Murraysrightplum Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 So apparently there is a huge cider region in the North of Spain, particularly around Oveido. They are obsessed with it apparently. Sounds like we should reach out to our Spanish cousins and get a friendly/tour or some sort of link!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 26 minutes ago, Murraysrightplum said: So apparently there is a huge cider region in the North of Spain, particularly around Oveido. They are obsessed with it apparently. Sounds like we should reach out to our Spanish cousins and get a friendly/tour or some sort of link!? Spanish cider is very different to its West Country counterparts... Cheaper and stronger though, so you may be on to something here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 24 minutes ago, El Hombrecito said: Spanish cider is very different to its West Country counterparts... Cheaper and stronger though, so you may be on to something here! That it is,it tastes like a mixture of strongbow and cats piss,will get you blotto tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Yep, it's pretty good stuff. I liked it anyway, really popular in the north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYTRAM Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 57 minutes ago, Murraysrightplum said: So apparently there is a huge cider region in the North of Spain, particularly around Oveido. They are obsessed with it apparently. Sounds like we should reach out to our Spanish cousins and get a friendly/tour or some sort of link!? Spend the odd business trip in Oviedo. The Cider is called Sidre it's strong and poured by trained waiters into a tilted glass whilst looking forward without looking at the glass. You normally only pour an inch or two into the glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 13 minutes ago, NYTRAM said: Spend the odd business trip in Oviedo. The Cider is called Sidre it's strong and poured by trained waiters into a tilted glass whilst looking forward without looking at the glass. You normally only pour an inch or two into the glass. Sounds like a rather stingy egg cup full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 I like pork in cider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murraysrightplum Posted May 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 38 minutes ago, havanatopia said: Sounds like a rather stingy egg cup full Free refills all night I heard. They do it over their backs or summat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 I've just discovered Gin in Cider , nice , and it's a cocktail so I pretend I'm posh init Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Plenty of Sidrarias in Bilbao. If you're really adventurous try the Leche de Pantera! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Off to Northern Spain (including Oviedo) in August and shall happily test out the quality of the cider and spread the good word of the City! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall King Blox Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 My sister always said cider was the cure for many ailments, I was eventually convinced one day when I inadvertably overheard a phone conversation with one of her friends where she exclaimed that when she gets a ***** in her hand she can't wait to get it in cider..... Cure all ain't the half of it !! sorry for the spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northsomersetred Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 2 hours ago, NYTRAM said: Spend the odd business trip in Oviedo. The Cider is called Sidre it's strong and poured by trained waiters into a tilted glass whilst looking forward without looking at the glass. You normally only pour an inch or two into the glass. They spill half of it on the floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 3 hours ago, El Hombrecito said: Spanish cider is very different to its West Country counterparts... Cheaper and stronger though, so you may be on to something here! I've got 23 Litres brewing in the shed right now at about 7% and costing about 40p a Litre. It will be going with me on hols to Tenby in 3 weeks time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Sorry, only two ciders I'm afraid....well three if you count the farmhouse locally produced (dissolved rat) stuff....Thatchers....and Natch...keep yer Spanish stuff I'd rather drink strongbow ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 They also make lovely cider on the Côte de la Granite Rose in Brittany As I said above, the Basques love it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagardotegi (note: each guest may drink as much cider as they like...) anyone new Thatchers Hazy yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 1 hour ago, CyderInACan said: anyone new Thatchers Hazy yet? I don't mind it, I saw an advert pushing the 'Haze cocktail'. Haze, 2 shots of Gin some lime and cucumber and other shit. Tried it Friday, without the lime (Mrs has a slight allergy) and cucumber (it doesn't like me) , so basically Haze and gin. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 14 hours ago, NYTRAM said: Spend the odd business trip in Oviedo. The Cider is called Sidre it's strong and poured by trained waiters into a tilted glass whilst looking forward without looking at the glass. You normally only pour an inch or two into the glass. Yep. I recall getting bollocked for pouring my own. If I remember correctly they also pour it with the glass held as low as possible and the cider as high as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 12 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: Yep. I recall getting bollocked for pouring my own. If I remember correctly they also pour it with the glass held as low as possible and the cider as high as possible. Samir Carruthers developed his personal version of pouring his own and also got bollocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYTRAM Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 16 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: Yep. I recall getting bollocked for pouring my own. If I remember correctly they also pour it with the glass held as low as possible and the cider as high as possible. Exactly Fordy.It is a strange custom though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 5 hours ago, CyderInACan said: They also make lovely cider on the Côte de la Granite Rose in Brittany Correct! A friend once brought me back some sort of liqueur Scrumpy from Brittany! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cloud Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 The Sidra I had in southern spain was very, very sweet, bloody awful stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Back in 1982, the only way to watch England in the World Cup that year was to buy a package deal. The cheapest was camping in a small village just outside San Sabastian, home of Real Sociadad and the Basque region HQ. My mate and I to celebrate beating France in the opening game, walked into the village and noticed that the only bar served Cidras/Sidras. The barman poured the cider from the bottle just like on the video above. I was made for the night. No lager....Bring me cider! Well, I drank loads of bottles. What's more I awoke in the morning without a hangover. I thought that I had not let the side down by the amount I could drink...... and it was cider! Later on that day I was informed that the sidras/Cidras I has been drinking like water, might as well have been. It was non-alcoholic! The moral? Even though it looks great in the way it's poured, the way it looks, smells and tastes. ...it might not be alcoholic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poland_exile Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 a bar i visit had a load of Spanish brands not long back, and while much of it was inferior, there were a couple that - had I been blindfolded - i'd have id'd as being a west country scrumpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 I was drinking this stuff only last weekend in San Sebastien and Bilbao. I like it. The problem is they serve it a few 'inches' in a glass at a time. So I got a bit tired of going up 10 times to ask for another! Just give me a pint. How strong is it? It didn't feel that bad to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 14 hours ago, Alessandro said: I was drinking this stuff only last weekend in San Sebastien and Bilbao. I like it. The problem is they serve it a few 'inches' in a glass at a time. So I got a bit tired of going up 10 times to ask for another! Just give me a pint. How strong is it? It didn't feel that bad to me! In Málaga they leave the bottle on the table so although they like to pour it themselves, we* just helped ourselves. *I say we, but I didn't touch the stuff. Cerveza all the way for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scare_Man Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 On 14 May 2016 at 19:30, CyderInACan said: Plenty of Sidrarias in Bilbao. If you're really adventurous try the Leche de Pantera! Leche de Pantera? Sounds f*!?ing hostile! Anyway, I thought there was only 2 types of cider - singing cider and fighting cider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 On 15/05/2016 at 06:55, CyderInACan said: They also make lovely cider on the Côte de la Granite Rose in Brittany As I said above, the Basques love it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagardotegi (note: each guest may drink as much cider as they like...) anyone new Thatchers Hazy yet? I'm heading to San Sebastian in Sept and will be visiting the cider house whilst there so will report back! On 15/05/2016 at 08:54, NYTRAM said: Exactly Fordy.It is a strange custom though. They also do the same with a slightly carbonated wine they produce in the region Txakoli. Only know this as I was in a Basque bar in Soho on Saturday called Pix, which serves some really good pintxos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: I'm heading to San Sebastian in Sept and will be visiting the cider house whilst there so will report back! San Sebestian/Donostia is amazing and should be beautiful in Sept. Very jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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