Another fine episode in the long running "Alanna gets wasted" series! As a cider drinker, Westons is my go to, but all of the ones you chose are decent.
These taste tests would be so different if Alanna wasn’t a happy drinker. I think most of us would be happy to spend a sunny summers afternoon in a pub beer garden drinking with Alanna. Great video.
Scrumpy Jack is a dangerous fella indeed. Goes down so sweet, tastes so fine, you're there and so happy in the moment that you drink even more... then you stand up and walk sideways into a wall. ;o)
Once went in a pub in Devon while on holiday after hearing people talking about ‘Devon rough’ ended up having three pints and lost seven hours of my life…
I have a sneaky feeling that you really, and I mean REALLY, enjoyed making this video. I liked how you asked if we knew when 'they' started while showing us the label with the date on. 😂 Oh, and such a classy lady - burrrrp! 🤣🤣 Thanks for brightening my evening. 😁
LOL, marvellous! "Old Rosie" has been my favourite drink (by far) for 30 years. It is a bit 'niche' for many folks though. It's been comedy gold watching a lovely young lady getting slightly squiffy on cider 😂
Old Rosie (Westons) is one of the good ones although I'm going through a Sandfords orchards phase (Hangy Downs - definitely on the sweet side) at the moment - they also do a ginger flavoured cider which works really well. Proper (traditional) cider comes without bubbles and with cloudiness.
@@AdventuresAndNaps my old man was in the Royal Navy ( 1943 - 46 ) and when they docked in port down south ( Portsmouth etc ) and went for a Cider ( always cloudy and loads of bits in it ) the landlords would only allow them one pint each because they wasn't used to it but the locals were allowed 3 ish pints , the only time they had 2 pints they understood the reason and that was they couldn't move their legs so had to wait 2hts before they could leave lol
When coopers make wooden casks, it's a skilled art Alanna. They will often fire the inside to give a charred or toasted effect, it helps to seal and condition the wood. There's different levels of charring, depending on the type of wood and the intended contents. It will add to the aged taste of the alcohol as it matures.
I think you need a trip down to Somerset to the Thatcher's cider shop and their pub in Sandford. You can try their "proper" cider, similar to Old Rosie but nicer. And here, in Bristol, we have a few cider houses, even a cider boat that has a fantastic selection of ciders.
My Dad would take me to Thatchers farm over 25 yrs ago and I still remember the white brick walls with the wooden barrels. You could pitch up grab a gallon plastic bottle and fill up and for some reason I would be thrilled by the stickers you could put on the bottles!! Happy memories ❤ Stunned me how big Thatchers has become over the years but I was drinking it with lemonade from an early teen age and Gold is the usual one on tap at a pub
@@fleason771 It certainly has grown. Back as recently as the 80s there were loads of farms that made cider. Much of it decidedly ropey, mind. I always preferred Thatcher's. Bens Crossman in Hewish makes lovely cider but a bit too acidic for me. We used to crumble chalk in the flagons to ease it a little. It worked.
I lived in WSM and Banwell in the 70s and we used to go to Thatchers, old man Thatcher used to be sat inside by the 3 big wooden barrels, sweet, medium and rough ciders he would give us a half pint of each one so we could decide which one we wanted, we'd get a couple of flagons each and walk out half cut. Great times
There are three basic types of cider. Singing cider, sleeping cider and fighting cider. Unfortunately you cant tell which is which until you start drinking them.
Visited a farm that brews real Scrumpy, Farmer says "this'll put hairs on yuh chest", not perhaps an effect desired by most women. It was fearsome stuff but the Farmer's throwaway line about tossing a dead rat into the vat to aid fermentation I hope was a wind-up!
I’m not sure you know what dry means with booze, but it refers to the AFTERTASTE…IF there is hardly any aftertaste, then it’s very dry. The best example I know of this is Asahi beer [Japanese] try it sometime, comes it a super shiny tall silver can, and it’s the driest stuff ever…like 2 secs later you’re asking your brain, “wait, what did I just drink? was it just water? I taste nothing in my mouth?!”
One to try, Westerns Perry is lush, Perry pear, very classic drink, can be almost like sparkling sweet wine Old Rosie is Scrumpy Cider, very much what you could buy from a farm, gallon containers, unfiltered Scrumpy Jack - Not really scrumpy
Westons is made in Herefordshire, pronounced Hair-a-ford-sher, and the vintage is conditioned in old oak bourbon barrels so hence the slight smoke warmth... You need to try artisan ciders like Gwatkins! Good videos keep them up! 👍🍺
Love a good cider, and it's great to see a review of some of the more standard/traditional flavoured ones - I have a soft spot for a Henney's but as you say it can be a bit dry. As well as the oak barrels some do cider from whisky barrels - Thistly Cross Whisky Cask is a good one which is worth a try. Plenty more to sample Alanna, but in the meantime a great fun taste test...bring on the summer!
Cider is what we’re known for in the West Country! I love every flavour of Thatchers, Gold, Haze, Cloudy Lemon, Rose, Katy, Cheddar Valley, Blood Orange, they’re all so good (Scrumpy Jack is classed as a tramp’s/hobo’s/homeless drink by the way)
I've never yelled at Alanna for using (or not using) her glasses. Find whatever brings you joy... then bring that joy straight to the internet. Five out of five golden apples.
Always enjoy your videos alanna - you do make me laugh... Anyway, if you ever go to Dorset,Devon or Cornwall then try a proper Freshly made scrumpy, it tastes beautiful and you can drink looaaads of it without getting a hangover - very good indeed. Keep up the great videos 🤪
I reckon she should play Edward Cider Hands where you duck tape a 2 litre bottle of Scrumpy to each hand and can't put them down until you've finished them.
After all the sacrifices Alanna has made in order to inform our dining and snacking options, this feels like a well deserved indulgence. The sheer joy was palpable! Haven't checked all the comments, curious if anyone has made 'that' cider joke yet? I refuse. Its beneath me...
When you go to the pub, do you just have ONE drink (say a pint of Thatcher's Gold) then go home? Or do you have 2-3 pints? Or more? Surely at Christmas or on birthdays! It's always good to see you do a "taste test" with the unique "Adventures & Naps" scoring system. (This is two years old? How did I miss it?).
I once was drinking a bottle of Henry Weston's vintage & my 16 year old niece asked me why there was a picture of Gary Barlow on my bottle. We now simply refer to Weston's vintage as a bottle of Barlow. Saves time.
I also liked that some years ago, but it’s been through some changes since the 1970s. The Taunton Cider Company was taken over in 1996, and in the 21st century there have been changes to the recipe.
Love these Alcohol Taste Test Shows. I hope we don't end up with Alanna just sitting on a Park Bench all day, a Carrier Bag filled with Super Strong Cider and Shouting at the Pigeons. One Day you have an excellent job as an Airline Pilot. You get a fondness for Tequila. Before you know it, the Old Oak Tree is your New Home. And the closest you will ever get to flying again, is watching the Pigeons in the Park... Or, so I have been told.
Loved it, I have to say I was worried when you sat down for the comparison between Thatchers and Scrumpy that the rest of the video would take place on the floor but well done for powering through😀 I don’t know if you can get it in Kent but Rocquette is quite a nice cider produced in Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Oh and just in case you missed the outrage for not using glasses normally “ I am beyond furious that you decanted these into glasses!!😂
Supermarket worker: "hello regular customer. I see you've bought a load of ciders today. Having a party tonight?" Alanna: "oh no, this is for a taste test review I'm doing for my UA-cam channel." Supermarket worker: "oh, so it's work-related?" Alanna: "yeah, err, that's right. Work..." Thanks for the great vid Alanna, really good fun!
Back to my favourite type of videos from you, Alanna 😀😋 Your pronunciation of Herefordshire cracked me up 🤣 I like Old Rosie, although one is enough 😅 And it was 7.3% until 3 years ago.
I used to live in Somerset and the local farmer's market sold 5-litre plastic containers of cider made from local apples. All my colleagues would be dragging these massive containers back to the office on farmer's market day. Maybe you should go on a cider tour of the west country?!
I also used to live in Somerset and back in the 60s my friends and I used to go to a farm where the cider was home brewed. A 1 gallon canister cost 5 shillings. Yes 25p. Wonderful days.
Biddenden cider near Ashford and they make wine. Turners of marden near Maidstone. Local Kentish producers worth checking out. Turners make a apple pie flavoured cider. Sounds odd but it works. They go well with Kentish blue cheese.
A couple of questions. First what time of the day did you make this .Second after did you go for a curry or kebab. Many thanks. This one should do well . ☺
Middle Farm, outside Lewes in Sussex. National cider and perry collection. You get a little thimble glass to taste from the loads of barrels of draught cider before you buy. Bring a designated driver.
My third son is a barrister in London and his husband is a surgeon. Like you, they both prefer cider to beer or ale, as a long-drink alternative to wine. Felix tells me his current favourite is Dunkerton's Black Fox, while his hubby is more fond of the rather more intense flavours of Welsh Mountain Cider.
That was hilarious! My cider of choice, as a young Sussex kid, was Merrydown Vintage. Definitely the most 'bang for a buck', an impoverished teenager could get. For the love of all things holy, however, avoid 'white' ciders. They are industrially brewed in vats, taste like alcoholic lighter-fuel, and are brewed from onions. Probably. I sincerely doubt they have ever seen an apple...
You need to test Biddenden cider and Merrydown cider. Shame they didn't make it to the list this time. As an aside, both are excellent when used to make snakebite :)
Love Biddenden cider, especially the special reserve. Used to visit the vineyard frequently. Was never keen on Merrydown. Now, Somerset Scrumpy, that is Soo good.
Born in Somerset and grandmother's family originally from Herefordshire, it's no wonder I like cider. Loved this video as you got happier and happier. Long ago, my favourite was Taunton Exhibition, which I believe is now only available at the Coronation Tap in Bristol. 'We' (I wasn't old enough) used to buy it by the flagon in Uphill. Happy days.
You need to get yourself down the West Country - we've got loads of specialist cider pubs. My favourite is Tucker's Grave Inn in Faulkland, Somerset. They also got a campsite, so you can pitch up, set up your tent and then get silly on proper, cloudy West Country scrumpy
Your Canadian cider video is probably my favourite video, so of course I'm gonna love a follow up UK cider video! Love cider, wouldn't say no to most lol... If I had to choose one of those, I'd go for the Thatchers Gold too, followed by Henney's. If I could pick any cider, then I'd probs go for Thatchers Rose, Rekorderlig Mango & Raspberry or anything by Brothers, especially toffee apple! Gotta listen to my sweet tooth lol 🍺
We love visiting cideries. Rich's Cider farm and Perrys Cider farm both is somerset are a must visit if you ever get to visit there. ( free samples at perrys ;) )
Oh my god, just discovered your channel, this is like the 4th video of yours I'm binging and now I find out your a cider drinker? Defo subscribing! I love all of these! Meanwhile, you missed by two favourite ciders. Stowford Press and Rattler. Great choices though and gotta love a bit of scrumpy though but these are quite weak compared to what we grew up with down on the west country. Great video
Not going to lie... when you said you're taste testing ciders, I expected them all to get full marks based on your previous expressions of love for cider.
Old Rosie is made down the road from me, it's actually a farm, cottage industry. I buy it on the regular, I fill an empty 2ltr pop bottle 3/4 full stick it in the freezer. Once the water has frozen, what you are left with is real scrumpy jack. If you decide to do it, it tastes delicious, go carefully,you have seriously increased the alcohol! Like deployed 👍
Only 6 minutes in and I'm already loving this. The fact that you've found a way to make day drinking "work". I really like the tumbler you used for the Henry Western. Ok... 'What were we doing here? Oh yeah, I was rating it!" I do hope you were feeling ok after doing this. But hey, you're clearly enjoying yourself! That you can still read at this point, I think is somewhat impressive. "Don't they know I'm filming? I'm trying to be a professional here! " *hic* Great fun video. I hope you had a nice lie down after.
This pop'd up on my feed - so despite it being 2yrs old, I'll chime in. I'd say these are some of the more common ciders (barring the fruit ciders) and more readily available across the country. While the south west (Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire & Herefordshire) is the main cider producing/drinking regions there are plenty of good cideries all across the UK. A few of my go-to are Perry's, Little Pomona, Seidr Y Mynydd, Ganley & Naish, Iford, Dunkertons (specifically Black Dog), Pilton & Hogans. oh and sandford orchard
You have got to love an A&N cider taste video, they start well and then the alcohol kicks in and they just get better including the added burps, so much fun indeed. May I suggest a Naps trip to the West Country to do a taste test tour of the local scrumpy farms to try out there fare. it could get messy but would be great fun to do. Peanuts, come get your peanuts. 🥜🥜🥜😁
Ahh, the spirit of Keith Floyd lives! :) Great to see you getting pished in the name of UA-cam. Although it could have done with some Tayto Smokey Bacon (don't worry, I ate those so you didn't have to) and you missed my favourite cider ... Healey's Rattler. Nothing better than sitiing at Land's End having a pint of rattler! Scrumpy Jack is my second fav though.
I would recommend you try Black Dragon Cider by Gwynt Y Ddraig, I have never found it in the supermarkets in England, but can get it in Wales no problem and there are some websites that sell in England. Edit, it used to be sold at Waitrose but stopped for some reason and sometimes Wetherspoons (near me) has it on tap for a limited time.
That Old Rosie was non carbonated, try the carbonated ones you get in the 500ml bottles, it makes it better in my opinion. Plus Scrumpy Jack is one of my fave cider of them all, I seriously cannot get enough of it.
Another one of *those* videos!! Although this time I watched without trying to match drinks, given the disastrous consequences of my last attempt to do so. It's such fun to see you revelling in the richness of variety afforded by the makers of your favourite drink! All those differences owe to the apples, each taking on the 'terroir' of their region, and to the methods of production including the composition of the vats and the time taken to ferment the juice. Right from the bat, you are a heroine for only considering ciders without added flavours. 3:01 Ah, dear sweet Alanna, the disconnection between spelling and pronunciation in our arcane land has once again confounded you... "Frome" is actually pronounced "froom" - it's an ancient word meaning "stream," if memory serves - and "Herefordshire" has four syllables: "Heh-reh-ford-shur" might do the trick. (But, having said that, part of the joy you bring to us watchers lies in your valiant effort to engage with the linguistic subtleties - we love you just as much for getting it wrong as getting it right!) 18:10 You had a verdict and also a touch of vertigo, it appears. The things you go through for us, dear Alanna! One conclusion that perhaps goes without saying is that easy drinkers make easy drunk.... I think that Henney's would be my choice out of all these, but not being much of a cider drinker I look forward to using these reviews as a guide. Cheers!
Alanna, it was one of your videos made me try Thistly Cross. I now have to order several dozen bottles every month or so. My wife has taken to cooking gammon in Thistly Cross Ginger Cider - delicious!
Cider. In the north of Spain, especially in Asturias, cider is a very popular drink. Wine is not produced there because of the climate, but our cider is very different from the cider that is drunk in France, that of Brittany, which I imagine is the same as that drunk in the United Kingdom. Our cider does not have carbon dioxide, it is made from small, sour apples and to drink it you have to do it in a special way, raising the bottle above your head and pouring the cider over the edge of the glass so that it is oxygenated. You have to serve small quantities because you have to drink it in one gulp so that it does not lose the air that it has acquired. Our cider has an alcohol content of between 3.5% and 6% and there is something very curious if you drink our cider without serving it using the traditional method: it has almost no intoxicating effect, since the alcohol is not oxygenated and is assimilated more slowly. On the other hand, the taste of a well-served cider and a cider served directly in the glass is totally different. In Asturias, at the beginning of adolescence, they learn to serve cider by practicing with water bottles.
get yourself down to Somerset, go to almost any village and stop at the hand written sign advertising "farmhouse scrumpy". Its usually about 8% minimum, cloudy, flat and will blow your socks off. They will offer you tasters and invite you to try blends of different types, that's proper cider.
Oh lord, the chaos energy is high in this one! You deserve it after the sad meal deals though, treat yoself You're gonna get people complaining about how you said Frome, but it's officially the hardest place in the UK to pronounce, nobody knows how to say it! If you haven't seen that Map Men video on British place names that's a big recommend, I bet you'd love it
You have me wanting to retry all of these! Out of these, I would have to pick Thatchers gold, with Henneys as a close second. Old Rosie is a favourite for making mulled cider at Christmas. However my all time favourite cider is Stowford Press, which I think you would appreciate, given your love for Thatchers 🥰
Really like your videos, generally. Your taste tests are splendid. Have enjoyed lots of them over the years. This one was brilliant too. Ones to try next: these are some of my favourites - Thatchers Katy (7.4%), Thatchers Vintage (7.4%), Henry Westons vintage (8.2%). Yum.
I think that the "doesn't taste like alcohol at all" illusion occurs with cider, more times than it doesn't. At times, even when I'm drinking the strongest cider available to me, providing it's good quality cider, I find myself quaffing it as though it were just a soft drink - of course an hour or so later (when the tunnel vision sets in, and I find my legs wobbly,) I realise how strong it is.
Old Rosie is bangin'!!! Although, the best I have found has been Crossmans Cider from a Farm in Somerset. Their "Orchard Special" is exactly that...It is rich, robust, still, smoky and actually tastes of apples. Rockin' stuff!!!
Just started watching this and got that deja vue feeling (think beer testing) . Watching from the start knowing that you are going to get hammered again!! Brilliant fun watching you !!
I am with you there Alanna nothing better than a nice cold glass of Cider sitting in the sunshine watching the day go by. Enjoying your take on my favourite drink
Well that was fun! Aspall cyder has been made since 1728 but a few years ago the family owning the company sold the business to Coors. The village of Banham, south-west of Norwich has two pubs specialising in cider. As you can tell from the comments there are a lot of different ciders which aren't sold in the major supermarkets but are well worth seeking out. If the bottle contains sediment, like Old Rosie, try to avoid moving the bottle around too much; but I guess by the time you'd got to Old Rosie you didn't care. Excellent video; you truly suffer for your art. Cheers!
You seemed to enjoy yourself in this one, probably annoyed the hate watcher’s. I hope you’re able to enjoy some new cider’s in a pub garden during a nice warm summer this year. Thanks for the video and I hope you’re having a great week.
Great video, Thatchers make excellent Ciders, so I look forward to your Thatchers taste test. A few years ago I applied for a job with them, and felt it was important to try all their ciders as part of my interview prep :). Thatchers Katy was by far my favourite as has a Champaign like finish, far better than gold IMO, that is their main seller. More recently I tried Haze which is their new Cloudy cider, I liked that one as well, but there is always a chilled bottle of Katy in my fridge.
Awesome vid was waiting on this ,yes thatchers is a crisp cider nice in summer 👌 with ice , so is magners on a hot day 😋 respect gal Andy from Morecambe ✌🏴🇨🇦🍻
You should definitely do a tour of Thatchers - you get a taste test at the end 😉 They also have a restaurant, pub and shop on site. Some of their ciders are only available to buy directly from them, so you won't find them in the supermarkets. Honestly, Gold is my least favourite blend. Also, Old Rosie now comes in single serving bottles as well. They have a slightly weaker version as well called Rosie's Pig, which is quite nice.
I suggest you visit the National Collection of Cider and Perry at Middle Farm near Lewes, Sussex. They have barrels of the stuff that you try before you buy. The only problem is that the more you try the less able you are to decide what to buy. It is where my partner Jo (whose UA-cam account I use) bought me me a couple of pints of Rough Old Wife, the label of which I still have stuck on the fridge to this day. Happy drinking. Glenn.
Glad to see you on the Henry's . I agree, Old Rosie is an acquired taste, and a bit acidic, but its also a leg wobbler. The Vintage (8.2%) is a total leg wobbler. It's so easy to drink that by the time it's your round you need a prop to get to the bar.
That was fun to watch, you were clearly in your element there Alanna! I've moved away from Cider in recent years because it tended to upset my stomach, but I'm tempted to give it another chance based on your verdicts! 😋
Cider is one of the things I miss most about England. The best cider comes straight from the farms that make it. The downside used to be that being non-carbonated it didn't keep for very long, but nowadays you can buy it bag-in-in box. I'm talking about the same principle as those boxes of wine with a plastic tap. My personal favourite is Wilkins. A visit to that farm is an absolute must! Another really good one is Severn Cider Still Farmhouse. I always used to go for the dry. You can order a 10 or 20 litre box of that from source on-line.
Another fine episode in the long running "Alanna gets wasted" series! As a cider drinker, Westons is my go to, but all of the ones you chose are decent.
Totally agree 👍 Westons is an excellent experience 👏
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We call westons "Gary barlow" cus I'm sure that's his face on the bottle 😄
How do you get a wasted on 6 ciders? Makes no sense
@@randomstuff2438 She was going after the first one.
Definitely! It helps that it's 8.2% as well
These taste tests would be so different if Alanna wasn’t a happy drinker. I think most of us would be happy to spend a sunny summers afternoon in a pub beer garden drinking with Alanna. Great video.
Think she should try a taste of that cider named after that Victorian author, Dickens....
@@bexbissell4576 You are a bad man. Keep it clean.
Scrumpy Jack is a dangerous fella indeed. Goes down so sweet, tastes so fine, you're there and so happy in the moment that you drink even more... then you stand up and walk sideways into a wall. ;o)
You should try the real Scrumpy from Somerset, now that is evil
@@garymiles484 Especially when your not sure what colour it will be when it comes out of the barrel.
@@garymiles484 Moving to Somerset, I found out how good they are the hard way. lol.....
Once went in a pub in Devon while on holiday after hearing people talking about ‘Devon rough’ ended up having three pints and lost seven hours of my life…
It’s very similar only weaker to one I have local to me called coppertop
I have a sneaky feeling that you really, and I mean REALLY, enjoyed making this video. I liked how you asked if we knew when 'they' started while showing us the label with the date on. 😂 Oh, and such a classy lady - burrrrp! 🤣🤣 Thanks for brightening my evening. 😁
This girl bloody loves a cider 💛
I don't think I've ever come across someone so enthusiastic about cider.
LOL, marvellous! "Old Rosie" has been my favourite drink (by far) for 30 years. It is a bit 'niche' for many folks though.
It's been comedy gold watching a lovely young lady getting slightly squiffy on cider 😂
Thanks so much!
Thatcher's comedy gold, so to speak
Old Rosie (Westons) is one of the good ones although I'm going through a Sandfords orchards phase (Hangy Downs - definitely on the sweet side) at the moment - they also do a ginger flavoured cider which works really well.
Proper (traditional) cider comes without bubbles and with cloudiness.
@@AdventuresAndNaps my old man was in the Royal Navy ( 1943 - 46 ) and when they docked in port down south ( Portsmouth etc ) and went for a Cider ( always cloudy and loads of bits in it ) the landlords would only allow them one pint each because they wasn't used to it but the locals were allowed 3 ish pints , the only time they had 2 pints they understood the reason and that was they couldn't move their legs so had to wait 2hts before they could leave lol
Many's the time Old Rosie has left me in a very drunken mess.
This is a hilarious episode. Not just broad grins here, bout outright laughter.
Thank you Alanna for a great episode. 😁❤️🙃
Glad you enjoyed it!
When coopers make wooden casks, it's a skilled art Alanna. They will often fire the inside to give a charred or toasted effect, it helps to seal and condition the wood. There's different levels of charring, depending on the type of wood and the intended contents. It will add to the aged taste of the alcohol as it matures.
I think you need a trip down to Somerset to the Thatcher's cider shop and their pub in Sandford. You can try their "proper" cider, similar to Old Rosie but nicer. And here, in Bristol, we have a few cider houses, even a cider boat that has a fantastic selection of ciders.
I've had 3 nights on the boat - apparently!
My Dad would take me to Thatchers farm over 25 yrs ago and I still remember the white brick walls with the wooden barrels. You could pitch up grab a gallon plastic bottle and fill up and for some reason I would be thrilled by the stickers you could put on the bottles!! Happy memories ❤ Stunned me how big Thatchers has become over the years but I was drinking it with lemonade from an early teen age and Gold is the usual one on tap at a pub
@@fleason771 It certainly has grown. Back as recently as the 80s there were loads of farms that made cider. Much of it decidedly ropey, mind. I always preferred Thatcher's. Bens Crossman in Hewish makes lovely cider but a bit too acidic for me. We used to crumble chalk in the flagons to ease it a little. It worked.
I lived in WSM and Banwell in the 70s and we used to go to Thatchers, old man Thatcher used to be sat inside by the 3 big wooden barrels, sweet, medium and rough ciders he would give us a half pint of each one so we could decide which one we wanted, we'd get a couple of flagons each and walk out half cut.
Great times
There are three basic types of cider. Singing cider, sleeping cider and fighting cider. Unfortunately you cant tell which is which until you start drinking them.
You're so right my friend . The troublesome ones are those that seem to be one sort and turn out to be another .🤣🤣
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Can't imagine 'K' being anything other than a fighting cider for anyone!
@@jamesmatthews291 it’s a puking cider.
Visited a farm that brews real Scrumpy, Farmer says "this'll put hairs on yuh chest", not perhaps an effect desired by most women. It was fearsome stuff but the Farmer's throwaway line about tossing a dead rat into the vat to aid fermentation I hope was a wind-up!
Tradition says a dead rat and an old leather boot! Old farmers wife tale?
No, you need to find a worm at the bottom. Best bought from a cider apple farmer in Somerset.
I’m not sure you know what dry means with booze, but it refers to the AFTERTASTE…IF there is hardly any aftertaste, then it’s very dry. The best example I know of this is Asahi beer [Japanese] try it sometime, comes it a super shiny tall silver can, and it’s the driest stuff ever…like 2 secs later you’re asking your brain, “wait, what did I just drink? was it just water? I taste nothing in my mouth?!”
One to try, Westerns Perry is lush, Perry pear, very classic drink, can be almost like sparkling sweet wine
Old Rosie is Scrumpy Cider, very much what you could buy from a farm, gallon containers, unfiltered
Scrumpy Jack - Not really scrumpy
Great episode Alanna. Hilarious to see the alcohol take hold. The most entertaining on UA-cam. Thanks for the Tuesday joy!
Thanks for watching!
Old Rosie is deadly. I had to limit myself to two pints of it on any drinking session (plus other drinks, just not more Rosie) because it has no mercy
Old Rosie is just the Best, I Love it, especially on a warm day. I get the two litre Flagon`s 🍻🍻
Me and a work mate got very drunk on Old Rosie the next day was not pretty.
I once lost two days to Old Rosie. Got drunk on Saturday night, didn't function until the following Tuesday. It is a time machine.
@@robertrhead570 Do you remember a Bottom live show where Eddie makes weapons grade lager? Maybe Old Rosie is weaponised cider?
@@stephensmith4480 that's quite a lot! i can drink a lot, but for some reason Old Rosie destroys me. I had 6 pints once and it was not good.
Westons is made in Herefordshire, pronounced Hair-a-ford-sher, and the vintage is conditioned in old oak bourbon barrels so hence the slight smoke warmth... You need to try artisan ciders like Gwatkins! Good videos keep them up! 👍🍺
Love a good cider, and it's great to see a review of some of the more standard/traditional flavoured ones - I have a soft spot for a Henney's but as you say it can be a bit dry. As well as the oak barrels some do cider from whisky barrels - Thistly Cross Whisky Cask is a good one which is worth a try. Plenty more to sample Alanna, but in the meantime a great fun taste test...bring on the summer!
Thanks so much for watching!
Oh, the sacrifices you make for your viewers. Thanks for entertaining us while educating us!
Cider is what we’re known for in the West Country! I love every flavour of Thatchers, Gold, Haze, Cloudy Lemon, Rose, Katy, Cheddar Valley, Blood Orange, they’re all so good
(Scrumpy Jack is classed as a tramp’s/hobo’s/homeless drink by the way)
Cloudy lemon is vile,haze along with rattler are my 2 favorite at the moment,
@@jizzmonkey9679 blood orange is the best
I've never yelled at Alanna for using (or not using) her glasses. Find whatever brings you joy... then bring that joy straight to the internet.
Five out of five golden apples.
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Great video, Alanna! I'm looking forward to a proper pub garden summer this year - let's hope the weather doesn't let us down!
Can't wait!
The fact you’ve done a video purely on drinking cider which I’m drinking now I think it’s the perfect opportunity to say I love you 😂
Always enjoy your videos alanna - you do make me laugh...
Anyway, if you ever go to Dorset,Devon or Cornwall then try a proper Freshly made scrumpy, it tastes beautiful and you can drink looaaads of it without getting a hangover - very good indeed.
Keep up the great videos 🤪
I love your way of yours tests go, Your a proper drinker. congrats.
You should try Weston’s Vintage Perry, (made from pears), absolutely delicious, and deadly. It also goes brilliantly with a good curry.
Ooh I'll add it to the list!
Love this! Will have to taste test when I visit uk in May!! 🍎🍏
Ahh that's so exciting!!
This Christmas live stream, Alanna drinks a whole liter of Scrumpy Jack for our entertainment with hilarious consequences 🤣Are you down Napster, lol❓❓
I reckon she should play Edward Cider Hands where you duck tape a 2 litre bottle of Scrumpy to each hand and can't put them down until you've finished them.
@@T-1001 🤘
Thatchers Gold is the best. No question. The last drink I bought my Dad was a pint of Thatchers Gold on a hot, summer day and he absolutely loved it.
After all the sacrifices Alanna has made in order to inform our dining and snacking options, this feels like a well deserved indulgence. The sheer joy was palpable!
Haven't checked all the comments, curious if anyone has made 'that' cider joke yet?
I refuse. Its beneath me...
Could that possibly be Dickens Cider, by any chance?
When you go to the pub, do you just have ONE drink (say a pint of Thatcher's Gold) then go home? Or do you have 2-3 pints? Or more? Surely at Christmas or on birthdays!
It's always good to see you do a "taste test" with the unique "Adventures & Naps" scoring system.
(This is two years old? How did I miss it?).
I once was drinking a bottle of Henry Weston's vintage & my 16 year old niece asked me why there was a picture of Gary Barlow on my bottle. We now simply refer to Weston's vintage as a bottle of Barlow.
Saves time.
There is actually a Gary Barlow Organic wine. Available from major supermarkets.
No Taunton Dry Blackthorne Cider? That was my favourite as a student when I lived in the UK in the 70's. A cider for "Laying down and avoiding".
I also liked that some years ago, but it’s been through some changes since the 1970s. The Taunton Cider Company was taken over in 1996, and in the 21st century there have been changes to the recipe.
Love these Alcohol Taste Test Shows. I hope we don't end up with Alanna just sitting on a Park Bench all day, a Carrier Bag filled with Super Strong Cider and Shouting at the Pigeons. One Day you have an excellent job as an Airline Pilot. You get a fondness for Tequila. Before you know it, the Old Oak Tree is your New Home. And the closest you will ever get to flying again, is watching the Pigeons in the Park... Or, so I have been told.
Three litres of either Manors or Pulse.
@@johnafirth Do they still produce 3 Litre Bottles? I can only find 2.5 Litre Bottles lately. Er... I am asking for a friend.
Loved it, I have to say I was worried when you sat down for the comparison between Thatchers and Scrumpy that the rest of the video would take place on the floor but well done for powering through😀 I don’t know if you can get it in Kent but Rocquette is quite a nice cider produced in Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Oh and just in case you missed the outrage for not using glasses normally “ I am beyond furious that you decanted these into glasses!!😂
Supermarket worker: "hello regular customer. I see you've bought a load of ciders today. Having a party tonight?"
Alanna: "oh no, this is for a taste test review I'm doing for my UA-cam channel."
Supermarket worker: "oh, so it's work-related?"
Alanna: "yeah, err, that's right. Work..."
Thanks for the great vid Alanna, really good fun!
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If it's work related, can she claim back the VAT?
Back to my favourite type of videos from you, Alanna 😀😋 Your pronunciation of Herefordshire cracked me up 🤣 I like Old Rosie, although one is enough 😅 And it was 7.3% until 3 years ago.
Also Frome is pronounced like froom.
‘Hearfedsheer’…killed me😂😂😂😂🇬🇧👍
I used to live in Somerset and the local farmer's market sold 5-litre plastic containers of cider made from local apples. All my colleagues would be dragging these massive containers back to the office on farmer's market day. Maybe you should go on a cider tour of the west country?!
I also used to live in Somerset and back in the 60s my friends and I used to go to a farm where the cider was home brewed. A 1 gallon canister cost 5 shillings. Yes 25p. Wonderful days.
You are a credit to us all Your dedication is remarkable
I actually laughed through this. You are absolutely hilarious 😂😂😂
You're too kind!
Biddenden cider near Ashford and they make wine. Turners of marden near Maidstone. Local Kentish producers worth checking out. Turners make a apple pie flavoured cider. Sounds odd but it works. They go well with Kentish blue cheese.
Yes, it's like a Monty Python sketch!
white lightning is popular with certain types of outdoor drinkers
Ideally, best sampled on a park bench!
A couple of questions. First what time of the day did you make this .Second after did you go for a curry or kebab. Many thanks. This one should do well . ☺
Middle Farm, outside Lewes in Sussex. National cider and perry collection. You get a little thimble glass to taste from the loads of barrels of draught cider before you buy. Bring a designated driver.
Looking back Alanna's rapid slide into alcoholism and homelessness started with her popular "Afternoon Drinking With Alanna" UA-cam channel.
😂😂😂
I'm if she's going to become an alcoholic, at least she's now in the best country for it 🙌🏾😂
My third son is a barrister in London and his husband is a surgeon. Like you, they both prefer cider to beer or ale, as a long-drink alternative to wine. Felix tells me his current favourite is Dunkerton's Black Fox, while his hubby is more fond of the rather more intense flavours of Welsh Mountain Cider.
Alanna you need a trip to Normandy especially the Valley D'auge and try some farm cider bouche, pommeau and Calvados
I love English ciders but I have to admit that Normandy ciders have the edge for me.
I've seen DOZENS of your videos and your alcohol taste testing ones are absolutely the very best! MORE MORE MORE!
That was hilarious!
My cider of choice, as a young Sussex kid, was Merrydown Vintage. Definitely the most 'bang for a buck', an impoverished teenager could get.
For the love of all things holy, however, avoid 'white' ciders. They are industrially brewed in vats, taste like alcoholic lighter-fuel, and are brewed from onions. Probably. I sincerely doubt they have ever seen an apple...
True about "white" ciders... the only time I ever completely blacked out from alcohol was after consuming a 3 litre Asda "White Lightning" .
@@shaunw9270 Ooft! I bet you were hanging, the next morning...
Did you ever do a tour of the Merrydown brewery?
@@stephenbarrett8861 I never had the pleasure. I did the Heineken brewery tour in Amsterdam, though. That was fun... 😉
@@tombaxter6228 there were so many different drinks, Elderflower wine, mead and a bunch of ciders. The mead was lethal.
What about Strongbow or Woodpecker?
I used to have a pint of half/half called Strongpecker.
I'm not kidding either......
You need to test Biddenden cider and Merrydown cider. Shame they didn't make it to the list this time. As an aside, both are excellent when used to make snakebite :)
Love Biddenden cider, especially the special reserve. Used to visit the vineyard frequently. Was never keen on Merrydown. Now, Somerset Scrumpy, that is Soo good.
If only you could still get Merrydown Dry.
Biddenden cider is the nuts ...I love it
Born in Somerset and grandmother's family originally from Herefordshire, it's no wonder I like cider. Loved this video as you got happier and happier. Long ago, my favourite was Taunton Exhibition, which I believe is now only available at the Coronation Tap in Bristol. 'We' (I wasn't old enough) used to buy it by the flagon in Uphill. Happy days.
Weston’s Vintage wins everything. 8.2% of glory. Three bottles for a fiver. A very efficient session.
I totally agree.
The best of the best.
Smooth as silk.
My go to drink. Goes remarkably well with a good takeaway curry.
You are entirely correct T. Weston’s vintage has always been my favourite.
12 bottles for 15 quid at Costco :-)
You need to get yourself down the West Country - we've got loads of specialist cider pubs. My favourite is Tucker's Grave Inn in Faulkland, Somerset. They also got a campsite, so you can pitch up, set up your tent and then get silly on proper, cloudy West Country scrumpy
I'd love to!
Maybe you can test hangover remedies tomorrow morning too Alanna!
“Without further ado, let’s go for the Alka Seltzer and Bacon Sandwich combo” 😂
Only one cure for a hangover. A large bottle of the soft drink that outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland. Irn Bru will sort you out nicely.
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Irn Bru just makes me more nauseous! 😂
Roger Wilkins, if you know you know
Great video, much love from Somerset🙂
Your Canadian cider video is probably my favourite video, so of course I'm gonna love a follow up UK cider video!
Love cider, wouldn't say no to most lol... If I had to choose one of those, I'd go for the Thatchers Gold too, followed by Henney's. If I could pick any cider, then I'd probs go for Thatchers Rose, Rekorderlig Mango & Raspberry or anything by Brothers, especially toffee apple! Gotta listen to my sweet tooth lol 🍺
Totally agree!! We'll have to do a weird-flavours-episode next!
Found this channel randomly, glad I did. great content. i too am Canadian living in the U.K., but ive been here most of my life.
Awesome! Thank you!
Really enjoyed watching the cider slowly take affect, love cider too, Aspall or Thatchers are my choices.
Draft Aspell's is the best. 🍺
@@suejones8508 I agree
We love visiting cideries. Rich's Cider farm and Perrys Cider farm both is somerset are a must visit if you ever get to visit there. ( free samples at perrys ;) )
Henry Weston’s - Vintage Cider. It’s 8.2% and comes in a glass bottle.
It’s absolute rocket fuel. 🚀🤯
3 bottles totally fd, very addictive although found it quite sweet with a big kick.
Oh my god, just discovered your channel, this is like the 4th video of yours I'm binging and now I find out your a cider drinker? Defo subscribing!
I love all of these!
Meanwhile, you missed by two favourite ciders. Stowford Press and Rattler.
Great choices though and gotta love a bit of scrumpy though but these are quite weak compared to what we grew up with down on the west country. Great video
Not going to lie... when you said you're taste testing ciders, I expected them all to get full marks based on your previous expressions of love for cider.
Old Rosie is made down the road from me, it's actually a farm, cottage industry. I buy it on the regular, I fill an empty 2ltr pop bottle 3/4 full stick it in the freezer. Once the water has frozen, what you are left with is real scrumpy jack. If you decide to do it, it tastes delicious, go carefully,you have seriously increased the alcohol!
Like deployed 👍
Only 6 minutes in and I'm already loving this. The fact that you've found a way to make day drinking "work".
I really like the tumbler you used for the Henry Western.
Ok... 'What were we doing here? Oh yeah, I was rating it!" I do hope you were feeling ok after doing this. But hey, you're clearly enjoying yourself!
That you can still read at this point, I think is somewhat impressive.
"Don't they know I'm filming? I'm trying to be a professional here! " *hic*
Great fun video. I hope you had a nice lie down after.
This pop'd up on my feed - so despite it being 2yrs old, I'll chime in. I'd say these are some of the more common ciders (barring the fruit ciders) and more readily available across the country. While the south west (Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire & Herefordshire) is the main cider producing/drinking regions there are plenty of good cideries all across the UK. A few of my go-to are Perry's, Little Pomona, Seidr Y Mynydd, Ganley & Naish, Iford, Dunkertons (specifically Black Dog), Pilton & Hogans. oh and sandford orchard
You have got to love an A&N cider taste video, they start well and then the alcohol kicks in and they just get better including the added burps, so much fun indeed.
May I suggest a Naps trip to the West Country to do a taste test tour of the local scrumpy farms to try out there fare. it could get messy but would be great fun to do. Peanuts, come get your peanuts. 🥜🥜🥜😁
I'd love to!!
@@AdventuresAndNaps Go for it. 🙂
@@AdventuresAndNaps Herry fud shuh.
Ahh, the spirit of Keith Floyd lives! :) Great to see you getting pished in the name of UA-cam. Although it could have done with some Tayto Smokey Bacon (don't worry, I ate those so you didn't have to) and you missed my favourite cider ... Healey's Rattler. Nothing better than sitiing at Land's End having a pint of rattler! Scrumpy Jack is my second fav though.
I would recommend you try Black Dragon Cider by Gwynt Y Ddraig, I have never found it in the supermarkets in England, but can get it in Wales no problem and there are some websites that sell in England. Edit, it used to be sold at Waitrose but stopped for some reason and sometimes Wetherspoons (near me) has it on tap for a limited time.
Great suggestion!
Seconded. It's a very nice cider.
+1 on the Black Dragon. Outside of Wales, I've most often found it at beer festivals.
Can imagine Alanna's calendar... Today is the day😂 ... Next up the snake bite mixture combos.
That Old Rosie was non carbonated, try the carbonated ones you get in the 500ml bottles, it makes it better in my opinion.
Plus Scrumpy Jack is one of my fave cider of them all, I seriously cannot get enough of it.
Another one of *those* videos!! Although this time I watched without trying to match drinks, given the disastrous consequences of my last attempt to do so.
It's such fun to see you revelling in the richness of variety afforded by the makers of your favourite drink! All those differences owe to the apples, each taking on the 'terroir' of their region, and to the methods of production including the composition of the vats and the time taken to ferment the juice.
Right from the bat, you are a heroine for only considering ciders without added flavours.
3:01 Ah, dear sweet Alanna, the disconnection between spelling and pronunciation in our arcane land has once again confounded you... "Frome" is actually pronounced "froom" - it's an ancient word meaning "stream," if memory serves - and "Herefordshire" has four syllables: "Heh-reh-ford-shur" might do the trick. (But, having said that, part of the joy you bring to us watchers lies in your valiant effort to engage with the linguistic subtleties - we love you just as much for getting it wrong as getting it right!)
18:10 You had a verdict and also a touch of vertigo, it appears. The things you go through for us, dear Alanna! One conclusion that perhaps goes without saying is that easy drinkers make easy drunk.... I think that Henney's would be my choice out of all these, but not being much of a cider drinker I look forward to using these reviews as a guide. Cheers!
Alanna, it was one of your videos made me try Thistly Cross. I now have to order several dozen bottles every month or so. My wife has taken to cooking gammon in Thistly Cross Ginger Cider - delicious!
Glad you liked it!!
Cider. In the north of Spain, especially in Asturias, cider is a very popular drink. Wine is not produced there because of the climate, but our cider is very different from the cider that is drunk in France, that of Brittany, which I imagine is the same as that drunk in the United Kingdom. Our cider does not have carbon dioxide, it is made from small, sour apples and to drink it you have to do it in a special way, raising the bottle above your head and pouring the cider over the edge of the glass so that it is oxygenated. You have to serve small quantities because you have to drink it in one gulp so that it does not lose the air that it has acquired. Our cider has an alcohol content of between 3.5% and 6% and there is something very curious if you drink our cider without serving it using the traditional method: it has almost no intoxicating effect, since the alcohol is not oxygenated and is assimilated more slowly. On the other hand, the taste of a well-served cider and a cider served directly in the glass is totally different. In Asturias, at the beginning of adolescence, they learn to serve cider by practicing with water bottles.
I’ve just come across you’re channel, so funny, it was a laugh to watch , keep it up, you’re definitely enjoying life lol
get yourself down to Somerset, go to almost any village and stop at the hand written sign advertising "farmhouse scrumpy". Its usually about 8% minimum, cloudy, flat and will blow your socks off. They will offer you tasters and invite you to try blends of different types, that's proper cider.
I'd love to!
Oh lord, the chaos energy is high in this one! You deserve it after the sad meal deals though, treat yoself
You're gonna get people complaining about how you said Frome, but it's officially the hardest place in the UK to pronounce, nobody knows how to say it! If you haven't seen that Map Men video on British place names that's a big recommend, I bet you'd love it
You have me wanting to retry all of these! Out of these, I would have to pick Thatchers gold, with Henneys as a close second. Old Rosie is a favourite for making mulled cider at Christmas. However my all time favourite cider is Stowford Press, which I think you would appreciate, given your love for Thatchers 🥰
Thanks so much for watching!!
Really like your videos, generally. Your taste tests are splendid. Have enjoyed lots of them over the years. This one was brilliant too. Ones to try next: these are some of my favourites - Thatchers Katy (7.4%), Thatchers Vintage (7.4%), Henry Westons vintage (8.2%). Yum.
Thatchers Katy (7.4%) is the best
I think that the "doesn't taste like alcohol at all" illusion occurs with cider, more times than it doesn't. At times, even when I'm drinking the strongest cider available to me, providing it's good quality cider, I find myself quaffing it as though it were just a soft drink - of course an hour or so later (when the tunnel vision sets in, and I find my legs wobbly,) I realise how strong it is.
Old Rosie is bangin'!!! Although, the best I have found has been Crossmans Cider from a Farm in Somerset. Their "Orchard Special" is exactly that...It is rich, robust, still, smoky and actually tastes of apples. Rockin' stuff!!!
Just started watching this and got that deja vue feeling (think beer testing) . Watching from the start knowing that you are going to get hammered again!! Brilliant fun watching you !!
I like your videos. It was funny, I learned about cinder drinks and you made it great. Congrats
I am with you there Alanna nothing better than a nice cold glass of Cider sitting in the sunshine watching the day go by. Enjoying your take on my favourite drink
I love that Alanna put the Old Rosie in her backpack and carried it home! 😀I've spent many happy hours drinking Rosie so should she
Well that was fun! Aspall cyder has been made since 1728 but a few years ago the family owning the company sold the business to Coors. The village of Banham, south-west of Norwich has two pubs specialising in cider. As you can tell from the comments there are a lot of different ciders which aren't sold in the major supermarkets but are well worth seeking out. If the bottle contains sediment, like Old Rosie, try to avoid moving the bottle around too much; but I guess by the time you'd got to Old Rosie you didn't care. Excellent video; you truly suffer for your art. Cheers!
When I saw you starting off with Thatchers at 4.8% and then saw the video was 20 minutes long I knew this would be a good one!
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You seemed to enjoy yourself in this one, probably annoyed the hate watcher’s. I hope you’re able to enjoy some new cider’s in a pub garden during a nice warm summer this year. Thanks for the video and I hope you’re having a great week.
I drink normal asples as it's made just a few miles from my house. Using glasses is better as we get to see the colour of the drinks.
Great video, Thatchers make excellent Ciders, so I look forward to your Thatchers taste test. A few years ago I applied for a job with them, and felt it was important to try all their ciders as part of my interview prep :). Thatchers Katy was by far my favourite as has a Champaign like finish, far better than gold IMO, that is their main seller. More recently I tried Haze which is their new Cloudy cider, I liked that one as well, but there is always a chilled bottle of Katy in my fridge.
Awesome vid was waiting on this ,yes thatchers is a crisp cider nice in summer 👌 with ice , so is magners on a hot day 😋 respect gal Andy from Morecambe ✌🏴🇨🇦🍻
You should definitely do a tour of Thatchers - you get a taste test at the end 😉 They also have a restaurant, pub and shop on site. Some of their ciders are only available to buy directly from them, so you won't find them in the supermarkets. Honestly, Gold is my least favourite blend.
Also, Old Rosie now comes in single serving bottles as well. They have a slightly weaker version as well called Rosie's Pig, which is quite nice.
You can visit Weston factory and have a tour of the workings then get a taste of their ciders in the shop at the end, very worth while trip and visit.
the row of drinks behind Alanna reminds me of a demo I saw once on the necessity of keeping yourself hydrated
Slarmied Alanna, belching and slurring her words, complaining to a passing truck, "I'm trying to be professional!' Classic, why we love you :-)
I suggest you visit the National Collection of Cider and Perry at Middle Farm near Lewes, Sussex. They have barrels of the stuff that you try before you buy. The only problem is that the more you try the less able you are to decide what to buy. It is where my partner Jo (whose UA-cam account I use) bought me me a couple of pints of Rough Old Wife, the label of which I still have stuck on the fridge to this day. Happy drinking. Glenn.
Thatchers gold made from concentrated apple and full off sugar 😋 try westons organic
Glad to see you on the Henry's . I agree, Old Rosie is an acquired taste, and a bit acidic, but its also a leg wobbler. The Vintage (8.2%) is a total leg wobbler. It's so easy to drink that by the time it's your round you need a prop to get to the bar.
Pretty sure the Old Rosie I used to get in pubs was an 8% one. Must have been the Vintage.
Lol this was hilarious. On your knees with a glass of cider on each hand swigging from both of them.
That was fun to watch, you were clearly in your element there Alanna! I've moved away from Cider in recent years because it tended to upset my stomach, but I'm tempted to give it another chance based on your verdicts! 😋
Thanks for watching!!
Cider is one of the things I miss most about England. The best cider comes straight from the farms that make it. The downside used to be that being non-carbonated it didn't keep for very long, but nowadays you can buy it bag-in-in box. I'm talking about the same principle as those boxes of wine with a plastic tap. My personal favourite is Wilkins. A visit to that farm is an absolute must! Another really good one is Severn Cider Still Farmhouse. I always used to go for the dry. You can order a 10 or 20 litre box of that from source on-line.
Love Thatchers Gold and Weston’s Old Rosie (still and cloudy).