Cider is super uncommon here. We have liketwo brands of cider, and they both kinda suck We are a beer country because of all the German immigrants, so yeah, a lot of casual drinkers would not know the difference
@@captaincat1743 My favourite drink as a child was a Snowball, i.e Advocaat and Lemonade (with a cocktail cherry on a stick) 😁 I've never been a drinker though. I honestly drank more alcohol when I was a child than I do now 😅
It's illegal to give a child under five alcohol at all. In public, with a meal and supervised by an adult 16-17 year olds can drink wine, beer or cider. At home, make your own rules.
I think you guys are confused about what cider is. Cider is made from the fermented juice of apples. Beer is totally different to cider in every way apart from the fact that they both contain alcohol. Beer is made with barley, hops and yeast. The Old Mout you like is a standard apple cider with the addition of kiwi and lime.
No such thing as Apple Cider. Cider is by definition made from apples, like Perry is made from pears. There's no Apple Cider & Pear Cider. Cider isn't a generic name for fruit alcohols, it's only apples.
@@martynadams2011 you're asking if americans would name their kid something nonesensical? where do you think the majority of the moronic nonsense names come from?
That's not a problem, you don't have to be Irish to have a happy 17th March it is St. Patrick's Day true, but in UK we have St. David's Day, St. Patrick's Day, St George's Day and St. Andrew's Day.. but even if you don't celebrate it still nice to wish a person be happy.
All cider is apple flavour and usually carbonated. Scrumpy is the traditional Somerset cider which is non carbonated. All cider should be chilled. The UK drinking age is 18.
You have to be 18 to BUY alcohol. Anyone over the age of 5 can drink it at a private function/home as long as it was bought by an adult. 16/17 year olds can also drink beer, cider or wine with a meal at a pub, etc if bought by an adult.
Love scrumpy, had my first glass on a family holiday to Cornwall as a pre teen, better than any white lightning or woodpecker I then had as a teen down the park.
As already said, legal drinking age in the UK 5 - When at in private with parents/guardians present, 16 - Drinking in a public pub/bar with food served, also with an 18+ adult in supervision, 18+ to purchase and drink freely.
I never understood UK law - you are allowed to die of liver failure aged 6 (it takes about a year of heavy drinking) but whatever you do, do NOT smoke marijuana.
There's also a saint David's day for Welsh people too on march 1st btw JT. The legal drinking age is 18 it's only bad 5 and over at your home and not in pubs, the youngest age you can drink in pubs is 16 providing you're having food and with parents or adult relatives. Loving Anna's. Glasses 😎👌 Happy Saint Patrick's day to all Irish subscribers. 🍀🍀
I know it's traditional on St Patrick's day to drink lots of Guinness, and I must admit to being open to that suggestion. Eating leeks and laverbread on St David's day is somehow beyond my desires, even in celebrating a saint's day. (Though I must admit the daffodils came out early this year and looked quite nice - good on yer, St Dave!)
Pretty certain that drinking English cider on St Patrick's day is neither traditional or appropriate, I suspect some Irish people might even be somewhat offended, certainly by the lack of Guinness.🤣
As St Patrick was actually a captured British slave taken to Ireland from the southwest of the UK, where cider is the alcohol of choice,this is probably more appropriate than you think. 😊
Old Mout Cider is a New Zealand brand from Moutere in the middle of one of NZ's apple growing areas. Cider goes very well with white fleshed fish. Glad you are enjoying the cider. A lot of pubs in Britain have cider on tap.
What the UK calls cider you would refer to as hard cider. All due to the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920's and early 30's, were apple juice was referred to as cider in order to differentiate it from that which contained alcohol.
Apple juice was traditionally called cider in England and distinguished as hard cider when fermented long before America was discovered so prohibition had nothing to do with it ! Sorry but that's a fact !
it is basically law for every child haha nothing makes me prouder to be british, by the time we are 18 we have drunk everything and its less fun when its legal haha
Loved the way JT tried to twist off the bottle top at the beginning. What sprang to mind was "Don't they have crown cork tops in the USA? What if they don't possess a bottle opener?" - for a while I thought you'd have to either cancel the video, or risk your nice new kitchen worktop, by using the 'smash down' method of opening! A number of observations: 1) It's Thatcher's Katy - pronounced Kay-Tee as in the name 'Katy' ('Katy' is a variety of apple grown specifically for cider making.) 2) The volume of the bottles (both 500ml, it turned out) has no bearing on the alcohol strength even if they'd have been different volumes, (since it's expressed as '%ABV' - alcohol percentage by volume) 3) "the green apple - that's what it tastes like - I guess that would be the kiwi & lime" - alternatively, it might just be because it's made FROM APPLES! 4) The Thatcher's Vintage got a 6/10 rating from Anna, but then she declared at the end of the video "I don't like it". Surely if you gave it a score of over 5/10, you must have liked it a little?! (I've just been drinking a bottle of Henry Weston's Vintage cider while I watched your video: 8.2%ABV, so 0.1% less alcohol than your Thatcher's vintage, but much richer and much smoother - more akin to a wine than a cider - Yes it is only 11:45am here in the UK, but 'the sun is well over the yardarm, [nautical term] so my conscience is clear, even if my head won't be if I drink another two of these!)
@DaveBartlett I was on holiday in Ibiza years ago and I bought a pack of beers in a cardboard box. Four of the bottles were a twist off crown top, but the special bottle in the middle had a normal crown top. After downing the four twist off's, I grabbed the special one and yes, you guessed it, I tried to twist the cap off. You can imagine the mess I made of my hand and the language which emanated from my mouth. What a crazy thing to do - only in Ibiza.
Interesting selection. You’ve got the modern alcopop flavoured (old mout) traditional west coast (vintage) and single variety katy (more like an east coast cider) If you get the chance, try some biddenden vineyard cider
We have different levels of cider in the UK. First is scrumpy. Generally a fermented flat, cloudy apple juice which is a very acquired taste. Second are the stronger sparkling ciders. Can be generally more Smokey in taste. Then the lighter ciders and flavoured like old Mout. Refreshing and can be drunk a lot more in quantity and finally the cheap ciders. Sold on larger plastic flagans. Super strong, more like paint stripper and drunk by vagrants.
As someone who is in Somerset(zomerzet) thatchers is a very good local brand. But you guys need to look up a band called the wurzels to see how mad we are about cider.
Try cider made in small batches from freshly pressed apple juice, likely to be less preservatives so less hangover. There's a couple of brands I've only seen in Booths but Waitrose might sell it, I don't know as there isn't one near me. M&S only had one cider, their own brand. I got a bottle of Keeved cider from Booths once, traditionally slow fermented but it was in a wine sized bottle and the price of a bottle of wine. Their 500ml ciders are often 3 for £5 or used to be so not overpriced compared to the mass produced junk.
Fruity ciders like old mout and rekorderlig are perfect on a summers day at a bbq or in a beer garden, best served cold, some people like it with ice (theres strawberry and lime, wild berries, passionfruit ones too) Theres Strongbow which is probably the most well known cider in the UK made from apples too
I clicked on your vid and was enjoying it. Then you burped and the bunny rabbit shades came out. That was the moment I liked and subscribed. You are both quite watchable and genuine. Keep it up!
"If you wanna see more [out of focus] videos like this [where I fluff my lines and burp a lot, be sure to press the like button [hic] of leave a [burp] comment below."😂😂😂😅 JT, we are going to get you so pissed when you visit the UK, so yeah, practice, by all means!!
Old Mout tastes great, but it doesn’t really get you drunk…then again Somerset is where the best cider is made 😀 also it’s the world home of cheese…It’s not genuine cheddar unless it’s from Cheddar Gorge 😀
Three things Somerset is famous for…Cider, cheese and the Mecca of music festivals…Glastonbury 😀 I call it that because if you’re a music lover, you should go at least once in your life…Glastonbury 1999 was the second best weekend I ever had 😀
Beer is made from malted barley, hops, water and yeast- cider is made from apples and water - it produces its own yeast and sugar, much like grapes, make wine.
Fun fact: Thatchers HQ is a 2 minute drive from my house... another fun fact: cheddar gorge(the birthplace of Cheddar Cheese) is also a short 5 min drive from my house.. Another fun fact: the Pub that Thatchers own called The Railway was semi-recently rennovated but about 80years ago my Grandfather was born in there..
Apparently when the American GI's were training in the South West of england (cider country) in 1944 in preparation for D day, they went into the local pubs and tried the cider not really knowing what it was. They found out 4 pints later as they left the pub on all fours 😂
Cider was the working class drink of choice for many years now it's just as expensive as beer some farmers workers were paid part of their wage in cider and cheese and bread back in the day and it came in a flangun a old stone jug
I got royally hammered on locally made scrumpy on my 14th birthday! It was rough! It had unknown things floating around inside but we were 14, we’d have given diesel a go! I didn’t throw up or have a hangover and we survived!(probably minus quite a few brain cells!) oh to be young again!😂
Please stop mentioning BEER!! This is a cider video. Cider is made from apples and is not related to beer in anyway except in the fact they both contain alcohol.
Katy is straight up one of the best mass produced ciders you can get hold of. To top it you have to start drinking farm cider, which is usually stronger and uncarbonated. As we like to say in somerset, an apple a day keep the doctor away 😂
@@simonbarlow40 Thing I found about Cheddar, is that it's almost like 2 towns, one regular one with regulat shops, and all the tourist shops over by the gorge and caves
Great video. Cider is apple wine - it's made by pressing the juice out of the apples and then fermenting the natural sugar in the juice, in the same way as wine is made from grapes. Beers are made by fermenting starch from grains. When compared to most grape based wines which average around 10% ABV (6%-14%) it's not that strong. Try drinking it with food or cooking with it in place of white wine, it works really well with pork and white fish.
Thatcher's vintage is probably the best cider on the market imho, followed closely by Old Rosie. No need to compare them to beer btw, they're completely different animals. Cider is made from the juice of apples, no hope or malt involved.
Not that long ago I was at a Spoons that had a box of Old Rosie on the back bar. It was only £2.60 a jar. Needless to say mistakes and poor lifestyle choices were made.
Thatchers brewery is just down the road from where I live. Best cider in the UK I’m my opinion. Thatchers gold is the best. Much lower percentage that what you tried
No it's not... Belfast today had loyalist bands marching, up with me we had Chinese, Caribbean, and yip can you believe it.... Protestants in the party
Those are posh "premium" ciders, only thing posher is one called "Aspall's Premier Cru". The most commonly sold one is "Strongbow" in original plain apple flavour, followed by "Dark Fruits" (apple and blackcurrant cider), and "cloudy apple". With similar style name brand options "Woodpecker" and "Gaymer's Old English". A brand called "Bulmer's" is the most commonly available one from Ireland: plain apple, pear cider + "crushed red berries and lime" versions
Enjoyed the video! I'm from Somerset and Thatchers is our most famous cider export. For the inexperienced cider drinker I would recommend Thatchers Haze or Gold over the Vintage or Katy. But for the real Somerset cider experience you have to visit one of our many excellent independent cider farms. We're also where Cheddar cheese comes from!
Thatchers is the best cider I've had in Europe! Many flavours available but generally very good. Popular ones in UK are usually very sweet to my taste.
Drinking age to buy your own drinks or go out to the club would be 18. The law states that if a child is over 5 years old they are allowed to have a small drink at home under supervision of the perants. Many will never let their children drink like this though (unless it's Christmas lol) Interestingly enough there is also another law where if you are 16 years old and have an adult of over 18 years old with you then you can have a lager ale or cider but only one and only if you order food (many pubs will offer you a Sunday roast in the evenings).
Used to drive home past the Thatchers farm back when they sold "sweet" and "dry" and in came in 5 litre (about a gallon -ish) poly-bottle. Made for a nice mellow evening. They have upgraded a bit since then.
I'm from the UK and I love cider, way more than beer. BUT I hate all the messing around with them putting different fruit flavours in, that's just morally wrong.
I'm from Somerset in the UK where Thatchers is made and I HIGHLY recommend you try some some other flavours - Thatchers has a great range; none of them are bad, but my personal favorites are Haze and Blood Orange!
Room temperature is the only way to drink cider...regardless what the label says! By chilling the drink you reduce the flavour. Room temperature brings the flavour out
Next week JT and Anna try scrumpy for the first time...😁😵💫😵💫😵💫🤣🤣🤣 That would be an entertaining video, especially when they try to get up and can't feel their legs!
With a part 2 of Anna pushing JT to hospital in a wheelbarrow cos she just had a little and JT finished the bottle with bunny glasses and googles on Maggie and Beau 😂😂😂😂
The best cider, imo, is flat, room temperature, cloudy, and smells of eggs. When you drink it tastes like freshly picked apples pouring down your throat. 3 pints and you're starting to feel it
I was in the local area in Somerset where most of the cider comes from, and I passed by a cider farm for a tasting - it was so um.m.m.m.!!! I have never tasted anything so delicious, just like wine.!! But of-course you only can get the real thing from the barrel in the local area. So, you need time for all these things - there's so many food and alcohol tasting possibilities round the country.!
Can do a case/slab of the thatchers on a Saturday afternoon!! still nothing compared to a rough scrumpy from Somerset!! that’s enough to strip paint from a battle ship
You should try westons cider. Thats the best. They make a vintage cider and vintage pear cider, a sweet organic apple cider called wild wood and a powerful cloudy apple cider called old rosie.
