Cider tasting-Stella Artois Cidre versus Weston's Vintage

INBEV, the people who own Stella Artois, have just launched a new bottled 'Cidre'. I try some, compared with another manufactured cider, Henry Weton's 2010 vintage, which incidentally got a name check on the radio 4 farming programme this very morning. Both drinks were pleasant enough, even if my friends on the Google cider workshop group might disagree. Neither is a real serious bone dry natural English cider IMO, but both OK in their own ways.

Don't take my word for anything, check it out yourself.

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[cooper68ns]

stephen how does strongbow compare .with traditional good cider.its the only English cider we can get in canada.so its hard to judge on what scale it is??cheers

[stephenhayesuk]

@cooper68ns Strongbow is OK. Its a long way from true west country still natural cider from 100% natural bittersweet cider apples, but not bad.

Magners is more of a sweet fizzy apple flavoured drink.

I'd say that the Stella Cidre is a bit like Strongbow, but lower in alcohol and sweeter.

I hate food (and drink) snobbery, so I;ll say again, it all depends what you enjoy

[garryentropy]

its hard work making videos n'est-ce pas ? and how do they compare with your own brew?

CHEERS

[stephenhayesuk]

@garryentropy ce ne'st pas si bon, et aussi c'est bien plus cher. Je prefere bien le cider de mon orchard. Est je n'ais pas payai de tax dans mon cidre. Taxation, c'est la volee.

Mais je ne comlaine pas, le Stella Cidre ce n'est pas trop mal. J'ai vu les autre video, e.g. 'le Stella snakebite'. je ne recommend pas le 'snakebite'. Cidre et biere, ce'st bon, mais pas dans le meme verre.

Ce'st digolas.

Buvez, mon ami.

[cooper68ns]

@psgsummers thank you for that,i didn't think strongbow was up on the list very far.but hard to judge with nothing to judge it against .we now have a new cider."tide view " cider a bit expensive but much better,funny thing Nova Scotia has a great apple growing tradition but not much in the cider making.to much regulation on alcohol i think.cheers

[psgsummers]

@psgsummers And really, on a scale of 1-10, I'd place Westons vintage at a 9, and Strongbow at a 1. This is me on a generous day. The only cider worse are those bloody flavoured ones, since they lack authenticity.

[psgsummers]

@cooper68ns As a Hereford lass, I perhaps, am slightly biased toward the Westons out of these two, since it comes from my home county! However, it is, genuinely, a better quality cider which comes from a very traditional press in an idyllic setting. It is a 'REAL,' cider.

It is a shame you can only get hold of Strongbow, which (in my opinion) is the worst, most toxic, chemically enhanced alcoholic apple juice I have ever had the unpleasant experience of trying.

[BringBack500s]

So Stephen, if I ever have the pleasure of having a 'couple' of drinks with you, and cider sampling is on the menu, best not suggest the chemical-soup-warery-sugery cheapo fizzy stuff then...

[godkingRoss]

i'm not a cider snob, i'm a cider Nazi.

home brewed scrumpy made with local apples is the master race of ciders and this 'Cidre' is the equivalent of a Jew

[chrish12345]

Hi, I'm sure the Western's cider is still diluted quite heavily, it tastes quite watery. Also its very mellow, which reminds me of the traditional French style, which I like. Its nice but I would like to taste it in a natural state, which I'm sure the UK nanny state has ensured will not be happening any time soon.

[ArteL01]

Hi there, great video. I personally didn't like the Stella Artois Cidre, I love my cider just got a bottle of Henry Westons and looking forward to tucking into it later, I love their Stowford Press so hopefully I will like this too :-), good day to your Sir.

[snusansmammut]

How about swedish cider? Got tons of expensive real cider in Sweden, that tastes really damn dry.

[MrScumwhisperer]

You are much too polite Mr Hayes- nothing comes close to the cider and perry made in Much Marcle- Westons produce the real article.

Which means they don't have to mislead and hype crap masquerading as cider like Bulmers, Stella ,Magners and that horrible E-number laced swedish shit Kopparberg.