Lets explore the British drinks
Cin – a zero-sugar, zero-calorie spiced tonic made in Melbourne with real Ceylon cinnamon, a spice native to the founders home country, Sri Lanka. Unlike the harsher Cassia cinnamon used elsewhere, Ceylon cinnamon has a naturally delicate, layered flavour. Cin is crafted for people who care about what they drink – it’s free from sugar, […]
The first premium apple juice from renowned cider makers, Aspall, is a winner. Using purely English Bramleys and Coxes, there’s a tart tang from the Bramleys to balance the oh-so-rosy Cox’s. With the eighth generation in charge, Suffolk-based Aspall has supplied the trade with juice for decades. Using primarily local fruit this is definitely the […]
Adnams First Rate certainly is first rate. Best known for its beers, chairman Jonathan Adnams – also a brewing engineer – got inspired by the craft distilling scene in the US, deciding to convert the family firm’s orginal brewhouse into a distillery. In due course there’ll be a whisky from the Copper House Distillery, but […]
Cracking copper ale from the guys at Skinner’s named after the Cornish folklore legend herself. A Champion beer on more than one occasion, its inviting pine-needle hop aromas lead to a palate where citrussy hops balance the fruity bitterness well. 4%
Produced just like Champagne, with a second fermentation in the bottle, this off-dry gentle sparkling cider has been made more celebratory with a hint of pink from a splash of raspberries. Winner of a Great Taste of the West Gold medal, it is created from dessert apples – Aval is the Cornish for apple. As […]
Great presence with hints of strawberries on the hazelnutty nose, Palmers’ Tally Ho! is dark and rich on the palate with sweet malty notes and bitterness in balance. Brewed since 1949, it is definitely more-ish in a contemplative sort of fashion. 5.5% RRP: £2.22/50cl, Palmers Wine Store, Bridport; available online in cases of 12 and mixed cases; […]
A cider with dinstinct pinkish hue, this Cornish Organic has a yeasty, biscuity nose and slight flavours of bruised/brown apples. It certainly feels like food matching potential has been considered during the making of this cider, thanks to it’s restrained fruit, high acidity and dry finish. 5%/50cl/RRP £2.30 or £24.84 for a box of 12.Available from […]
Poacher’s Choice would indeed go with whatever a poacher might put in the pot for his or her dinner. And the ‘extras’ thrown in the beer add a little je ne sais quoi as well. There’s liquorice, which adds an intriguing aniseed hint to the lightly malty nose, appearing again on a sweetly malty, palate. And then […]
Delightfully hoppy – as the name suggests – this is an uplifting golden ale that both refreshes and acts as a versatile food matcher. But then head brewer Toby Heasman was like a conductor in charge of directing a talented trio of hops. First Gold provides the bitter platform upon which Goldings’ floral notes and […]
Tutts Clump are fairly unusual in the way that they shun cider apples in favour of extolling the virtues of eating, cooking and crab apples for their products. The result, perhaps unsurprisingly, is something which doesn’t immediately showcase any immediate cider traits. This Traditional Farmhouse cider is pale green with a luscious pear and lemon […]
