2007-09-20 03:10:04 · 38 answers · asked by tulip 4 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
fermented apples.crushed in a cider press and the juice is left to mellow with some sugar.turns to the amber colour.ready in 5-9 days but best left for 12 months to bring out the real taste.rough cider is sold in half pint measures to tourists as this stuff is very very potent.
2007-09-24 06:34:35 · answer #1 · answered by country bumpkin [sheep nurse] 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's no such thing as "Scrumpy" That's a name made up by the tourist industry. There is Farmhouse cider and apple pop with alcohol.
Cider is made from mashed and pressed apples. Whilst any apples will produce a drink the favoured apples are the ones bred for the purpose, the most famous being " Kingstone black"
Whilst you can make cider using the natural yeasts (there are hundreds of different ones!!) on the apple, usually this will just as likely taste like bog water. Most brewers play safe and kill off the wild yeast and use a known commercial yeast.
Farmhouse cider is usually 7% or thereabouts and can be extremley dry. Seasoned drinkers often take the edge off it by adding a touch of orange juice or Vimto.(Yeovil) together with there Gaviscon tablets.
Great on a hot dry day, but be warned, it doesn't make you tired like beer. It gives you a big energy rush that will make you think you can take on the world. It's only when you try that you find that your legs have gone on holiday and your lips are stuck in a grotesque kissing pose!!
2007-09-23 03:11:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is very simple.
Cider is an alchoholic drink made from apples (not any other fruit). There should be no other chemical ingredient.
Sometimes the makers carbonate it but personally I think it's better without added CO2.
Scrumpy is original (unadulaterated by added sugar or chemicals) cider as made on some Somerset farms. It is normally cloudy and, because it's often made from windfalls, may contain other "natural" ingredients (don't worry, they're always dead or disolved by the time the scrumpy is ready to drink).
This stuff should only be tackled in quantities of 1/2 pint because it can be exteremely potent. It should not be fizzy unless it's still fermenting (don't drink it if it is). You cannot buy it in 'commercial' bottles whatever the label says. Unfortuantely, the term is not protected so some pretty naff stuff is sold as 'scrumpy'.
As this is the "UK & Ireland Only Questions" site I don't know why the Americans are in it confusing the issue.
Their language and useage is different. Cider is definately alchoholic, often quite strong too. Apple juice is non-alchoholic.
2007-09-21 07:08:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cider is a drink made from apples.
The west country of England is famous for making it, namely the counties of Somerset and Devon.
There are dry and sweet varieties, it's available in many shops throughout the UK but if you want the 'real' stuff like Scrumpy cider it's best to buy it where it is locally produced, this will be extremely strong in alcohol and only a few pints will get a casual drinker drunk. I used to drink in a pub where the landlord claimed he would pay for all your cider after you had finished your 5th pint, I never saw anyone get that far!
2007-09-20 03:28:03 · answer #4 · answered by Rob 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Apples are used to make the cheap alcoholic drink cider i think
2007-09-25 03:32:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In UK, Cider is an alcoholic drink that is made from fermented apples.
2007-09-20 04:50:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cider is a alcoholic drink made from fermented apples. It is to apples what wine is to grapes and beer is to barley.
Because it is fermented, not distilled, its alcohol content doesn't get too high (around 5%).
2007-09-25 07:47:49 · answer #7 · answered by dkeel76 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the UK cider is an alchoholic drink made from apples. In the US it's a soft drink made from apples.
2007-09-20 03:20:48 · answer #8 · answered by Skidoo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Okay, if you really want to read up all about it try this, top two entries for 'cider' and two after for 'scrumpy', from the excellent BBC hg2g information site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/Search?searchstring=cider&searchtype=goosearch&go.x=14&go.y=0
May put you off the cheap stuff which is apparently all chemicals and not made from anything resembling apples or even concentrate!
And yes, it is alcoholic.
2007-09-20 03:30:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cider is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples mainly, though pears are also used
2007-09-20 03:16:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋