Tasting ~mysterious~ British Ciders | BLIND TASTE TEST

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I taste tested the BEST British ciders for my first-ever blind taste test! Can I guess which ciders are which..?? Probably not.
If you're an expat in the UK like me, do yourself a favour and taste test as many British food and drinks as possible! In my humble opinion, the UK has some of the best ciders in the world!
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Hey! I'm Alanna - a twenty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a RU-vid video every Tuesday & Friday plus an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 5:30pm GMT/BST on Twitch.
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@TusharPankaj 2 года назад

Another great edition of Alanna gets drunk on camera! This makes me want to get some cider.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

🙏🏻

@jackdubz4247 Месяц назад

"Bulmers Original! I would have never guessed." GLUG! Comedy gold. My favourite is the 8.2% Westons. Neck two bottles and you can forget the night ever happened. Total night-night juice.

@roundtheloopandback 2 года назад

Welcome again to the Alana gets hammered set of videos, always informative and highly entertaining :) Perfectly embracing British culture.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

😂 Thanks so much for watching!

@elliewoolstenholmes108 2 года назад

I gave Strongbow an F because it's the worst! lol I'm so glad you liked our Ciders from "hurfudshuuuure"! We make the best cider! I will fight anyone who says otherwise! All the Ciders were either made by Bulmers or Westons. The Bulmers factory is less than a mile from where I live and in the summer, the whole city smells like cider! Woop! Go hurfudshuuuure!

@ShaneH42 2 года назад

Thanks Ellie and Lilly, it was a gift to us all 😂

@eze8970 2 года назад

@@ShaneH42 Indeedy 😃

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Wooo thank you so much pal!! 🥳

@elliewoolstenholmes108 2 года назад

Fancy a part two with ciders from our independent brewers? Lol

@timelord5920 2 года назад

@@elliewoolstenholmes108 yes

@paulrobson7887 2 года назад

I didn’t think Woodpecker cider was still made. For those of us of a certain age it was definitely our first experience drinking alcohol as a teenager. I remember being very ill drinking that, would never touch it again 🤢

@georgefoster8133 2 года назад

Woodpecker and Olde English put me off cider for life, a teenager in the 80s 😂

@dprid 2 года назад

Yep, Woodpecker used to be my drink of choice late 70s & early 80s, when most pubs only ever had Woodpecker or Strongbow, and seldom both. Then my local started to stock an unlabelled cider that I think was brewed in someone's bathtub on one of the local farms. It was much cheaper and tasted ok, and 3 pints had me on the floor!

@waynekent7068 2 года назад

I'm shocked too. For extra shock value, I recently found out they still make Skol

@davebirch1976 2 года назад

"woodpecker, what a refreshing change" 😂 Showing my age a bit 🤣

@alanmackie7012 2 года назад

You have to be careful with local cider that's been made in someone's barn. If it says scrumpy on the bottle, better pre-book your ambulance.

@RalphBellairs 2 года назад

Oh my! Woodpecker used to be the underage drinkers "let's-get-pissed-on-Saturday-night" alcohol of choice back when I was a teenager. It was cheap, came in 2 litre pop bottles and was so sweet it didn't taste like booze. This was 50 years ago, so it's been around for a while!

@karenashworth5743 2 года назад

I remember being about 14 and buying Woodpecker cider to drink before going to the school Christmas dance. Hated it! Far too sweet! Then I discovered Scrumpy !! Enough said !

@janrogers8352 2 года назад

Happy days...

@RushfanUK 2 года назад

A standard of Pubs and Hotel bars for many. many years when the only question from the bar staff when someone ordered cider was dry or sweet? I am going back 42 years here when I served behind bars at the start of my career in hotel and pub management.

@DaveBartlett 2 года назад

Of all the ciders sampled, Bulmers Woodpecker is probably the most filtered, most pastuerised cider available, and yet it was Alanna's favourite. That's a bit like a real ale enthusiast plumping for a gassy lager as their beverage of choice.

@blxxdcxrmxny 3 дня назад

Woodpisher

@Leonard_Smith 2 года назад

Only one word from me to describe this video Alanna - Brilliant! Ellie and Lily, take a bow, you deserve full praise for setting this up. 😎

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thanks so much for watching!

@leroymayo8580 2 года назад

Thank you Ellie & Lily for getting Alanna drunk on camera again... such a fun video, made me chuckle after a long day at work.

@Judgles 2 года назад

Great video Alanna, Ellie and Lily! Woodpecker cider brings back happy memories of drinking it as a kid - I haven't seen it for years!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thank you so much for watching!

@ShaneH42 2 года назад

OMG, this had everything. Alanna getting slowly (then rapidly) and inevitably tipsy. Perfectly obscure rankings. Confident yet misplaced analysis. Premature ejaculation. I’m in tears

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

😂 thank you!

@grxhfx679fbochnnl Год назад

Love this video .. not a fan of strong bow either but woodpecker is delicious and I love bulmers . Travelling to the UK in a few weeks so I'll definitely try some of these.

@howardkey1639 2 года назад

Ha ha, love it. An Alanna blind cider taste that by the end was well on the way to turning into a blind drunk Alanna cider taste test, great fun. Well done Ellie & Lillie for coming up with the brilliant idea for the video. I rate this video 10 out of 10 Alanna burps for a bit of good old Friday fun. Now I think some one better hand Alanna a cloth. 👏👏👏😀

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thanks so much!! 🥳

@johngardiner6800 2 года назад

You twice thought Thatchers but they were not there, however you obviously know the brand and if you ever get down this way call in to the farm and try there rough (scrumpy) cider. Somerset is the true home of cider. There are also small makers with excellent ciders of their own.

@georgedyson9754 16 дней назад

I can remember clearly as a student at Exeter University, going to a village called Thorverton, north of Exeter, and the bar man suggested I try a glass from a barrel in the corridor outside the bar. Silly me - that had to be the most alcoholic drink I have ever had. Scrumpy indeed! All the folks in the pub had a quick chuckle as another student fell prey to what was no doubt a common stunt.

@themachine5957 2 года назад

I'm sure the makers of Strongbow will be charmed to know that you think that their product tastes better when you don't know that that's what it is. :D

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

😂

@thehollymonsterr 2 года назад

This was great! ❤️ I love your pronunciation of Herefordshire, and I guessed Bulmers from your description, it always tastes like pears to me! (Though I had a head start, Ellie is my best friend and I was with her when she bought some of the cider 😅)

@jonathangreenwood793 Год назад

Absolutely love this. You should have called it 7 pints and a Stanley knife! Brilliant that you are getting into the cider culture. Keep drinking and discovering the delights of this lovely nation.

@markj66 2 года назад

This was great, and props to Ellie & Lily, good job 👍

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thanks so much!

@philipfieldhouse9229 Месяц назад

Cider was the first drink i got drunk on when i was about 9 at a pub with my mum. ( Alcohol is allowed to children if they are not at the bar and they are eating a meal). Im now in y 60s and remember that hangover!

@sjnm4944 2 года назад

Only just started watching, but it would be hilarious if Strongbow was one of these tested ciders and ends up being Alanna's favourite.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

👀😂

@kenada0903 2 года назад

I'm from Hereford, Local pubs here will limit how many pints of Henry westons vintage and old Rosie you can have because it's so strong.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

I'm not surprised! 😂

@chrisfryer3118 2 года назад

Woodpecker is what you drink while 13, down the park, with your mates, 40 years ago. It was easy to acquire then, as some retailers thought of it as a kids drink, as did some adults.

@simonsaunders8147 2 года назад

'Woodpecker' cider is tasty enough. During my youth it was classified as the weak person's cider before you graduated to 'Strongbow' cider. Looking back now they are both more chemically enhanced and bear little/no resemblance to real cider (scrumpy) like 'Old Rosie'. Great cider selection from Herefordshire (HehRaFordshurr).

@rthompsn2007 2 года назад

Love your reviews as always!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thanks so much!

@ukpaullouis2708 2 года назад

🤣🤣Nice to see you having fun 🤩 Your hair looks particularly lovely in this video.

@harrisonandrew 2 года назад

This video was so entertaining that it finally persuaded me to join your Patreon. Woohoo 🎉

@ianwills2738 2 года назад

I’m loving the confidence followed by immediately doubting yourself “ I know this, I’ve had this, do I know this, have I had it? “ Excellent video and a brilliant idea by your followers.😀

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

😂 Thanks so much!

@pj_naylor 2 года назад

I've not seen Woodpecker for years, slightly surprised it's still being made!

@hughtube5154 2 года назад

Shout out to the Patrons who went the extra mile to obscure the labels and paint the bottles / cans.

@pasteye1671 10 месяцев назад

In my younger days, Woodpecker was regarded as a "Woman's Cider" because it was so sweet. I prefer dry ciders and my favourite is Gayner's Old English.

@nigelmacbug6678 2 года назад

a rough ready recipe for apple and herb bread preheat 180°C, cook for 48+min until passes skewer test grease/ line loaf tin melt 150g butter. mix 375g flour, plain add 3tsp bicarb or self raising add 1tsp bicarb, add 1tsp salt, 1 handful dried apple cut small, 3tsp of preferred herb(not that one) put12floz of cider in bowl, dump dry ingredients on top, fold well pour thick batter into tin, shake to level out, pour melted butter on top of batter cook , onto cooling rack ,enjoy

@akc5150 2 года назад

The title had me straight away! I just LOVE any video of you trying alcohol as you are just soooo funny when ya get tipsy!..... And the burps make me howl with laughter!! Only thing I can say about the vid is I cannot STAND Woodpecker!!! SOOOO sickly sweet! Been a Cider drinker for far to many years that are good for me and will never touch that stuff again! All the others (specially Old Rosie ) are great though! So glad we get to keep you over here as an honorary English person! ♥ Oh, and its pronounced Herry (like in merry) fud (like Thud)-shuh. 😁

@adyl4fs590 2 года назад

Brilliant! Nice selection from Hurfudshuuuure... what? ☺ Respect to the two engineers of this grand cider tasting extravaganza. T'was fab. Think I've had Woodpecker, years ago, think I remember the TV ad - guess which bird was in it, or at least in the ad running round my hazy memory. Cider! Huzzah! ...an'hic, brrp.

@jimalbruzzess2445 2 года назад

Hello Alanna, Another great video!!! Watching you drink is a great thing on RU-vid. Have a great weekend. Cheers from Canada 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻👍

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thank you so much!!

@fishboy3626 29 дней назад

Try seasider cider, it’s an award winning craft cider and comes in an abundance of flavours

@Andy_U 2 года назад

Hiya. Back in the day, we used to have Woodpecker as the sweet cider to offset the bitterness of the stout (Guinness) when ordering a Stout & Cider Black Velvet. Other stouts are available. A bottle of each mixed together (obviously) would give you a pint and it's quite a 'heavy' drink. Stay safe. All the best to you.

@Tiredtowel101 2 года назад

Haha! Good to see you out to the test - and well done Ellie and Lilly for helping you out on a great video!!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thank you!!

@richiegrey5377 2 года назад

A real true story Alanna … she was telling her mother when she was a little girl…. She’s gone run away from home… her mother said” On your mark”…

@2ridiculous41 2 года назад

Your best videos are the "what the hell is this?" taste tests and when you drink. Mainly when you drink.

@greyman3515 2 года назад

I love how you can go from a splendid, informative and thorough video on how to get to Britain to one on how to fit in by getting drunk when you get there. Much more fun than the Pepsi challenge.

@Ian-xx1xb 2 года назад

Taste test yes then 😋🥳 can't wait to watch this one 🎉 have a fantastic time away Alanna stay safe out there

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thank you!

@GemDotThirteen 2 года назад

Weird toffee apple flavour?! How could you Alanna, that's one of my favourites! 😂😂 Not sure the tapping does anything but I can't not do it, it's an ingrained habit... Only guessed 'A' right lol... I've tried them all except Woodpecker, which my grandparents used to drink, didn't realise you could still get it! Fantastic video Alanna, very funny & well done to Ellie & Lily for setting it up!

@elliewoolstenholmes108 2 года назад

I had to go to the Cider Museum to get Woodpecker! lol

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thanks Gem!! I think we need a strange cider flavours vid next 👀

@fuzzlewit9 2 года назад

Woodpecker is *really* sweet. I used to drink it when I was about 17 and didn't yet like beer.

@Andrew-uq4zo 2 года назад

Yes a cider tasting 😋 👌 class matey x 🍻🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿been asking for this for ages lol 😆 x

@markwalsh1474 2 года назад

Thanks Alanna.It goes to show if you don't know things do taste different. .Many thanks really liked this one ...Keep it up .

@johnship5635 2 года назад

You are the taste test maestro! Loved this

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thanks! 😃

@raibeart1955 2 года назад

I haven’t seen woodpeckers around for years and had forgotten about it. There was also a couple I didn’t know and will now have to try. A great summer drink. I’m a bitter drinker and not too keen on lagers as I find some of them either too gassy or weak. Another great video thanks. All the best to you and yours. Rab

@suzanneantippas8420 2 года назад

Another great adventure!!😊 Yes, of course we want to see the low alcohol drinks! I haven't had a low alcohol drink since the 1980's. . .

@marklondon9004 Год назад

Historically, the only upvote for Woodpecker from someone over the age of 17.

@raiskis1 2 года назад

The way you pronounce Herefordshire is comedy gold. In the nicest possible way. Thank you.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

😂

@vijendrapatricknaryan2637 2 года назад

Woh! It’s like going on a cider pub crawl. Punishment is so sweet, enjoy 😉.

@johnboy2562 2 года назад

That little laugh you give at 10.40 cracks me up! It's the laugh of someone who knows they're in a bit of bother but doesn't give a hoot!🥴😄

@wessexexplorer 2 года назад

I hope you enjoyed finishing them off! Now to watch the reveal

@RoyCousins 2 года назад

I love the confused collision of Herefordshire and Hertfordshire. 😆

@richardrubert1359 2 года назад

As usual, hilarious!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thank you!!

@shlibbermacshlibber4106 2 года назад

Next level test, guess the ciders without even tasting them

@lizrichardson3309 2 года назад

Oh goodness! A worrying combination of cider(s) and a sharp blade! 😳 My heart was in my mouth for most of the unwrapping! 😯 I'm glad you survived the experience Alanna and well done Ellie and Lily!

@michaellewin9339 2 года назад

yay! Another Alannah gets pissed episode. These are the best!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

☺️

@chriswalker8132 2 года назад

Love seeing Alanna getting drunk! We need more vids like this. Take us to your favourite pubs

@TheCiderDrinker Год назад

Hi Alanna, I've got some ciders to recommend to you, that you can pick up right now off the supermarket shelves: Pulpt Flare The Sxollie range of ciders Dunkertons Black Fox Galipette Cidre Adnams Wild Wave Always good to find a fellow cider lover on the old RU-vid's!

@norbertfricke7116 2 года назад

Another great taste test by Cider Lady Alanna. My favourite .s still the Canadian Cider ' scientist ' vid from some bank like , when you got properly sloshed in the garden , complaining about neighbour lawn maintenance. It's pure good !! Any Alanna can HAS to watch that one. Keep up the great video work , enjoy your holiday back home , and my best regards to your Liver !!!😂😇

@matc6221 2 года назад

A+N Gold! Great video and idea. I've been rough AF 🤒 this week and as cheesy as it sounds, I feel a little perked up after that. 11 squeezed apples out of 6. CHEERS! 😉

@smavtmb2196 2 года назад

That was a fun video. Hilarious I haven't had cider in years, but now I want to try some new ones. 🍻 cheers!

@iancomputerscomputerrepair8944 2 года назад

Another fantastic video, half the fun is watching you slowly get drunk as you sample the ciders. What are you like when you have drunk all 7 ciders????🤣😜😵‍💫😵‍💫🥴 Have a great weekend drinking more cider

@naitchb16 2 года назад

I don’t really drink cider anymore, probably because of too many horror stories from my teen years. Watching this brought back many memories, good and bad 🥴😵‍💫 and you helped me start the weekend with a good laugh. Really loved this vid, Alanna!

@steve3291 2 года назад

Alana and cider. What could go wrong? Answer - lots. Woodpecker is the sort of cider you see next to someone lying in a gutter.

@Trillock-hy1cf 2 года назад

'C' just got a little over excited to be on your video....:) I liked Merrydown Cider back in the early 60's, as a mate older than me bought it for me, (under age) and did give him the money. I thought that after that cider testing session, you would be up on the worktop, dancing and swinging your glasses over your head laughing.....:) But no... I have heard on the internet of a 'Dickins Cider' which apparently is popular.. I reckon there was a lot more cider consumed, but edited out......later....:) Good video!...

@BackToNature123 2 года назад

3 ciders from Westons, in my home village 🥰 love them all and it makes sense you got mixed up between the 3 of them when they are from the same local orchards. If you fancy visiting, they have a tour, a restaurant and shop plus you can sometimes see the shire horses 🐎😀

@timbartellselsdon Год назад

and the beautiful fish

@chrisshelley3027 2 года назад

Great taste test, very entertaining as always, funny too, it's always funnier when it's someone else getting things wrong, well done with Strongbow though a great big cheer for getting it right, I've done blind beer tastings many times and it's always surprising when you find out what they are, especially the ones that you would only recommend to your enemies 🤣 Take care :)

@wessexexplorer 2 года назад

Strongbow and Scrumpy Jack (grumpy c-rap we used to call it) put me of cider for 20 years love it now though. Have a great weekend.

@silveribis55 2 года назад

This was another delightful video 😂. Very entertaining lol ., So fun. I'm a bit more of a beer drinker myself and extremely rarely touch a cider, but this is the thing about blinding yourself...I mean blindsiding, I mean blind tests, you never know. 🤭Thing is, so much actually goes into an experience of something: it's the setting, the shape of the glass you drink, even up to the thickness of the glass.!...and it's also the temperature of the drink and what you drinking for and other things happening around you. ...it all concludes factors in ones choice and understandings of things. Mindset, is the most potent ingredients.

@simonturner138 2 года назад

Here we go! Alanna on the lash again.

@stephenparker6362 2 года назад

Hi, Alanna, that was brilliant, with unknown ciders from Hurfurdshire, exploding bottles and Alanna guessing wrong it couldn't be anything else. Well done Ellie and Lily.

@galaxywhispers1787 2 года назад

Nice video as always Alanna. 🙂

@riverandsea 2 года назад

Im drinking cider right now!! Thatcher Gold :) love these vids!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Good choice!

@gregofthedump 2 года назад

I think Woodpecker was the first cider I ever had, more years ago than I want to admit. Very nice. And the can design helped.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

It definitely tastes like juice! 😂

@johnnyboydevonshire4650 2 года назад

I love the dark fruits cider it's awesome 🙌🙌

@jonathanbignall1198 2 года назад

Such a fun idea, thanks to Elly and Lily! I had Bulmers and Woodpecker cider when I was younger, before cider became fashionable again, I think Magners played a part in that revival. Back in the day, a lot of people just viewed cider as a very cheap way to get hammered, especially bargain basement stuff which gave it a bit of a negative image. Another fun video. I hope no harm came to the floor! 😂

@markthomas2577 2 года назад

Woodpecker was the standard everyday cider that kids would sneak off and drink behind the bike sheds when I was a teeenager ...... it was ubiquitous and cheap and advertised constantly on TV

@DS-ej6du 2 года назад

Loved the video, great job. Is it Herefordshire you are struggling with? Hera-fud-shire? Happy Friday 🍻

@jcasillas78 2 года назад

Awesome video! And sure, I would be up for a low alcohol cider taste test

@johnmassey55 2 года назад

Alanna and alcohol ! What can be better ! Thanks for another fun video !

@grantparman4705 2 года назад

Just when I thought a taste test video couldn't get any better, Alanna makes it a blind taste test!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

😂 Cheers pal!

@grantparman4705 2 года назад

@@AdventuresAndNaps Cheers!

@neilryan8401 2 года назад

Well done. 👏

@wbradleyUtube 2 года назад

Allana, I loved the video. My favourite cider comes for a local Toronto, Ontario company "Brickworks" and the cider is Brickworks - Batch 1904 (absolutely delicious) and is all apples.

@andymcgarty3099 2 года назад

Brilliant video. Lots of surprises. I'd love to see a low alcohol taste tests as I tend to get Mr Sleepy head these days from booze. Great job by Ellie and Lily.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Cheers pal!

@daveh5373 2 года назад

A brilliant test

@indigoflow6525 2 года назад

Great idea, congrats to Ellie, Lilly and of course Alanna.

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@timelord5920 2 года назад

Before I even watch this, I know it’s going to be fun 😂😂

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

You're too kind!!

@steveaga4683 2 года назад

We used to have Woodpecker with our Xmas Dinner when I was a kid! It is quite weak, so it's fine once a year in a small glass ...even as a child! That is probably where I got my taste for ciders

@bruceelliott3518 2 месяца назад

Just had a Sunday sesh on the cider and there are so many ciders to try 2 I would recommend are cornish rattler and black rat

@lizbignell7813 2 года назад

This should be fun!

@ScratchySpoon 2 года назад

Yey! So glad you tried Woodpecker. I agree it's very pleasant. I think I meed to order a pack of them now

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

It's so good!

@SambaSp0rt 2 года назад

Fun vid, cheers!

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@maxout7306 2 года назад

A fun upload trip down seven ciders road. Many thanks to Ellie and Lily from Hered-ford-sheer - laughed and liked. Lovely hair!

@Quaker521 2 года назад

I'm a little surprised that you've never had Woodpeckers cider before as it's been around for such a long time. Strongbow and Woodpeckers used to be the most common ciders. That said there has been an explosion of 'better' ciders over the last few years so maybe it is not quite trendy enough these days. Great video Alanna (as all of your alcohol videos are! 😂)

@AdventuresAndNaps 2 года назад

Thanks so much! I've never seen Woodpecker before - apparently it's a bit harder to find these days!

@docostler 2 года назад

Way back when I worked in the assay lab in a remote iron/copper mine in B.C. the chemist was an Englishman named Albert. His drink of choice was cider in in the townsite beer parlour. It was either that or very old bottled beer. When Albert retired the lab and mill staff organized a cider bash and flew in a whack of different kinds; I'm pretty sure there was Woodpecker in the haul. Came the day and we all gathered in a house and surprised Albert with the party. He arrived and promptly asked for a gin and tonic. He explained that he only drank cider because it was better than the dodgy beer. There we were loaded to the gills with cider and the only guy who regularly drank it wasn't having any. Cider hangovers are pretty grim.