Drink of the week: cranberry cider, cider generally

So cider is a thing now, right? Given the tendency of microbreweries to put creativity above all else, I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner. Think of all those years we wasted on mead and barley wine when we could have been drinking all sorts of cider.

The easiest way to get wacky with cider is move on from apple and pear, and since the first two adjectives that should describe any good cider are “crisp” and “tart,” what better place to start than with cranberries? The Two Rivers cranberry cider, which I tried over the holidays at Shotwell’s, was dry and refreshing, and the cranberry taste was surprisingly muted as opposed to the overpowering sour-sweetness of the juice. They’ve since moved back to apple on tap, although they still have a few bottles of Two Rivers pomegranate in the fridge. If you want to try the cranberry, I think they still have it at Rosamunde, so get it while you can.

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15 Responses to “Drink of the week: cranberry cider, cider generally”

  1. I see England
    I see France
    I see Lindsey
    In a trance

  2. Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable says:

    This sounds delicious, though I would take issue with the theory that any good cider needs to be “tart”. There are plenty of delicious traditional English medium ciders. They’re just inexplicably hard to find in this country, sadly.

  3. apples says:

    I don’t know how easy it is to get these ciders over here, but Weston’s Old Rosie and Aspall Cyders are pretty great too.

  4. chat says:

    veyyryryss thanks admin