Have been meaning to post this for awhile but only just got around to it with 5 days to go, some friends of mine and me are going into the cider making business and have launched a pozible campaign to help get it started.
If you are into cider and like it dry and made properly from just juice then it may be your thing.
First batch is bottled and getting pastuerised and labeled next wednesday and then posted out to all those who have pledged asap.

http://www.pozible.com/project/175254

CIDER RIOT!

-PB

Cider Riot is an american cider company :)

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try:

Good man =d>

Yes please.

Haha was referring to the shoddy song by a brit band lol

-PB

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I think I tried Montieths' once before, didn't really like it.

I prefer Pear to Apple. No-one has Pear on tap (most places will only ever have Bulmers, which is okay).

My local bottle shop has had those 500ml bottles on special for $3.20 for the last few times I've been in there. Got a 30% off last time as well since I bought 6 of them (3 pear, 1 apple, 1 blackcurrant I think, and 1 of another brand ginger beer to get the 30% to see how it was).

Was good.

If I drink Cider, I drink:




So sweet, but so nice.

Rekorderlig isn't cider, it's a bitch drink.

Yet to find a cider that isn't unbearably sweet

Try the Rochdale or Kirin ciders. They're a lot more tangy and dry.

I'll keep an eye out for them, Kirin make a quality beer.

Ever tried Pipsqueak?

When it's not brewed in Sydney, I agree :lol:

Their cider is probably my choice drink this summer but it's not stocked everywhere yet.

Pipsqueak is awesome.

can guarantee you won't find our cider to sweet, tbh it's the dryest cider i've tasted.

Rekordiling isn't cider, it's made with water, flavours and generic alcohol. Shouldn't be allowed to be labelled as cider tbh.

Most of the "big" brands are made from reconstituted apple concentrate, usually imported from china. Plenty of small cider companies popping up around the country now making proper cider that are worth trying.

5 Seeds kunts.

-PB

Love the pear variety.

Gotta agree on that one, Magners for me, a bit pricey though. I must give Kirin cider a try, I'm going off regular strongbow for being too sweet now.

I just ordered a crate. Can't wait to see how it stacks up to other dry, tart ciders.

good luck:)

Worthless piss

Bulmers is my choice of cider

Lefty, Bulmers is the cider equivalent of VB.

Are there some more obscure bottle shops stocking your brand or is it only available through this?

Nah I haven't, will keep an eye for this one too, thanks.

and yeah redsfan read an article in the smh I think it was about how more proper cider orchards and producers are starting up in Australia

I hope you guys all know that bulmers/magners is pretty much the Irish VB.

:lol:

-PB

This is only testament to my general ability to ignore and disregard just about everything afromanGT posts.

I don't mind the taste. Forgive me for not doing a wiki search on bulmers before hand. Afro what does the barman recommend?

This is only testament to notorganic's general ability to be an ignorant douche to just about every poster.

If you prefer the sweeter ciders get onto the Summersby. It's like fizzy applejuice and goes down a treat over summer. they aren't too rough on the hangover either.

If you're after something dry get onto the Montieths and Rochdale ciders. New Zealand ciders are superb at the moment.

Cheers, my sister in law who doesn't like overly sweet ciders isn't so keen on mine as it's to dry/tart for her so i think you should like it.

Have you had Dr Pilkingtons cider?

Another local one from SA is Sitting Ducks cider, http://www.sittingduckscider.com.au/ it's fairly dry and tart as well.

This first batch is being offered through the pozible campaign but the plan is to get it into some bottle shops and sell it online. When the pozible offer is finished we will see how many cartons we have left and start offering samples to bottle shops to get it out there.
The second batch is getting prepped and hopefully will be done sometime next month.

I'll have to check them out. I drink cider as a beer replacement because of gluten sensitivity issues.

I'm trying to remember what's on tap at The Abbottsford Convent, it's probably the most tart cider i've had before.

I've tried a lot of smaller ones that I never remember the name of.

If you ever need a distro rep in Victoria, I'd be interested in helping out part time while I study next year.

Cheers will give them a go.

I spent too many years drinking hard liquor, all cider is sweet, too sweet. Even the dry and tangy are sweet. I've tried about 15 different brand and I get the same result. too Sweet.

Good luck with your Pozible thing.

I'm keen to try out the Kirin cider,this one is pretty good too:





Edited by Cromulent: 6/12/2013 03:00:22 PM

Old Mout is very hit and miss for me. Some of their varieties are awesome and some are rubbish. But they have a high alcohol content which is a win.

Weston's Oak Aged is brilliant for getting pissed

I used to love cider, but I just can't drink anymore than 1 at a time.

Yeah, trying to drink 2 at the same time you only end up spilling it down your front.

Double fist or GTFO.

The head crusher.

Are we still talking about drinking? Or what you get up to in the bathroom?

That's why I love it <3

search out and find some real cider, not mainstream sugery piss in a bottle.

http://www.allaboutcider.com/

this cider blog has a pretty comprehensive listing of small cider makers in aus along with reviews of a lot of them.

Anyone tried Saxton apple cider? Bought a 4 pack the other week because I hadn't tried it before.

14 hours left if anyone was thinking about it, thanks to those who have already purchased.


http://www.pozible.com/project/175254

Just to let ya know, all the pozible orders have been sent so expect them in the letter box in the coming days.

Also we have setup an online shop at http://the-b-cider-co.myshopify.com/
if anyone wants to buy some.

Cheers... Nathan.

Mine arrived today!

Tell us more.

It came in a cardboard box

:o

good to hear, hopefully it's enjoyed!

Bought some drinks tonight. Did a variety because most of it was pretty cheap and I wanted to try various types.

Kopparberg Apple: Nice, I rate it.

Not cider, but Stones Ginger Beer. Always liked Ginger Beer, even when I was a kid with the non-alcoholic stuff so this was a nice flavour.

Koppaberg Elderberry & Lime: Wasn't a fan at first, but seemed quite unique. Wouldn't buy it again but wasn't bad.

Castaway: Bought it because it was cheap as shit, and it tasted like it. Bland, more like beer, crap aftertaste. Never buying it again.

Edited by macktheknife: 21/12/2013 11:12:24 PM

OK, now that I have had 7 of them I feel comfortable reviewing The B Cider Companys TWO PINK LADIES

It's a very good first effort, and was well worth the investment. The crisp sharp mouth feel is exactly what I look for in a cider, although I feel like the clean apple flavour was missing. The high alcohol content helps!

I'll be honest, the first bottle I had was warm out of the box and only poured over ice and really not that pleasant.
The 6 I drank tonight was after 24 hours of refrigeration and much improved.

I tried one new one just now. Bilpin Apple. At first I was like "what the fuck is this shit" but it's not too bad after going through a bit more.

My favourite so far is Kopparberg. The only new one I have that I haven't tried is strongbow and it's reputation precedes it so I'm not expecting much.

tasted the strong bow, was ok . need to try monteith

Edited by mvfcarsenal16.8: 22/12/2013 01:15:30 AM

If you don't like beer like myself, once you've tried some of the more pricey ciders, you'll never ever go back to Strongbow unless you're at a restaurant and that's all they have. So so average.

Honestly, most of the time I'd rather drink Strongbow than Koppaberg or Rekorderlig's glorified cordial.

If you're digging the Ginger Beer, get onto Lick Pier. For mine, it's the best ginger beer on the market.

Glorified cordial <3

strongbow. not as bad as i thought it would be.

my sisters boyfriend bouht over some sotherby, in a can, not bad.

so from the local bottlo i'll jsut stick to koperberg from now on.

just tried some of the Kirin cider, holy shit is that stuff good. Thanks for the recommendation guys :d

Did you get the Fuji or Fuji + Ume?

just regular Fuji

Actually I don't mind the sotherbys either.

Had a couple when you wrote that? :lol:

-PB

Will check it out. I totally loved the Stones Ginger beer when I had it earlier this year.

Went to get some cider for the xmas break yesterday & the bottleo only had Strongbow. Bought it anyway, but not the biggest fan. It's like the Crownies of the cider world IMO.

I had the Fuji + Mikan the other day after i saw it at the bottleshop and remembered it mentioned here, so so good, will definitely get again.

Got 3 bottles of Kirin today, keen to try it out.

I think that was my 6th in about 3 hours with most of them being the bigger double unit sizes. :lol:

Edited by macktheknife: 24/12/2013 01:56:33 PM

Bought a four pack of Monteith's, it better be good.

Having some Monteith ' s now . Not bad not bad at all

Don't be saying shit like that when you're a Strongbow drinker :lol:

Spent Xmas eve on the ciders all afternoon. Got bloated as and seriously seedy the next day. Though that may be because I was having a pint for every one else's jack and coke :lol:

Got a Cider Picks six pack from the cousins. Has Monteiths, 3 oaks, Castaway, 5 Seeds, Dirty Granny and Koppaberg.

Had some Newtons cider up at eppalock . Cuz got some didn't mind it

Sinking a few Somersby Pear Ciders after work. Jeez these things go down smooth and too easily. :lol:

I'm actually getting really over Somersby, they're too sweet and leave your teeth feeling furry.

I find you need to drink them ice, ice cold and really quickly. Once it warms up it becomes overly sweet and almost syrupy.

Edited by Heineken: 6/1/2014 09:54:23 PM

If you smash them down quickly you just end up suddenly absolutely blotto :lol:

who is this ugly prick??????

we get this cider called "three oaks" apparently made from crushed aussie apples not imported puree concentrate??????

So... Stella Artois do an apple cider, who knew? I don't drink it much, but my brother and Dad rate it massively.

Pretty sure all the major Euro lagers now have their own ciders. Somersby is made by Carlsberg.

Have you seen the Stella one? By brother thinks its top stuff but we've not seen it in Aus before...

If it's out here, it'll be being imported by Lion (Tooheys). Haven't seen it it my works bottleshop, but I'll keep an eye out for it at Dan Murphy's/BWS.

How the fuck should I know? It's not to do with his mug anyway.

A lot of the major breweries are doing a cider now since the "cider resurgence" 3-4 years ago.