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Devil's Bit Cider

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Why does this stuff have such a bad name?

I've often heard it called tramp fuel or knacker juice and the like.

I got a few bottles that were left over from a friends party and it's actually very nice for a dry cider. It's a lot fcukin nicer than Bulmers anyway.. and the people that drink that would look down their noses at it!

Are there any other beverages that are commonly ignored or ridiculed because of one thing or another, but are actually very nice to drink?

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Duck's hoop

I've had them all. Blackthorn and scrumpy were great. I didn't mind Strongbow at all.

We could get Merrydown, White Lightning and TNT up north back in the day. Woodpecker too was nice.

Lightning was cheap as and at over 8% you can imagine the tomfoolery after a 3 ltr. And maybe a tin of Tennents extra to chase it.

But nothing beats a crisp Breton or Norman cidre. Out of a bowl with a smoked salmon crêpe.

fuerte1976

weldoninhio wrote:

Not really, the first batch of Bulmers Pear was literally like a laxative. A strong, quick-working laxative.

Yes, yes it was.... I can back it up.. The pear wasn't long on the market and the effects weren't widely known. I was heading on a flight to Lisbon surfing after necking 4 pint bottles of this beauty. OMG is all I can say... My throat nearly fell out the other end... I hadn't a clue what was Goin on... Lucky I was in the tide for a few days to cleanse my self...
Tis fixed now tho ! No more squirts !

Dyr

Remember a girl i was seeing back then had a fondness for koppaberg pear and when we were having a night away in a hotel she tried the bulmers pear. No fun sexeh time for me that night, thanks bulmers :mad:

Putin

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

My name is URL wrote: »

Why does this stuff have such a bad name?

Because anything classified as a cider is usually complete píss.

Amen.

Tin Foil Hat

Mister Vain wrote: »

Ohh God yeah the Bulmers Pear is awful. Stick with the apples for feck sake.

It was nice at the start. But it gave loads of people the squirts, so they had to change it. Now it's awful.

siblers

I love Rekorderlig and Kopperberg, Rekorderlig is a fecking pain to try and get down in Kerry though.

My name is URL

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Because anything classified as a cider is usually complete píss.

I wouldn't disagree with that. It's part of the reason I was so surprised that Devil's Bit was actually quite nice!

It tastes nothing like the sickly sweet stuff that passes as cider for most people, like Bulmers or Scrumpy etc. It's a lot more similar to old English ciders than it is to those drinks.

As someone else said, they could start producing less of the stuff, up the price and do some rebranding and swanky marketing and a whole other demographic of people would soon become fans of it.

hatrickpatrick

weldoninhio wrote: »

Not really, the first batch of Bulmers Pear was literally like a laxative. A strong, quick-working laxative.

Ah yes, whereas the Guinness sh!ts are a ticking time bomb which an unexperienced drinker can remain unaware of until hours after it's too late to stop the carnage

hatrickpatrick

My name is URL wrote: »

I wouldn't disagree with that. It's part of the reason I was so surprised that Devil's Bit was actually quite nice!

It tastes nothing like the sickly sweet stuff that passes as cider for most people, like Bulmers or Scrumpy etc. It's a lot more similar to old English ciders than it is to those drinks.

As someone else said, they could start producing less of the stuff, up the price and do some rebranding and swanky marketing and a whole other demographic of people would soon become fans of it.

Exactly, it's all about marketing as always. I'm consistently amazed at how genuinely better tasting and stronger "knacker" beers (IE, non-Diageo brands you only get in Aldi or Lidl) are. I'd happily pay Heineken / Guinness prices for Perlenbacher for instance.