AMERICANS Try British CIDER For the FIRST TIME!! *St. Patrick's Day Special*

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

I love when Americans are shocked that things from Britain taste good, like all we do is eat mud and drink sewer water all day 😂

[@theprophet9429]

I know, it’s so bizarre how naive they are.

[@andreaslindblom9140]

Wait..what!? They don´t!? 🤔 Cheers from Sweden! 😁

[@juliedowning7782]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jameseadie7145]

Some good mud round where I live, top quality

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

@jameseadie7145 The mud in my garden has wonderful earthy undertones, and the sewer water is to die for.

[@choughed3072]

If you want the real British cider experience you need to get a cheap 3 litre bottle of white lightning and then go drink it in the local park.

[@krisyflynt9211]

The good old days. bulmers is also a good cheap cider.

[@JordShores]

LOL

[@Thenerdywalrus]

😂😂😂 they’ll need a time machine so they can do it 10 years ago

[@101steel4]

Traditional English teenagers life😂

[@williebauld1007]

Or Merrydown or K cider

[@philjones45]

THIS ISN'T BEER.

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

wow, really, thank you for stating the obvious

[@MrPercy112]

Yes, I wondered at the constant mention too.

[@JustinJurazick]

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

[@johnleonard9090]

@@JustinJurazick, so they didn’t bring their Apfelwein with them?

[@danielkallman8600]

@@JustinJurazick no u are not a beer country becouse ur beer are like water no alchol and looks like piss. Sorry just my opinion.

[@jaysmith8199]

Cider is apples. Perry is pear Serve cold on a hot summers day - delish

[@DigbertDayZ]

Add a few ice cubes, next level 👍

[@kevinwilliams4899]

And anything else is just a sparkling alchoholic fruit flavoured beverage.

[@jonathanfinan722]

NO! Why would any decent person put ice in cider and water it down?@@DigbertDayZ

[@MrDunkycraig]

I like peri but cant touch alcohol

[@AdamOBrien29]

Perry should be illegal

[@Ubique2927]

I don’t believe that you fully understand what cider is and what it is made from and how.

[@kaziza]

Agreed I think they were comparing it to an apple beer. 😆 Beer= Hops/Wheat/Barley. Cider = Apple

[@martynadams2011]

Katy it says not Katty ! - if you had a daughter would you call her Katty ?

[@speleokeir]

@@martynadams2011 Depends on her personality - I once knew a Katy who was pretty catty!😁

[@rogoth01themasterwizard11]

@@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?

[@mancyank564]

I think it's their accent.

[@101steel4]

Nothing says Irish as much as a couple of Americans drinking traditional English booze 😁

[@edwardslife7087]

Old mout is from New Zealand too

[@BoostWorx]

@@gigsnsht actually the origins of cider was found in Britain by the Romans who discovered native celts fermenting apples. Cider is definitely British

[@lisanelson9979]

That's sooooo funny < Ireland here. Heeeee Hee!

[@nickallport931]

Cider originates from uk

[@MrPercy112]

@gigsnsht: just wondering; are you French perchance?

[@williamoates1754]

8.3% is a level that lets you taste alchohol at first, but that disappears the more you have, and as you sink slowly into oblivion.

[@terryteed1903]

And shit your pants lol.

[@acidpunker1]

Rubbish. Alcohol has the taste that raises it over bitter water. If you can't handle it drink some piss-water. Like lager.

[@BulldogMack700rs]

Henry Weston's is deadly "ooh concentrated apple juice" 20 minutes later your legs don't work🤣

[@DarrellW_UK]

@@BulldogMack700rs nah the real killer was a snake bite made with Tennents extra and Merrydown vintage 😜

[@deejayy2k]

westons old rosie is good if you have been constipated for a few days, that stuff is like drain unblocker. @@BulldogMack700rs

[@ChristopherStendeck]

The drinking age in the UK literally is 5, for drinking at home. You have to be 18 to buy alcohol though.

[@captaincat1743]

I'm a British Gen X kid and we were given whisky from the age of about 6 months as a cure-all. Now I'm 49 and a borderline alcoholic LOL.

[@bobbymimms]

@@captaincat1743 We were given a hot toddy on many occasions. I was also given a glass of Black Tower when I was 6 and I was all over the place. 😂

[@ChristopherStendeck]

@@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 😅

[@captaincat1743]

@@ChristopherStendeck no way mate, me also. Tasted one of my mums aged about 9 and loved it.. tasted a bit like marzipan to me. Used times come in little bottles

[@realhorrorshow8547]

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.

[@martinscott-reed5379]

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.

[@darkiee69]

They have the beer yeast in common, at least British cider do. The French use wine yeast to make their cider.

[@DrJamesFeelgood]

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.

[@margaretnicol3423]

It's NOT beer!!!

[@edwardslife7087]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who got offended haha

[@xoskeleto]

It’s cidar totally different to beer 😂❤

[@paulcaswell2813]

@@edwardslife7087 I burst out laughing at the use of the word 'beer'. That and cider are two totally different drinks LOL.

[@Ubique2927]

Cider IS APPLE!!!!

[@allanallen1835]

nah😂 how do you make water?

[@Helliconia54]

No water in CIDER just pure juice and yeast.(any "water" has been processed by the apple tree) @@allanallen1835

[@psychoticgamr]

what about pear cider?

[@Ubique2927]

@@psychoticgamr … No such thing as Pear cider. It is called ‘Perry’.

[@Helliconia54]

it is called Perry. No such animal as pear cider.@@psychoticgamr

[@grayssportsalmanac85]

Who would have thought cider doesn't have a beer taste? 🤔 🙄🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

[@pamelsims2068]

These two Herbert's apparently!

[@budgetcollectables2810]

Old Mout is from New Zealand btw

[@helston7262]

The Kiwi bird gives it away a little if you know them 😂

[@joejo867]

It also tastes like piss 👍

[@garethlorman1136]

I only drink old mout to rehydrate on a heavy session 😂

[@virgiltracey9130]

One for the ladies.

[@digitalcomposer2000]

@@joejo867 im not going to follow you and drink piss - i will drink the cider instead lol

[@pepperpotty]

Cider and beer are totally different. Beer is made from hops and grains whereas cider is made from apples or sometimes pears.

[@jonathanfinan722]

Cider is always made from apples., never pears, they are totally different. Booze from pears is perry.

[@DigbertDayZ]

Cider is apples, Perry is made from pears 👍

[@Obi-J]

Beat me to it.

[@edwardslife7087]

And jerkum is made from plums

[@stewedfishproductions9554]

Apple's = Cider & Pears = Perry

[@ticketyboo2456]

In the UK the pronunciation of Katy rhymes with JT. So it's more like KT than Catty. However every Katy I've ever met was definitely catty😂

[@charlenewoods1967]

😂🤣😂

[@stephenlee5929]

That was brave. 😊

[@Katie.B40]

🙀

[@OrganMusicYT]

Depends on where in the UK you are from. I don't know anyone that would say "Katy" as "Kaytee".

[@amyhedley6238]

​@@OrganMusicYT Well it's definitely not pronounced the way JT was saying it 😅

[@williebauld1007]

You can get cider at 12% alcohol in the UK

[@PaulForeman-indievisuals]

I’ll see that and raise it to 13% 😂

[@SeagodWolf]

Henry Weston’s barrel aged is about there if I remember correctly

[@psychogoreman198]

That stuff can come at 14%​@@SeagodWolf

[@bsb11kat25]

Who would of thought Cider smells of apples! purists would say cider is only apples, none of these flavoured fizzy drinks.

[@paulmilner8452]

i can't drink apple cider i can't stop hiccuping, so i drink pear cider instead

[@tonyseath2278]

​@@paulmilner8452pear cider is apple cider flavoured with pear Pear cider is made from pears and is called Perry :0)

[@paulmilner8452]

@@tonyseath2278 whatever it is i don't hiccup like i do on apple cider thats my point

[@mikekeith493]

real cider is flat, comes in badly labelled milk bottles from a bloke someone knows. scrumpy is where its at.

[@tonyseath2278]

I live in Somerset, friend of mine just bought a cider farm and yes, flat is where it's at :0)

[@richardwalton6873]

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.

[@speleokeir]

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.

[@helenb1374]

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.

[@octaviussludberry9016]

@@speleokeir Start 'em young...Junior Beer!!

[@NotThatOneThisOne]

"All cider should be chilled". That's b@ll@cks, that is.

[@jamespasifull]

Cider on St Patrick's Day? You didn't read the instructions, did you?!?! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Add1ct666]

Not too wrong if it's Magners

[@johnp8131]

@@Add1ct666Magners? Bulmers with a different label and all owned by Heineken.

[@captaincat1743]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@washypafc9640]

Old Mount is from NZ as well isn't it??

[@carlchapman4053]

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.

[@arfived4]

I'm pretty sure that I broke all of those.

[@captaincat1743]

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.

[@MegaJackpot180]

i live 20 mins from the Thatchers farm we used to get the Cider by the gallon

[@stephenlee5929]

Is that 20 mins to the farm or back from it?

[@jonathontrowbridge2245]

I’m 10mins if the traffic in Banwell isn’t to bad.

[@CrazyInWeston]

I live nearby in WsM. Love the Katy and Gold. I'm drinking Gold right now. Old Rascal and Green Goblins good as well.

[@phil9946]

Me too , and several pints of thatchers dry and I could live anywhere 🤪

[@101steel4]

I don't do anything as I'm not Irish. Then again neither was st.patrick 😂😂

[@SteveG-k8q]

I'm commenting so I can follow the angry replies to this 😂

[@Goodness726]

St. Patrick wasn’t Irish. He brought Christianity to Ireland. We always went to church on St. Patrick’s day ☘️ at The cathedral in Armagh

[@suepoole8323]

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.

[@dominicjohn8954]

Kind of like St. Piran's day in Cornwall, only St Piran wasn't Cornish. Legend has it he was Irish.

[@pj5517]

That'll show them

[@DaveBartlett]

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!)

[@stevepage5813]

@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.

[@Cheezsoup]

The sun is over the yardarm somewhere.

[@davidwhite5800]

It's Katy (pronounced kay-tee) like the girls name. Like Katy Perry. Not catty.

[@thereseelizabethries1083]

😂 exactly

[@danfrancis8306]

Brothers Toffee Apple - Tastes like liquid caramel

[@j0hnf_uk]

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.

[@nonnovyabizness3003]

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 !

[@MrRFCNo1]

Have you been calling Katy Perry Katty Perry all this time lol 🤣

[@speleokeir]

Isn't Katy Perry made from pears?😁

[@mehere6865]

no thats Perier @@speleokeir

[@davidmacgregor5193]

We are the people!

[@GlenD1977]

@@speleokeir Melons mate 👍

[@steveaga4683]

Katty Purry

[@simonlitten]

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.

[@bblair2627]

8.3% lol - get it doon ya!

[@AdamOBrien29]

Rocket fuel lol

[@Thenerdywalrus]

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

[@philquick8721]

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.

[@elenorleigh2813]

Gotta try Henry Weston's cider! The 8.2% one though, hands down the best cider

[@tonialaws2776]

Anna using her rabbit nose to sniff had me in stitches. Loved this one with your masks and almost straight faces 🙂 You two are made for each other...

[@SamanthaLewis-jm3xe]

I agree. I love these two.

[@emmahowells8334]

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. 🍀🍀

[@davidgomm6043]

you can drink in a pub at 15 with a adult aslong you have a meal

[@emmahowells8334]

​​@@davidgomm6043Not according to what I read, the law states the age 16.

[@davidgomm6043]

@@emmahowells8334 it depends on landlord or brewery aslong as you are dining

[@DaveBartlett]

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!)

[@emmahowells8334]

@@davidgomm6043 Yeah true I guess.

[@hannahhammond1993]

18 is the legal age to buy alcohol. However you can legally drink from the age of 5 in your home

[@DaveBartlett]

Though if you feed alcohol to your four-year-old, you're hardly going to have to put up with a police raid, either here or in the USA!

[@marie-iz8hx]

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

[@JonEvans-st9kt]

​@@marie-iz8hxI agree when I turned 18 drinking bacame not as fun cause tedy tried so many different types of alcohol at that point

[@sashacoe25]

@@DaveBartlett You can't give a baby booze!

[@mattayc266]

Yes we can drink at 18 but also get a car license 😂 aswell go figure 😂

[@davidktd]

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.

[@Obi-J]

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.🤣

[@paulmcnicholas9663]

I was thinking the same thing. Even Murphy's would have done😀

[@johnp8131]

Magners Irish Cider? Although it's probably English Bulmers with a dfferent label? Both owned by Heineken anyway!

[@barrymiller3385]

Guinness, Beamish, Murphy's....

[@GuardOfGaia]

Add a measure of Blue Bols and you get a bright green pint.

[@pamtaylor989]

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. 😊

[@ryandarkes3280]

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

[@crofty1654]

Should try a cider called "Merry down"

[@jonathanfinan722]

If you're 12

[@matthewrowntree8861]

Gold or silver

[@matthewrowntree8861]

Gold or silver

[@tomtrebor9837]

Does it show my age if I say "Gently down a Merrydown"?

[@pixiepetal-jennie2038]

Used to drink Merrydown at my local pub, it was produced locally at that time too. We called it barmaids ruin as it was a fave for the landlady too 😂

[@StephMcAlea]

It's pronounced "Kaytee", like the girl's name, I think.

[@rowangillard3136]

Cider is flavoured with one thing: apples. ‘Ciders’ flavoured with anything else are not real ciders. They’re fruit juice.

[@helenwood8482]

Or perry.

[@c_n_b]

Pear cider

[@walkingventure640]

Ciders are made with apples Perry is made with pears or fruit so fruit ciders are actually Perry's

[@rowangillard3136]

@@c_n_bsorry, that’s called Perry.

[@ticketyboo2456]

​@@helenwood8482As a Perry myself I call myself Babysham ( a low class Perry ie ).

[@steveaga4683]

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

[@Yakshas]

Absolutely! If you have it chilled you probably don't really like cider.

[@paulharvey9149]

"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!!

[@Messy4MentalHealth]

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 😀

[@Messy4MentalHealth]

Also, the legal drinking age in the U.K is 18…this is why most Brits can outdrink most Americans 😀 We start earlier and drink more

[@Messy4MentalHealth]

I’m going to send you some English bacon 🥓

[@Messy4MentalHealth]

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 😀

[@avaggdu1]

Bittersweet - High tannin, low acid Sweet - Low tannin, low acid Bittersharp - High tannin, high acid Sharp - Low tannin, high acid The more tannin, the darker the cider and more aftertaste. *does not necessarily apply to supermarket-bought ciders. Most USA ciders are sweet. European ones are mostly bittersweet or bittersharp.

[@grumpyking6665]

We do have alcohol that is 15% volume aswell.

[@chrissampson6861]

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.

[@JordShores]

as a cider drinker im happy to see this video!

[@skitz-oh]

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..

[@Gorvex1]

Cider gives me the worst hangovers and bad acid reflux if i drink too much, but its super refreshing on a stinking hot day

[@heatherhursell3721]

Agree with you on the worst hangover ,gives me the worst headache

[@djs98blue]

Same here too. And also snakebite!

[@wullaballoo2642]

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.

[@alunthomas2698]

Same with me, I used to love Strongbow but the acid reflux I get now isn’t worth it

[@jezfrench9435]

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 😂

[@evorock]

if you tried suicider that would blow your socks off. It's from the Isle of Wight and 12.5% and when you drink it, your legs LITERALLY fall off 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Stuartalison]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@1967SJH]

I really hope you mean "figuratively"

[@evorock]

@@1967SJH nope, my legs ACTUALLY fell off. It wasn't even sold in glass bottles, but in 2 pint milk cartons 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@patvanquish4586]

I'm glad you are enjoying those. I live about 2 miles from Thatcher's. So it's our local brew.

[@susanmanley654]

We lived not far away, nothing like rough cider in the summer 😅

[@ben9DB]

Nothing more Irish than NZ cider 😂

[@washypafc9640]

😂😂😂😂

[@b3564]

Kiwis have green peel/skin, must make it Irish!

[@mt4798]

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.

[@stuartarnold64]

This is not beer in any way, shape or form!! 😱

[@johnp8131]

To be fair, when you ferment cider the fumes do smell similar to that of an ale. Especially when you make a strong still cider.

[@wetdog1606]

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.

[@BoostWorx]

You need to try merrydown and Henry Weston's vintage ciders I'll happily send some

[@James-wp3jq]

Old moult cider is from New Zealand ! About as far away from the uk as you can get before you start coming back !!

[@paulbaddiley7326]

Hope you had it nice and cold!

[@pward2482ify]

I’m from the UK glad you liked 👍

[@catman2629]

Katy is a lovely cider

[@souixaan]

you should try brothers cider, the toffee apple or rhubarb and custard ones.

[@nigel5823]

should have got cider scrupy jack drinking age here in the UK is 18

[@TukikoTroy]

18 is the age when you can buy it yourself. At home it actually is 5.

[@joannesmart6021]

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!😂

[@kinggooner2533]

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

[@Bridgercraft]

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.

[@jonathanfinan722]

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.

[@stephenlee5929]

@@jonathanfinan722 Just so long as you have learnt. As they say everyday is a school day. What time do classes start for Sunday School?

[@jonathanfinan722]

Just after closing time@@stephenlee5929

[@johnp8131]

I would agree, although Waitrose own vintage cider and perry are excellent aswell. However, guess who makes it for Waitrose?

[@Bridgercraft]

@@johnp8131 they're very nice, Westons aren't they?

[@peterhiggins2928]

Katy = Kate-ee Simple pronunciation rule: double consonant after a vowel results in the lower case pronunciation (a,e,i,o,u), single consonant after a vowel results in the upper case pronunciation (A,E,I,O,U). There are exceptions, chief amongst these being split digraphs, but you can't go much wrong if you follow the single or double consonant rule.

[@tanyaspencer-ashby2242]

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.

[@darkiee69]

The kiwi lime one is an alco pop, cider is made from apples, and apples only. Perry is a pear "cider". The difference between British and French cider is the yeast. British brewers use beer yeast, French use wine yeast. My preferred cider is a dry, british cider, a Woodpecker or a scrumpy jack.

[@Baggamuss]

Katy is pronounced KT

[@martinhawley2401]

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

[@YourBeingParanoid]

2 words - White Lightning

[@laurenC91.]

Or Red Stripe 😂

[@YourBeingParanoid]

MD 20/20@@laurenC91.

[@Cordie-is5dg]

PMSL.... Hooch😂😂😂😂

[@YourBeingParanoid]

Special Brew​@@Cordie-is5dg

[@Cordie-is5dg]

Always packing a 4 pack....

[@greeneagle1919]

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!

[@Robhalifax]

Cider is made of apples. I assumed you would know that. No connection to beer.

[@TimmyEliteBmx]

While at university, I went into a local pub after class, and they had a Brothers cider festival with about 40 different funky flavours. My favourites were toffee apple and rhubarb with custard.

[@deano4932]

Saint George's day on the 23rd April England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I'll be flying the flag High on the day

[@EithorGames]

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!

[@helenwood8482]

Never say "St Patty's Day". Genuinely Irish people will get angry.

[@roberthindle5146]

Indeed. It's Saint Pádraig.

[@101steel4]

You wait until they have their traditional Irish lunch. Corned beef

[@MikeM-n1v]

Who cares

[@AdamOBrien29]

I'm furious

[@theevilmrfry]

@@MikeM-n1v well...the Irish? Genius.

[@markmatthews-stroud1135]

Guinness on St Paddy’s Day ffs lol

[@dianeknight4839]

JT it's no catty its Katy pronounced KT. I like Bulmers cider. Just so you know St.Patricks Day is only celebrated by those of the Catholic faith.

[@speleokeir]

Or who like cheap Guinness.

[@conallmclaughlin4545]

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

[@djs98blue]

You could also try Snakebite - a cocktail made by mixing cider and lager beer 50/50 - might need to take time off next day though!

[@speleokeir]

Add some black current cordial for a snake bite & black, one of my favourite tipples at uni.😀

[@andrewcooper7869]

Drink 12 of them and it will put you off for life,from an experienced none cider drinker 😂

[@wullaballoo2642]

I'm an experienced cider drinker but if I drank 12 I'd piss on myself, fall over and land on my face and choke on my own vomit

[@andrewcooper7869]

@@wullaballoo2642 that's why I can't even stand the smell

[@russking7775]

Thatchers is made about 5 miles from where i live in Somerset. Its a family owned business and you can have tours of their factory. Proper somerset cider is called "scrumpy" and is flat and strong

[@jduck1979]

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

[@jonathanfinan722]

Good grief. Do you live in a skip?

[@wullaballoo2642]

Posh cider is Keeved cider, a traditional slow fermentation with fresh pressed juice and wild yeast, about £8 a bottle

[@rebeccamills3886]

I walk through the Thatcher apple orchards fairly regularly. It's a beautiful part of the UK.

[@helenwood8482]

The kiwi and lime thing is not cider. Cider is fermented apple juice.

[@johnallsopp6324]

The kiwi one is a cider as it is made from apples with a small amount of kiwi and lime for a different flavour.

[@mrhappyfoot]

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.

[@lottie2525]

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.

[@bats666]

Yay 2 from my local brewery... Thatchers is absolutely lovely.. and the stuff from there brewery which is flat proper cider is chef kiss beautiful

[@geoffbeattie3160]

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.

[@DaveBartlett]

Ooh - controversial : Henry Westons, Brothers and loads of other reputable cider makers!

[@niggleniggle27]

​@@DaveBartlettbrothers is definitely not reputable! Just a festival cider

[@clivedavies3]

cider isnt beer its made from apples and cider with fruit in it is is for whimps.

[@Ubique2927]

Are they cold, straight out of the fridge? Also do not operate machinery for two days!!!

[@jimmyking1382]

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).

[@clairebriggs4333]

You should taste Rattler, so good. The pineapple one little goes down so smooth. 8% is about the average for cider in the UK. The Thatchers vintage is a dry cider, sounds like you would prefer a sweeter or medium. Thatcher's Katy (Katie) is more medium. And Old Mout is sweet.

[@IDyce88]

the fruit of the apple is where true cider came from and it has been made the traditional way in the UK for generations (by traditional i mean they squeeze masses of apples to get all the juice out) and ferment it. the UK drinks more cider than anyone else and some people genuinly prefer it to beer or wine. my mum is one of those people, she likes a good cider at the end of the day. other countries where it has grown popular is India, Canada, South Africa, France and New Zealand (to name a few). In the UK you cannot legally buy alcohol or drink it in a public place until you are 18, however you can drink it in your private home.

[@K_a_r_l_o_s]

You picked a good year to try the Thatchers Vintage. For the past couple of years it didn't seem to that enjoyable. But this years is much better. Hot summers day a couple of bottles of Katy and vintage goes down really well.

[@Lynzhxx]

Old Mout is my favourite. Everyone usually prefers Kopperberg but I find it a tad too sweet. Pineapple and raspberry, strawberry and pomegranate and berries and cherries are the other flavours. I'm not a drinker but some sunny hot days I crave an Old Mout.

[@vereybowring]

Ciders can be wonderfully tasty as well as cripplingly strong. A personal anecdote is the first time I got "drunk" was as a young child. I used to be quite hyperactive and to, as my father said afterwards, "have a quiet night" I was given a half pint or so of scrumpy with my evening meal and consequently didn't remember falling asleep not long after eating. I don't blame my parents at all since I admit I must have been a handful and it only happened the once lol A favourite cider of mine from a local producer is labelled as a toffee apple flavour but actually tastes a lot like Irn Bru which I think is deliberate since I am in Scotland. In younger days we used to get an exhibition cider in 2 litre (about half a USA gallon) plastic bottles that was 12% by volume tasting just like tangy apple juice but only cost £3-4 . . . I think you can guess why it was popular. On particularly "destructive" days we used to put a castaway (wine mixer) in a pint glass and top off with the exhibition cider - one guy ended up damaging his stomach lining coz he didn't eat before we started.

[@xboxnangable]

Glad you mentioned Angry Orchard, tried this year's ago in the US and luckily we can now get this in the UK. Not sure if you can get Cornish Rattler or Old Rosie in the US but they are ciders worth trying for sure.

[@Rachel-wj4mb]

The old mount is the best and comes in great flavours. Strawberry is yummy

[@garybewick4774]

The only American cider you can easily find over here is Angry Orchard. To me, it's an exceptionally sweet cider, my tastes run towards the drier end, so, is Angey Orchard typical of the US cider output, or are there any worth tracking down that have a bit more bite to them?