Is Bulmers really made from 17 varieties of ap

tdf7187 · 31-03-2020 2:44am #1

ples? I mean does anyone buy that? Why would they even bother, why not just make it from one variety of really nice one?

SuperSean11 · 31-03-2020 2:52am

I don’t buy it, far nicer ciders out there

the dark phantom · 31-03-2020 2:57am

Linden Village is made from the rotten apples that are leftover.

may not be true

Charlie19 · 31-03-2020 3:01am

The OCD in me would prefer 18 types.

Leg End Reject · 31-03-2020 3:21am

I like Bulmers occasionally and don't care how many varieties are involved.

Maybe it's true though with pernickity advertising standards?

Badly Drunk Boy · 31-03-2020 4:59am

Why would you doubt the words of their marketing people?

s1ippy · 31-03-2020 4:59am

Probably just whatever crushed apple cores, hopes and dreams they find in the bin.

Rows Grower · 31-03-2020 5:51am

tdf7187 wrote: »

ples? I mean does anyone buy that? Why would they even bother, why not just make it from one variety of really nice one?

It’s about quantity, they can’t get enough of one type of Apple so are forced to accept any type available.

saintsaltynuts · 31-03-2020 6:06am

I reckon it's made in a big lab with 17 different types of chemical.

monty_python · 31-03-2020 6:15am

tdf7187 wrote: »

ples? I mean does anyone buy that? Why would they even bother, why not just make it from one variety of really nice one?

And the piss of a weasel

Homelander · 31-03-2020 9:28am

Bulmers doesn't even taste like 1 apple was involved let alone 17, it's so artificial/chemical tasting.

I find Orchard Thieves or Stonewell actually taste like somewhere along the line, an apple was involved at some point.

ChippingSodbury · 31-03-2020 9:37am

Homelander wrote: »

Bulmers doesn't even taste like 1 apple was involved let alone 17, it's so artificial/chemical tasting.

I find Orchard Thieves or Stonewell actually taste like somewhere along the line, an apple was involved at some point.

I couldn't ever bring myself to purchase Orchard Thieves (even for a taste!) after their stupid adverts last year!!

An apocryphal story from Bulmers in Clonmel:
About 30 years ago (before Bulmers became a bit more of a mainstream drink), one of the big wigs was visiting the factory. It was a big deal at the time and he got the factory tour. They visited the warehouse and one of the mad lads working there came along with a pallet truck and shouts: "Out of the way, there's 13 year olds in Dublin crying out for this stuff"

pgj2015 · 31-03-2020 9:54am

[QUOTE=ChippingSodbury;113008151]I couldn't ever bring myself to purchase Orchard Thieves (even for a taste!) after their stupid adverts last year!!

[/QUOTE]

I hear ya, I was the same, having hipsters in an advert is a sure way to put me off your product. But it is actually a nice drink.

Hesh's Umpire · 31-03-2020 9:59am

Orchard Thieves is disgusting. Far too sweet.

El_Duderino 09 · 31-03-2020 10:37am

It's a real shame we can't get decent cider in Ireland. Devon, Cornwall and Somerset are only across the water and they make lovely ciders. The flat ones and scrumpies are a totally different thing from the likes of bulmers. There are actual differences between them so some you might like and others are actually different and you might really not like them. The difference between Bulmers and orchard thieves is miniscule. OT is a bit sweeter but they're basically the exact same.

Homelander · 31-03-2020 10:39am

I don't drink cider that often but Orchard Thieves and Bulmers taste nothing alike to be honest.

parttime · 31-03-2020 10:43am

As stated by others, there are really nice ciders out there. Bulmers Koppaberg, Orchard theives etc are not them. Alternatively you could do a search on boards for turbocider(unfortunate name!). It's fast, easy and delicious!

mariaalice · 31-03-2020 10:51am

Anyone evey drank scrumpy? in the spirit of trying anything once I tried some local scrumpy in a small pub outside Plymouth absolutely rank.

Did anyone try the Appleman cider?

El_Duderino 09 · 31-03-2020 10:59am

mariaalice wrote: »

Anyone evey drank scrumpy in the spirit of trying anything one I tried some local scrumpy in a small pub outside Plymouth absolutely rank.

Did anyone try the Appleman cider?

Yeah I liked some and didn't like others. They're different enough to have really different flavours. That's great in my opinion. Some of them I really liked, other's I don't.

Feisar · 31-03-2020 12:09pm

I made a batch of cider last autumn so was reading up on it a lot.

The idea of different apples is different flavor profiles.

On the above making, some lads even add tea to add tannin to help with the flavor profile. I only had one type of apple on hand so made the cider with it. After the crushing and I had the juice, it was lovely and sweet. Add the yeast and after it done it's thing and made the alcohol I had a bland slightly bitter alcoholic drink. You then add sugar and bottle it. The gas created by the yeast can't escape the bottles giving the bubbles. Of course the yeast eats all the sugar again and yer back to the bland cider. One can add more, and then cold crash it as it's called. Let the yeast eat enough sugar to carbonate the drink, put the bottles in the fridge to stop the yeast so you have a fizzy sweeter drink.

And that's all I have to say about that.

monty_python · 31-03-2020 3:43pm

Feisar wrote: »

I made a batch of cider last autumn so was reading up on it a lot.

The idea of different apples is different flavor profiles.

On the above making, some lads even add tea to add tannin to help with the flavor profile. I only had one type of apple on hand so made the cider with it. After the crushing and I had the juice, it was lovely and sweet. Add the yeast and after it done it's thing and made the alcohol I had a bland slightly bitter alcoholic drink. You then add sugar and bottle it. The gas created by the yeast can't escape the bottles giving the bubbles. Of course the yeast eats all the sugar again and yer back to the bland cider. One can add more, and then cold crash it as it's called. Let the yeast eat enough sugar to carbonate the drink, put the bottles in the fridge to stop the yeast so you have a fizzy sweeter drink.

And that's all I have to say about that.

You can add an artificial sweetener so it's not as dry, the yeast won't fermented out the artificial sweetener

briany · 31-03-2020 4:23pm

Made from 100 percent pear, I'm told.

Feisar · 02-04-2020 5:04pm

monty_python wrote: »

You can add an artificial sweetener so it's not as dry, the yeast won't fermented out the artificial sweetener

Thanks for that, going at it again this year as my folks always have a tonne of apples,

BailMeOut · 02-04-2020 5:08pm

The owner of my off license said it is made from frozen concentrate apple juice from China and there are nowhere near enough applies grown in Ireland for them to produce so much cider.

Ballso · 02-04-2020 5:12pm

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

It's a real shame we can't get decent cider in Ireland. Devon, Cornwall and Somerset are only across the water and they make lovely ciders. The flat ones and scrumpies are a totally different thing from the likes of bulmers. There are actual differences between them so some you might like and others are actually different and you might really not like them. The difference between Bulmers and orchard thieves is miniscule. OT is a bit sweeter but they're basically the exact same.

Plenty of decent cider in Ireland

Stooped · 02-04-2020 5:16pm

Ballso wrote: »

Plenty of decent cider in Ireland

Any recommendations?

r3nu4l · 02-04-2020 5:19pm

I haven't touched cider in years but I do, or at least I did before Covid-19, occasionally walk along the river Suir, towards Carrick-on-Suir and at one point you can walk past some of the Bulmers Orchards. I know Bulmers also get some apples from an Apple farm on the Cahir-Clonmel road.

17 varieties? Not a clue but there are certainly some apples used, despite the tasteðŸ˜‰

AhrSkidar · 02-04-2020 5:20pm

briany wrote: »

Made from 100 percent pear, I'm told.

Like pear cider that's made from 100% pears?

Ballso · 02-04-2020 5:22pm

Stooped wrote: »

Any recommendations?

Double L
Cockagee
Stonewell dry
Longueville House
Little Island
Highbank

s1ippy · 02-04-2020 5:22pm

AhrSkidar wrote: »

Like pear cider that's made from 100% pears?

Doctor, give it to me straight.

We get apples on our trees in the summer so I'm looking forward to doing a bit of home brew this season with the kit I've had gathering dust for years.

briany · 02-04-2020 5:34pm

AhrSkidar wrote: »

Like pear cider that's made from 100% pears?

No, 100% pear.

El_Duderino 09 · 02-04-2020 5:34pm

Ballso wrote: »

Double L
Cockagee
Stonewell dry
Longueville House
Little Island
Highbank

I'll take your word for it but not for the masses. Any of them on tap in pubs around the country?

It doesn't really take from the point if they're only available in offies. Loads of craft and interesting ales and lagers on tap around the country. It's not similar with cider.

Greyfox · 02-04-2020 5:45pm

Bulmers is too bland, Orchard Thieves is the best of the common ciders but too sweet to drink all night.. but then again only a cabbage would drink cider all night

Yester · 02-04-2020 5:48pm

I wonder what happened to the lads that got fired for filming themselves messing around in the factory. I would like to think they went on to great things.

Is Bulmers really made from 17 varieties of ap

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