Cripple Cock
"Have your crutches handy, this be a toe curler"That's the slogan on the label of Cripple Cock farmyard scrumpy cider. Everywhere I go people just seem to be giving me bottles of scrumpy cider and this was the latest donation.
Cripple Cock is a traditional farm scrumpy cider from North Somerset. At 7.5% it's your usual strong cider, slightly sparkling and quite a deep colour. It has the usual real English cider apple taste though it was a little on the sweet side for me; I do prefer a dry cider and usually an unsweetened one like Mr Whitehead's "Heart of Hampshire".
However, this is a good cider and one that's guaranteed to go down well if you like the slightly sweeter aftertaste. Right, now which supermarket sold the "priemier cru" ?


4 Comments:
At Sun Oct 31, 03:32:00 PM,
Colleen said…
Sounds perfect to me! I don't think we have it here in Canada though. :(
At Sun Oct 31, 04:15:00 PM,
Lever said…
LOL - Yeah, K, my Canadian client enjoys Dry Blackthorn cider, one of our biggest UK cider brands. They said they were having difficulty finding Blackthorn so I might just ship them out a case. Cider does seem to be a very English thing...
At Mon Nov 01, 12:21:00 AM,
Colleen said…
Well I might just have to pay you to ship some out to me! :D
At Mon Nov 01, 09:02:00 AM,
Lever said…
You're most welcome. Anything you need from good 'ole England you just let me know :)
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