Cider

In the US they have two types of apple cider. Regular which can be drunk cold or mulled – Starbucks sell hot apple cider in the fall you can get it with whipped cream (it’s awesome). And they also have hard apple cider which is the alcoholic version.

So I was very surprised the first time I purchased a bottle of apple cider in England. First off it’s carbonated, and it’s alcoholic. They don’t have anything like the American version of apple cider here. It took years for me to get over that before I could drink a cider here.

Eventually I discovered Bulmers and Magners Pear ciders which are pretty good, this lead to me drinking the normal apple version as well.

When we were in Nottingham a few years ago for a friends Hag Do (bachelor/bachelorett party) we stopped in a pub that had something called Aspall Cider. To be perfectly honest I bought it based on the look of the bottle, I’m so glad I did as from all the ciders I’ve tried so far (there are a whole lot of varieties) it is my favourite.

And when I say there are a lot of varieties, I’ve only tried. Strawberry, Strawberry and Lime, Raspberry and Lime, Aspall’s Blush, apple, pear, summer fruit…. Like I said there are so many. I think there’s a blueberry….

Oh and the once when I had Strongbow….

Which I think isn’t probably made of apple, more like cardboard but oh well. (I’ll try any drink once)

So here’s to the end of a busy Saturday with an Aspall Cider.

(which is being drunk out of a wine glass – deal with it).

-Sabrina