Pear Cider

[Glassman]

Tried a few Kopparbergs and then moved on to Bulmers

Yum. Prefer the Swedish Kopparberg.

[kiwisr]

Couldn't you have just said perry?

[Andy_sx]

agreed, love both

have a try of the summer fruit and cherry Kopperbergs too, rather refreshing, i have a cherry one right now

[Furyous]

Far far to sickly sweet for me Im afraid.

[Morningside]

Sounds great. I must keep an eye out for it.

[ITB]

Tis a great beverage, goes down well on a summers day.

[cronk-flakes]

Very nice! A big personal favourite.

That's all I drink when in Sweden. Can't get enough of it.

Have you found any retailers over here? I know they sell it in Tesco's and have bottles in some local pubs.

[H_Kan]

Didn't rate perry that much, tried the koppenberg one.

Love cider though, not very manly but much prefer it to beer in the summer.

[Allblackdup]

Tried them recently and found i love them too. Was never a cider drinker, but i think having it with ice, especially on a summers day, is really nice.

Started with the apple/pear Magners, tried the St Helier which was nice too and currently have a couple of bulmers in the fridge. I've had a little try of the Kooperberg, but need to buy a couple of bottles to compare it properly and i'd defintately like to try the other flavours. I know St Helier do other flavours too, its just finding them that seems to be the problem.

[243]

Bulmers pear isn't my favorite, just tases ike bulmers original to me.

St helier is lovely on the other hand, also koppaberg from IKEA in tins is where its at.

[bint]

Find Kopparberg quite sweet but we do love the cheap boxed stuff you can get in the supermarkets for BBQ's. It's a light dry drink closer to wine but without the acidity and at less that £5 a box is good for afternoon chilling. It's not top quality but it's quite drinkable.

Having said that, go to your local beer festival and try some proper perrys (my head hurts from last night's mix.....) - Brothers is one that is available in some pubs etc too.

[Plotloss]

You need to avail yourself of Brothers Festival Strength Pear Cider my son!

Koppaberg is a great starter but its Brothers thats the finisher.

[Glassman]

Plotloss said:

You need to avail yourself of Brothers Festival Strength Pear Cider my son!

Koppaberg is a great starter but its Brothers thats the finisher.

Funny you should mention Brothers... was drinking the 7% stuff last night during a comedy show Downstairs at the Kings Head in Crouch End...

[Bob the Planner]

Works will with Vimto (as does regular cider).

[GTO Scott]

My woman's father has a Booker card. Booker sell 15-bottle boxes of Kopparberg Pear, Summer Fruits and Cherry ciders at a 'decent' price. Currently I have an unopened box of the Pear and a box of the Summer Fruits, and the remains of the two previous boxes bought last month in the liquid fridge. I like Kopparberg very much

St. Helier Pear Cider is also very nice, and if you're down Cornwall, 'Rattler' (Apple) is very nice - but must be served very chilled

[sgrimshaw]

Westons Perry 7.4%.

Nectar!

[navier_stokes]

Furyous said:

Far far to sickly sweet for me Im afraid.

I agree, especially the Koppabergs... the ladies seem to like it though

[escargot]

I prefer the fruit one, it's nowhere near as sickly.

[sleep envy]

Glassman said:

Downstairs at the Kings Head in Crouch End...

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