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Subject: Cider Digest #548, 12 August 1995
From: cider-request@talisman.com
Cider Digest #548 12 August 1995
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues
Dick Dunn, Digest Janitor
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Re: Cider Digest #547, 5 August 1995 (MCKEOWND@QUCDN.QUEENSU.CA)
Ciders in Cornwall (D Moore)
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Subject: Re: Cider Digest #547, 5 August 1995
From: MCKEOWND@QUCDN.QUEENSU.CA
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 95 09:14:46 EDT
hmmm, I was just browsing a homebrew site on the ol' WWW and I noticed
some guy used my email address to post a recipe!
I figure he got it from this list so he will likely read this note.
I'd just like to say that I don't appreciate his actions and to warn others
who may be more sensitive about their address that this sorta thing is
happening.
Just goes to show how open this electronic world is becoming....
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Subject: Ciders in Cornwall
From: D Moore <102475.2737@compuserve.com>
Date: 08 Aug 95 15:38:31 EDT
I recently spent some time in Cornwall England. In addition
to the gorgeous country side and rocky coastline, it's also
CIDER country.
I prefer sweet cider to dry, so I pretty much ignored the dry
stuff like "Strongbow".
Local farm cider or "Scrumpy": I found this to be very
disappointing. Generally this was a still cider, that was
very low on taste.
A commercial version of farm cider, (does that make sense),
called "Scrumpy Jack" is widely available on tap. This is a
medium sweet sparkling cider. I found this to be a decent,
slightly tart cider. It might be better cold, but cool is
the best you can do England.
"Blackthorn" makes a Dry, CiderMaster, & Sweet cider. The
dry is the most commonly available. The CiderMaster and the
Sweet are both medium sweet sparkling ciders. I never had
both at the same time, but from one day to the next I
couldn't tell the difference between CiderMaster and Sweet.
The Blackthorn is a little tougher to find, but it was my
favorite. I found it to be very crisp, slightly tart, with
good flavor and carbonation. #1!
"Woodpecker" is quite common both in bottles and on tap.
This was the sweetest of all the ciders. Not quite as crisp
as the Blackthorn and a bit sweeter. All in all #2.
"West Country" seems to be a Safeway brand clone of
Woodpecker. Very similar, but I never had it cold so can't
make an accurate comparison. The hotels don't have ice
machines or any practical way to chill things. The label
indicated "3.5% alcohol.
"TNT Dark Star". The label indicated "Premium quality,
strong amber cider, 6% alcohol". It comes in a unique opaque
glass cylinder, 275 ml with a thick foil pull top. This was
a sparkling medium sweet cider. The flavor was robust but
also included a hint of molasses and rotten apple taste.
This may have been due to drinking it warm. It definitely
packs a punch. The empty bottle would make a nice vase.
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A short note on "Mead".
As the proud maker of one mead so far, (It turned out
wonderful, like a sweet Chablis at 1.020), I looked forward
to trying the Cornish Meads.
I only found two, both from the same maker.
"Cornish Mead Wine". This was a still mead at 14% alcohol.
It had a very very strong honey aroma, almost sickly. It was
extremely sweet with musty overtones. I trashed it.
"Cornish Liqueur Mead". Still and 17% alcohol. Same as
above plus a very HOT taste. Trash.
These were obviously packaged for tourists. Very
disappointing.
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End of Cider Digest #548
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