Pear Cider

MrsA · 26-08-2005 10:28am #1

Does anyone know of an offie that sells that lovely Pear Cider from Sweden? I get it in pubs in town but it can vary from €5.50 to €6.50, would love to get a few bottles in the offie for a little cheaper.
Tks in advance
Mrs A.

p.pete · 26-08-2005 10:31am

Sorry can't help you, but which pubs is it available from in town? I've grown a huge fondness for pear cider over the last few months

dudara · 26-08-2005 10:34am

I've seen it for sale in Cork in the Carry Out off-licenses. I don't know if they are in other cities however

MrsA · 26-08-2005 10:35am

I have had it in Portherhouse Central (JRB) and also in Maguires on Baggot Street - It is so tasty. 500ml bottle nice and cold in a pint glass with loads of Ice.
MPA

petes · 26-08-2005 10:49am

Is this made by the same people that make the devils brew(Fruit Cider 7%)

MrsA · 26-08-2005 10:54am

Not sure - they do make a mixed fruit one - and the name starts with a H. The pear one is 4.8% I think.
Come to think of it I have had it in Wallis's bar in Midleton Co Cork as well!!
MPA

NotInventedHere · 26-08-2005 10:55am

it is available in the dice bar and the apple version is definately available form Molloys off licence. didnt see the pear variety tho.

Dr_Colossus · 26-08-2005 11:00am

As far as I can remember Pear Cider should be available is most decent off licences. I've seen it in a number of places but can't remember brand names and the likes. I'm pretty sure Redmonds in Ranelagh have at least one or two different varieties of pear cider.

steveland? · 26-08-2005 11:16am

Koppaberg Pear Cider is sold for about €2.60 in the off licence I work in (won't reveal the name)

Nice stuff, pubs that I know do it are: The Pavillion (Trinity) and The Long Stone.
You can get it in any world beers specialist off licence along with Koppaberg Apple and Mixed Fruit cider

Lovely stuff that pear cider btw

Mantel · 26-08-2005 11:30am

A few of the decent off licences seem to be carrying it now. You won't see it in a supermarket off licence though.

As for places I've see it in, there's a new offie just up the road from the porterhouse north (head up the road away from the tracks and take the left fork in the road and it's just on your right, I think it's just beside a place that makes grave stones)

Ranelagh: Head towards the luas from the triangle and it's the first off licence on your left.

City centre: haven't seen it in any central off licences but at the top of camden street, just before the bleeding horse, the off licence there sells it.

The mixed fruits one is great

the Kopparberg shows they sell strawberry cider aswell, now that's one I'd like to get my hands on. Hopefully it's as good as the others they make.

steveland? · 26-08-2005 11:42am

Mantel wrote:

there's a new offie just up the road from the porterhouse north (head up the road away from the tracks and take the left fork in the road and it's just on your right, I think it's just beside a place that makes grave stones)

That's Sweenys in case you're wondering the name of it

Dr_Colossus · 26-08-2005 12:15pm

Is that's where you work Steveland?

steveland? · 26-08-2005 12:18pm

Nope. I won't be revealing that information

aidan_walsh · 26-08-2005 12:26pm

steveland? wrote:

Nope. I won't be revealing that information

Afraid we'll be down claiming boardsie discounts?

the_rook · 26-08-2005 1:27pm

Kopparberg pear/apple/mixed berry ciders.

Pubs: Front lounge, Porterhouses, The Pav (in trinity), a couple of other places.

Off Licences: Only seen it in Whelan's Off licence on Wexford street, the Spar opposite Whelans. Whelans OFFL sell cans and bottles. About 2.69 a can/bottle of pear/apple and 3.29 the mixed berries.

In Sweden and Finland, these type of ciders are very, very, very common and popular. You can get ciders flavoured with mixed berries as we know, strawberries, oranges, cranberries, lot's of stuff.

The real question is, is Kopparberg a cider or a perry. Is it alcohol fermented from apples or pears. or apples but flavoured with pear juice. The mixed berries is a cider but flavoured with berries.

Gone West · 26-08-2005 11:09pm

Whealans Off-licence.
Spar on kildare st.

Funkstard · 28-08-2005 1:19am

The only place I've seen that was in Galway. I saw it when I was down there last week and remembered it because I'd never seen it before. Odd that you should ask about it so soon after I first see it!

Kolodny · 29-08-2005 1:06pm

Donnybrook Fair has it too.

Slunk · 29-08-2005 5:17pm

Just seen it in Sweeneys today going past on the bus. Have it in the window.Four bottles of Kopparberg pear/apple cider for 9.99.

rubadub · 29-08-2005 6:05pm

ritz?

steveland? · 29-08-2005 6:08pm

Was walking past Martins in Fairview on Saturday and noticed they had it for a euro a can... I'd never seen it in cans before...

DrIndy · 29-08-2005 8:21pm

Kopparberg is excellent brew and is typical swedish. Its common in scandinavia to make fruit wine from all manner of berries ranging from elderberry to gooseberry with blueberry and cranberry in between.

My Granduncle had a garage full of his homemade wine, he would keep it fully stocked to allow it to age properly before drinking it. Fruit wine is a cut above the rest!

thesteve · 29-08-2005 8:24pm

Ya isn't Ritz a pear cider?

themole · 29-08-2005 8:55pm

i have to say i'm a big fan of the Kopparberg mixed fruit, at 7% its a bit of a hnadfull.

i've had it in galway and dublin.

where is the cheapest place to get it?

pref closer to clonskeagh (dublin 14), the better.

i know one of the offies in ranelagh does it but i can't remember the cost.

Attol · 31-08-2005 12:39pm

Mmmm. My cousins in Finland introduced me to this stuff. It is absolutely gorgeous. I'll have to take a note of all the offos selling it. I loathe apple cider but all the other flavoured ones from Scandinavia are just lovely. Peat and pineapple was a pretty good flavour. Strange mix though.

DrIndy · 03-09-2005 10:41am

LadyLotts wrote:

Mmmm. My cousins in Finland introduced me to this stuff. It is absolutely gorgeous. I'll have to take a note of all the offos selling it. I loathe apple cider but all the other flavoured ones from Scandinavia are just lovely. Peat and pineapple was a pretty good flavour. Strange mix though.

Peat?

ven0m · 03-09-2005 10:46am

For those in Kildare, it can be gotten in The Mill Off-license in maynooth in can & bottle form....

::: ven0mous :::

Attol · 03-09-2005 7:30pm

DrIndy wrote:

Peat?

Yeah, that would be a strange mix. Disgusting typo.

DrIndy · 04-09-2005 1:07am

LadyLotts wrote:

Yeah, that would be a strange mix. Disgusting typo.

LOL

DaisyDuke · 12-09-2005 3:34pm

Apple, pear and mixed berry is in just about all branches of McCabes offlicences.
Apple ain't as good as the others though, IMHO and all of that.

miss serena · 13-09-2005 11:06am

thesteve wrote:

Ya isn't Ritz a pear cider?

I think it's more of a pear flavoured spritzer. Pear cider is kinda thicker (like the way buckfast is thick) and less fizzy.

I think they were selling pints of it at Electric Picnic, but they were just pouring the cans into pint plastics and charging €5 for the trouble!

They do sell the cans in Whelan's off licence, but be sure to get just a couple of cans 'cos the sweetness will get to you!

eth0_ · 13-09-2005 12:29pm

Whelans offie are selling cans of Kopperberg Pear cider for 99c at the moment.

But yeah, I can't have more than 2 cans of it, it's *really* sweet and would make you pretty sick if you drank a lot of it.

miss serena · 13-09-2005 4:03pm

Twisted_Ankle wrote:

mix with tuborg?

Oooeeey! Ya loon! Don't you remember that whole not mixing rule? Beer and cider is a no no.

The Sweeper · 13-09-2005 4:10pm

Actually, technically, beer and cider is a snakebite.

Mantel · 14-09-2005 8:45am

Minesajackdaniels wrote:

Actually, technically, beer and cider is a snakebite.

Technically it's larger and cider.

mmmmmm Kopperberg mixed fruits and Carlsberg special brew...... You don't even need to remember to have the black if you like snakebite an' black.

The Sweeper · 14-09-2005 10:45am

Yes that's true, lager. I can't imagine 'beer', as I've recently come to understand it, (e.g. things like London Pride, 6X, Badgers) mixed with cider. That really would be just... ....just wrong.

Mantel · 14-09-2005 11:12am

Minesajackdaniels wrote:

Yes that's true, lager. I can't imagine 'beer', as I've recently come to understand it, (e.g. things like London Pride, 6X, Badgers) mixed with cider. That really would be just... ....just wrong.

Indeed! Do you know whats even worse? The way some Irish bars in America make snakebites.... Guinness and cider. Really sounds vomit inducing.

Blub2k4 · 14-09-2005 11:45am

Mantel wrote:

Technically it's larger and cider.

Larger than what? Was it not large enough?

Mantel · 14-09-2005 2:13pm

Blub2k4 wrote:

Larger than what? Was it not large enough?

Lager then, way to pwn me on the spelling front. :rolleyes:

Blub2k4 · 14-09-2005 2:40pm

Mantel wrote:

Lager then, way to pwn me on the spelling front. :rolleyes:

It was meant humourously, if I was being a spelling nazi I'd have really taken the piss.

shanebrk · 05-05-2007 8:15pm

anyone know why mixed berry is now 5.3% instead of 7%? or does anybody know where you can still get the 7%?

oblivious · 06-05-2007 11:58am

miss serena wrote:

Oooeeey! Ya loon! Don't you remember that whole not mixing rule? Beer and cider is a no no.

I think the warning went something like this

Cider on beer makes a man fierce queer, but beer on cider make him a good rider

Best done with a Devon accent! no offence intended

Pear cider is called Perry, but Kopparberg is an alcopop.

Pear Cider

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