Cider to go up 10%

[Churchill]

Now they've pretty much wiped out smokers, boozing is next on the radar for our lovely New Labour. This is only the beginning...

Social engineering by means of the wallet.

[Pondlife]

Now they've pretty much wiped out smokers, boozing is next on the radar for our lovely New Labour. This is only the beginning...

I think I read this morning that doctors are calling for a ban on drinking cider whilst in your own car. It's bad for the kids they reckon.

[TheBigYinJames]

I think I read this morning that doctors are calling for a ban on drinking cider whilst in your own car. It's bad for the kids they reckon.

Can't be long til us obese people are banned in public places - for the good of the children -

[SueEllen]

Can't be long til us obese people are banned in public places - for the good of the children -

FFS Your not fat you are big boned!

[larson]

Any recommendations for decent 'real' cider that can be found on supermarket shelves?

Morrisons and Sainsburys seem to have a good range of ciders, but some seem brewed just to be strong, and therefore lacking in taste. If you're having a few beers with friends, it would be much less if it was cider at double the percentage!

I'd like to try real 'scrumpy', but the only easy accessible brand is Westons, who produce the 4litre cloudy scrumpy in the token glass bottle. Anybody tasted that stuff? It's £4 a bottle at the minute, but I imagine it tastes more like pee than real scrumpy.

I wasn't that impressed by Aspalls, it didn't seem to have a great depth of taste, just high percentage of alcohol.

There's a local CAMRA brewery, but given that focusses on ale, there's not much except real ale to find around my way. The only cider on offer is strongbow, and that's not even cider.

[NickFitz]

Duty on other alcohol (beer, wine, spirits) will increase 3% a year until 2013.

2%:

5.83 Cider duty rates will increase by 10 per cent above inflation on 29 March 2010 to bring them more into line with the duty rates on other alcohol products. From 1 September 2010, the technical definition of cider will be changed to ensure products that more closely resemble made-wines are taxed appropriately. No changes will be made to the structure of cider duty but this will be kept under review.

5.84 As announced at Budget 2008, alcohol duty rates on beer, wine and spirits will increase by 2 per cent above inflation on 29 March 2010. This will add 2 pence to the price of a pint of beer, 10 pence to the price of a bottle of wine, and 36 pence to the price of a bottle of spirits. In addition, alcohol duty rates on all products will increase by 2 per cent above inflation each year to 2014-15.


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[TheBigYinJames]

FFS Your not fat you are big boned!

It's glandular. It's the big gland on the front of my face which needs feeding.

[chef]

Any recommendations for decent 'real' cider that can be found on supermarket shelves?

There's a cider called Katy in Tesco's that's not bad, it's in a 330ml bottle, black label, red writing IIRC

[TheBigYinJames]

I wasn't that impressed by Aspalls, it didn't seem to have a great depth of taste, just high percentage of alcohol.

There is quite a taste difference between their normal stuff and the Premium Cru, which is about 50p dearer.

[The_Equalizer]

Any recommendations for decent 'real' cider that can be found on supermarket shelves?

Morrisons and Sainsburys seem to have a good range of ciders, but some seem brewed just to be strong, and therefore lacking in taste. If you're having a few beers with friends, it would be much less if it was cider at double the percentage!

I'd like to try real 'scrumpy', but the only easy accessible brand is Westons, who produce the 4litre cloudy scrumpy in the token glass bottle. Anybody tasted that stuff? It's £4 a bottle at the minute, but I imagine it tastes more like pee than real scrumpy.

I wasn't that impressed by Aspalls, it didn't seem to have a great depth of taste, just high percentage of alcohol.

There's a local CAMRA brewery, but given that focusses on ale, there's not much except real ale to find around my way. The only cider on offer is strongbow, and that's not even cider.

I rather like Westons although, as you point out, it can be rather nuclear. The Organic in box is a bit of a bargain which is normally knocking about the shelves of Tesco. If you can find Old Rosey in a local pub then a good night is guaranteed.

CAMRA does have a guide to cider and perry which can be found here:

CAMERA Cider/Perry Guide