My Cider Page
What is cider ?
Just a quick word of explanation: cider is the fermented juice of
apples. This page is aimed at those people who are interested in the
cider.
So what is a Real
Cider: Real cider is essentially the fermented juice of the apple
with nothing added and nothing taken away. At the moment the majority of
the cider sold in the UK and Finland is mostly made from imported apple concentrate,
is full of artificial colourings, sweeteners, and preservatives, is
filtered, is pasteurised to render it inert and is kept and served under
carbon dioxide pressure. Don't assume that if it is served through a
hand pump that it is real cider.
Resources:
Where to drink them ? (in Finland)
Real Cider is hard to get in Finland. But you can try following
restaurants (kysy tynnyrisiideriä):
Books:
- Michael B. Quinion: Cidermaking, Shire Album, 95, 1997, ISBN 0-85263-614-8.
- Annie Proulx: Making The Best Apple Cider, A Storey Country Wisdom
Bulletin, 1980, ISBN 0-88266-222-8.
- Annie Proulx & Lew Nichols: Cider - Making, Using & Enjoying Sweet
& Hard Cider, Storey Books, 1997, ISBN 0-88266-969-9.
- David Matthews: CAMRA's Good Cider Guide, CAMRA Books, 2000, ISBN
1-85249-143-4.
- Michael Pooley & John Lomax: Real Cidermaking on a Small Scale,
Special Interest Model Books, 1999, ISBN 1-85486-195-6.
Food recipes:
What I have tasted:
- Sainsbury's Cider, Low Alcohol
- Orchard Mill Dry Cider, 4,2%
- Hartland's Farmhouse Cider, 5.5%
- Thatchers Premium Somerset Cider: Cox's, 3.5 %
- Headford Ridge Bin 5, Trational Medium Dry Cider, 7,5%
- West Country
Cider, 5.5%
- Broome Farm Cider, A Tradional Made Farmhouse Cider, 6,6%
- Frome Valley Dry Cider, 6%
- Westons Strong Medium Dry, 6,5%
- Henry Westons Special Vintage
Cider
- Westons
Traditional Scrumpy, 6%
-
Westons Strong Extra Dry Cider, 6%
- Sainsbury's Medium Dry Cider, 7,5%
- Thatchers Premium Somerset Cider: Spartan, 5,2 %
- Thatchers
Premium Somerset Cider: Katy, 7,4%
- Broome Farm Cider, Medium Dry Cider, 6,3%
- Broome
Farm Cider, Medium Sweet Cider, 6,3%
- Gwatkin
Medium Farmhouse Cider, 7,5%
- Woodpecker Special Quality Cider, 3,5%
- Royal County, 7%
- Cheyney Lodge Dabinet & Bramley
- Kingstone Press Cider, Premium Dry,
5,3%
- Total Eclipse, Total Blackout Cider, 8%
- Knights Dry Traditional Fine Cider, 6%
- Knights
Medium Traditional Fine Cider, 6%
- Knights
Sweet Traditional Fine Cider, 6%
- Westons
Marcle Millennium Premium Cider, 8,2%
- Westons
Draught Vintage Cider, 7,5%
- Frome Valley Brewery Old Orchard
Cider, 6%
- Westons Scrumpy Cider,
7,5%
Pictures from Hereford and nearby Towns: