putting me on.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, it's pronounced "Fronkensteen."
Igor: Do you also say "Froaderick"?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No... "Frederick."
Igor: Well, why isn't it "Froaderick Fronkensteen"?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: It isn't; it's "Frederick Fronkensteen."
Igor: I see.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You must be Igor.
[He pronounces it ee-gor]
Igor: No, it's pronounced "eye-gor."
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: But they told me it was "ee-gor."
Igor: Well, they were wrong then, weren't they?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: "Fronkensteen."
Igor: You're putting me on.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, it's pronounced "Fronkensteen."
Igor: Do you also say "Froaderick"?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No... "Frederick."
Igor: Well, why isn't it "Froaderick Fronkensteen"?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: It isn't; it's "Frederick Fronkensteen."
Igor: I see.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You must be Igor.
[He pronounces it ee-gor]
Igor: No, it's pronounced "eye-gor."
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: But they told me it was "ee-gor."
Igor: Well, they were wrong then, weren't they?
Sep 6th 2010 | 4:40 am
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
Sorry I can't help you with your problem. I have a similar in reverse. I'm gagging for a Labatts or Molson. Of course neither available where I live.
Sep 6th 2010 | 4:57 am
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
Y'm intrigued to hear there is actually a difference between cyder and cider .... are they pronounced the same? If so do you always have to say "cyder-with-a-Y" to clarify which of the two you are talking about ...... hmmmmm .... <goes off to paint her tent>
Sep 6th 2010 | 8:31 am
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
In Ontario "apple cider" is freshly squashed apple juice. Had me wondering why they were giving cider to kids, then I realised. Duh.
Sep 6th 2010 | 9:40 am
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Re: Cyder Glorious Cyder
Alcoholic cider is made from the fermented juice of apples and is known in the United States and Canada as hard cider; non-alcoholic cider is called apple cider.
