Cider......

[Giles]

As we are in Brittany for a few week, thought we could celebrate Cidre...

[Tago Mago]

@Giles very nice. How much can you take back?

[Giles]

Probably as much as I want. Dont think we’ll get boarded

[Matt]

Famous last words.

[Tago Mago]

@Giles you probably also thought you’d never get hosed, and look how that ended

[motojobobo]

Yummm…Cider is probably my favorite alcoholic drink. Difficult to get dry cider whenever I’m in the US. And downright impossible in S. America.

[goosehd]

In case he is stopped, he's just using it as ballast for the boat in case of inclement weather. A few cases placed around the deck should do nicely....or it was all @Madame-Buttonfly doing and he didn't know anything about it.

[Giles]

@Matt I've had many of them.....

"Hit a whale? What are you, out of your fucking mind?"

"That looks pretty unsafe, but I am sure it will hold"

[mclaincausey]

@motojobobo said in Cider......:

Yummm…Cider is probably my favorite alcoholic drink. Difficult to get dry cider whenever I’m in the US. And downright impossible in S. America.

That should not be the case in the US. Cider has undergone something similar to what happened here with craft beer decades ago, and I’ve been able to find the likes of Basque and other European ciders as well as American versions of those, as well as unique styles from domestic cideries. A friend is an investor in a cidery called Stem here in Denver and they make fantastic dry ciders. I’d say I encounter more dry than sweet domestic craft ciders, and there are at least 1,200 cideries here according to ciderguide.com

All that said, making cider is REALLY easy. Find a juice you like (you can also make it but need to account for bacteria), add yeast and sugar, seal in glass, store in a cool place, wait a week or two.

All THAT said, Samuel Smith makes excellent medium dry to dry sparkling apple and pear ciders if those are available.

[endo]

@motojobobo said in Cider......:

impossible in S. America.

Start your own production @motojobobo and make a fortune by selling it.

I love cider as long as it cold and dry (brut), and a sunny day outside.

[Nocturama]

Also, very likely gluten free.

[Giles]

Kir Breton.....

[Tago Mago]

@Giles love a Kir Breton

[GraemeE]

@endo said in Cider......:

I love cider as long as it cold and dry (brut), and a sunny day outside.

100% agree

We have a handful of great cider operations in the pacific northwest

[Giles]

That’ll do nicely

[Brian]

I remember ( although hazily ) spending a week driving around the southern shires down country lanes finding the scrumpy farmers and their cider, scrumpy at 9am tastes nice but makes driving difficult

[louisbosco]

does bulmers or strongbow count in this?

[Giles]

Does Coors count in the beer thread?

[pechelman]

Apfelwein anyone?
Surprised to find an authentic one made here in the states! Picked this up on a trip to Oregon a while back and enjoying on a hot day here in the north west.

[Giles]