Canberra's Cider Festival, March 6-9

Grrrr said :

Mysteryman said :

Kopparberg HAVE been making ciders for hundreds of years

Actually, they haven’t and don’t claim any such heritage beyond the marketing line of “following a 1930’s recipe.”

Their website clearly points out that the business is barely 20 years old, let alone 200. The brand is 140 years old, but has basically nothing in common with current operations other than geography.

Well shut my mouth.

Grrrr said :

Mysteryman said :

Kopparberg HAVE been making ciders for hundreds of years

Actually, they haven’t and don’t claim any such heritage beyond the marketing line of “following a 1930’s recipe.”

Their website clearly points out that the business is barely 20 years old, let alone 200. The brand is 140 years old, but has basically nothing in common with current operations other than geography.

Why can’t people just accept that there are shitloads of different types of cider out there and be 🙂 ?

Grrrr said :

Deref said :

DurhamCastleArms said :

The Hills Pear Cider…

Seriously???

And FFS, “Apple Cider” is called Perry.

Stupid product marketers: “Ooh, Cider is popular now. Lets sell Perry too – but we have to let everyone know it’s like Cider ..”

FFS. It’s only Perry if it’s made from Perry pears

Mysteryman said :

Kopparberg HAVE been making ciders for hundreds of years

Actually, they haven’t and don’t claim any such heritage beyond the marketing line of “following a 1930’s recipe.”

Their website clearly points out that the business is barely 20 years old, let alone 200. The brand is 140 years old, but has basically nothing in common with current operations other than geography.

Grrrr said :

MrBigEars said :

I’m not a big cider drinker, because I don’t like getting naked in public for no discernible reason, but I thought pear cider was the lager- and the perry was the ale-version of pear juice-based fermented beverages?

Haha!

But if fermented pears gets a different name being made in the “new” style, shouldn’t fermented apples also require a new name for the new style?

Though, I think (Apple) Cider that’s then been flavoured with Pear juice could be reasonably called Pear Cider.

Then there’s the argument that the likes of Kopparberg shouldn’t even be allowed to call most of their products Cider: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/pear-cider-boom-angers-purists-8348393.html

I guess those guys making Perry and Cider who are following hundreds of years of tradition have a right to be cranky about this new stuff!

Kopparberg HAVE been making ciders for hundreds of years. This is just another case of snobs being snobby because “we liked it before it was cool”.

MrBigEars said :

I’m not a big cider drinker, because I don’t like getting naked in public for no discernible reason, but I thought pear cider was the lager- and the perry was the ale-version of pear juice-based fermented beverages?

Haha!

But if fermented pears gets a different name being made in the “new” style, shouldn’t fermented apples also require a new name for the new style?

Though, I think (Apple) Cider that’s then been flavoured with Pear juice could be reasonably called Pear Cider.

Then there’s the argument that the likes of Kopparberg shouldn’t even be allowed to call most of their products Cider: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/pear-cider-boom-angers-purists-8348393.html

I guess those guys making Perry and Cider who are following hundreds of years of tradition have a right to be cranky about this new stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zwwqEm5YhQ

I’m not a big cider drinker, because I don’t like getting naked in public for no discernible reason, but I thought pear cider was the lager- and the perry was the ale-version of pear juice-based fermented beverages?

I suppose this sort of thing one could learn by going to a cider festival.

Grrrr said :

Deref said :

DurhamCastleArms said :

The Hills Pear Cider…

Seriously???

And FFS, “Apple Cider” is called Perry.

Stupid product marketers: “Ooh, Cider is popular now. Lets sell Perry too – but we have to let everyone know it’s like Cider ..”

I asked for a cider last night at the cinema and was asked “what flavour?”
Er….Apple?

I was also brought up on scrumpy, take your own 2L squash bottle to the outdoor and get it filled for about 80pence, anything between 7% proof and “strong”, which could have been anything.
Stopped buying it when I reached 18 though 😉

Grrrr said :

And FFS, “Apple Cider” is called Perry.

Whoops. 😉

But yes – perry.