ALDI CIDER

[landsurfer]

H. Weston and Sons.
West country Vintage Cider.
7.3% by Vol.
Beautiful...
Labeled as "Premium Vintage Cider" at Aldi ..
750ml bottle ... £1
Get some while it lasts ......

[SpannerGeek]

I'm on it! Weston cider is rather understated, a nice drop!

[syklist]

Does it come with a free brown paper bag?

[pete75]

Aldi are going after this market with that stuff.

[SpannerGeek]

7-8% is pretty much the ballpark for classy 'craft' ciders in the UK, which you can pay up to a tenner a bottle (500ml).

If you think that's strong, check out this commercially available British cider at 70% proof... No joke!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... proof.html

[SpannerGeek]

70% cider... Free coffin with every purchase!

[syklist]

7-8% is pretty much the ballpark for classy 'craft' ciders in the UK, which you can pay up to a tenner a bottle (500ml).

If you think that's strong, check out this commercially available British cider at 70% proof... No joke!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... proof.html

Your link points to a product that is called beer. Both in the article and headline.

"Sipping recommended: British beer 'Snake Venom' is world's strongest at 70 per cent proof"

[pete75]

Not 70% proof either - it's 68% alcohol which is getting on for 140% proof. Bloody Daily Mail can't even get that right.....

[sjs]

Not 70% proof either - it's 68% alcohol which is getting on for 140% proof. Bloody Daily Mail can't even get that right.....

Pedant alert: proof is measured in degrees, not percent.

[pete75]

Not 70% proof either - it's 68% alcohol which is getting on for 140% proof. Bloody Daily Mail can't even get that right.....

Pedant alert: proof is measured in degrees, not percent.

So the Mail is doubly wrong.......

[syklist]

Not 70% proof either - it's 68% alcohol which is getting on for 140% proof. Bloody Daily Mail can't even get that right.....

Pedant alert: proof is measured in degrees, not percent.

So the Mail is doubly wrong.......

Their "journalists" have probably been sipping too much ALDI cider...

[Phil_Chadwick]

Not 70% proof either - it's 68% alcohol which is getting on for 140% proof. Bloody Daily Mail can't even get that right.....

Concentrated by freezing.

When whisky, brandy etc are made they remove the heads and tails which contain most of the real nasties. This stuff won't have had that done, so it's going to give you a mother of a hangover

[pete75]

Not 70% proof either - it's 68% alcohol which is getting on for 140% proof. Bloody Daily Mail can't even get that right.....

Concentrated by freezing.

When whisky, brandy etc are made they remove the heads and tails which contain most of the real nasties. This stuff won't have had that done, so it's going to give you a mother of a hangover

They did or maybe still do it with cider in Canada and the USA. The result is called Applejack. Rather stick with Calvados myself.

[Phil_Chadwick]

Not 70% proof either - it's 68% alcohol which is getting on for 140% proof. Bloody Daily Mail can't even get that right.....

Concentrated by freezing.

When whisky, brandy etc are made they remove the heads and tails which contain most of the real nasties. This stuff won't have had that done, so it's going to give you a mother of a hangover

They did or maybe still do it with cider in Canada and the USA. The result is called Applejack. Rather stick with Calvados myself.

Indeed. Vile stuff, Applejack. Unlike a good Calvados

[Vorpal]

Indeed. Vile stuff, Applejack. Unlike a good Calvados

You've obviously never had a cider slush (that's lush with an s )

http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/ ... ider-slush