Cider tasting weekend number 2
Sep. 13th, 2025 11:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vivdunstanTonight at dinner tried my 3rd low or no alcohol cider, with Sainsbury’s own brand low alcohol medium dry cider. It’s 0.9% alcohol, 0.5 units in the bottle. And it’s the best one I’ve tried yet. Great smell, and an almost scrumpy like taste. Win win!
Next weekend will fingers crossed be Sheppy's low alcohol cider. If our local Tescos has it in stock.
I am pleasantly surprised that Somerset-raised Martin is having a similar reaction to the low/no alcohol cider tastings as I work through them!
And for American friends, cider here = British cider, which is very strong, and usually very alcoholic. Not just apple juice. I'm trying to get a fairly authentic British alcoholic cider taste in no alcohol or low alcohol. And having mixed success, but finding some good ones.
And it is definitely helping my IBS type problems.
Next weekend will fingers crossed be Sheppy's low alcohol cider. If our local Tescos has it in stock.
I am pleasantly surprised that Somerset-raised Martin is having a similar reaction to the low/no alcohol cider tastings as I work through them!
And for American friends, cider here = British cider, which is very strong, and usually very alcoholic. Not just apple juice. I'm trying to get a fairly authentic British alcoholic cider taste in no alcohol or low alcohol. And having mixed success, but finding some good ones.
And it is definitely helping my IBS type problems.
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Date: 2025-09-15 06:38 am (UTC)They're definitely getting a lot better.
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Date: 2025-09-16 09:09 pm (UTC)An old St Andrews uni friend summarised his experiences for me as:
“Alcohol free beers, generally good. Alcohol free wine, generally quite mediocre. Alcohol free spirit, okay to flavour a mixer but not any use on their own. Alcohol free ciders, dreadful.”
So I’ve gone into my low/no alcohol cider hunt with very low expectations. But reading reviews has helped me narrow things down quite quickly. And I’m finding some good ones :)