Favourite Cider

elbyrneo

Never drank much cider before but this summer have had a real taste for it.

Any recommendations? Have just been drinking bulmers and Orchard thieves of late. Remember liking kopparberg pear when I tried it a few years back but they only seem to stock mixed fruit flavour in my local shops.

Saw Applemans and might give that a go. Any others?

BeerNut

The dry versions of Tempted and MacIvor's are two of my go-tos. Lidl's Crafty Irish Dry Cider is great value too.

elbyrneo

BeerNut wrote: »

The dry versions of Tempted and MacIvor's are two of my go-tos. Lidl's Crafty Irish Dry Cider is great value too.

Cheers will look out for those, thanks.

the beer revolu

I think Dan Kelly's is very good.

BeerNut

the beer revolu wrote: »

I think Dan Kelly's is very good.

It is. They've a new special edition out at the moment called Coll's Craft which I thought was beautiful. Orange label.

RasTa

Cider is the devil's work.

stargazer 68

My daughter - lives in the UK - and loves Rekorderlig. I've never seen it here but I have tried their passion fruit one - gorgeous -especially sat outside a pub in Katherines Dock in 30 degree sunshine

Ronan|Raven

Old Rosie. Awfully expensive in Ireland if you can find it. A wonderful drink though.

cdeb

Always found Stella Raspberry very refreshing. Not too many places stock it though

rubadub

If you drink a lot you might want to give the own brands a go, as there are huge savings over branded stuff. Some mentioned here would be ~€4.60 a 500ml bottle. 2L in aldi or lidl is about 3.79

I would take lidl/aldi/tesco cheap own brand over orchards thieves, but I do have a strong dislike for its "apple drop" flavour.

Sugarlumps

Longueville or Orchard Thieves Light.

drunkmonkey

Stonewell I usually clear the shelf if I see it in a pub. Lovely cider.

Thephantomsmask

Stonewell apple and rhubarb is really nice as is kopparberg elderflower and lime.

Ludikrus

I went to college with guy who drank cans of linden village by the slab load. He used to say it was "the drink of kings".
I assume he's dead now.

Adyx

Thephantomsmask wrote: »

Stonewell apple and rhubarb is really nice as is kopparberg elderflower and lime.

They have an Apple & Cucumber cider out now too which is surprisingly nice.

For a medium dry cider I'd take Legacy Cider from Dungarvan over Stonewell

the beer revolu

Adyx wrote: »

They have an Apple & Cucumber cider out now too which is surprisingly nice.

For a medium dry cider I'd take Legacy Cider from Dungarvan over Stonewell

The cucumber cider makes a lovely mixer for gin.
Really!

Adyx

Certainly can't be any worse than the Jack Daniels Cider.

JaMarcus

Any love for Stella's Cidre?

Absolutely love the stuff.

liam7831

Linden Village and a pac of red rizzlas

mikeecho

Unless you're a connousure of cider.

Aldi' s 2L of cullens cider is quite nice.

I use it for cooking, and tbh it's not bad in a pint glass with lots of ice.

I'd buy it over bulmars any day

thomasm

Had one called Cockagee recently. Lovely stuff but pricey

4Ad

I am liking Applemans..
Stonewell is nice.
Had a Stella Cidre at the weekend, putrid...up there with Druids...

Losty Dublin

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Stonewell I usually clear the shelf if I see it in a pub. Lovely cider.

In a pub it's a few cent more than Bulmers for a million miles of a difference quality wise.

newbie2

I'm a fan of dry ciders .


Craigies
loungville House is nice - they do a sweeter one called mB], but it's 8 - rocket fuel
Aspells Premiere cru or the organic are real favourites, but I'm not sure they distribute to Ireland anymore


It's difficult to get decent dry ciders in Ireland. Most of the labelled 'dry' ciders like McIvors etc don't really cut it for me.

Loafing Oaf

Lemon Bulmers

how.gareth

Orchard thieves light, absolutely gorgeous stuff

n97 mini

Not sure how Orchard Thieves can be called cider. In other countries it'd be described as an apple flavoured alcoholic beverage with added sugar. Is it subject to the new sugar tax? It should be.

oblivious

n97 mini wrote: »

Is it subject to the new sugar tax? It should be.

Alchol and fruite juices are not included

4Ad

Orpens.. dont see it that much..

Noveight

I remember taking a sip of Rosie's Dew once and thinking it wasn't half bad. Same for Outcider, which I see is made by Bulmers. Can't be too great of a difference between them?

Favourite would be good old Bulmers or Stella Cidre.

Aglomerado

Tempted, from the North.
https://temptedcider.com/

elbyrneo

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Stonewell I usually clear the shelf if I see it in a pub. Lovely cider.

Was in wexford this week and noticed the pub I was in had this on tap. Loved it and hooked now. Thanks for that!!

elbyrneo

Adyx wrote: »

They have an Apple & Cucumber cider out now too which is surprisingly nice.

For a medium dry cider I'd take Legacy Cider from Dungarvan over Stonewell

Will look out for Legacy too, thanks!

tommyombomb

The clonmel champagne is all you need