Hard Cider > Beer

[lxskllr]

I don't find cider especially interesting to drink. It tastes ok, but I'd rather have a beer, or even better, whisky.

 

[acheron]

LMAO

I love Cider (but I love beer too). However, Woodchuck is the Budweiser of Cider (hell, they even bought them if I'm not mistaken).

Try real Cider. Get a Strongbow or Crispin. Or see if there are any local cider brewers around you (I have Windy Hill near me for example. Those NC hipsters can make some fucking cider).

Crispin got bought out by MillerCoors I think. So far I think they're still pretty good but you never know when Miller will screw with them.

There are a couple of great cider producers in VA too. Love the cider from this place: Albemarle Ciderworks

 

[DrPizza]

I just like Nottingham and Windsor because those are typically CHEAP compared to the other yeasts and you can do a lot with them.

I use Saflager-23 in my Oktoberfests and german lagers...it's a good yeast for those.

When I walked out of the brew store, I was thinking, "wow, I didn't think it came to that much." I hadn't even bothered checking the price on the yeasts. The couple of yeasts I've used for batches of wine - Montrachet & (Lavlin?) 1122 were about 79 cents each. Those three yeasts were around $5 each. So, mentally, my bill was off by about 10 dollars.

Picked more apples yesterday - I'm going to be overwhelmed the rest of this afternoon - I have to can about 2 dozen jars of tomatoes, peel a bushel of apples for pies (sweeten & spice them, then freeze them), and have to start 12 gallons of cider.

 

[IGemini]

Cider is my mainstay, either Woodchuck or Magner's. I'll occasionally go with Strongbow but it's a bit too dry for me to be an everyday drinker. If I want beer I'll usually go for stouts...not big on the more hops > * mindset and IPAs are overrated, frankly.

LMAO

I love Cider (but I love beer too). However, Woodchuck is the Budweiser of Cider (hell, they even bought them if I'm not mistaken).

Try real Cider. Get a Strongbow or Crispin. Or see if there are any local cider brewers around you (I have Windy Hill near me for example. Those NC hipsters can make some fucking cider).

C&C is the company that bought Woodchuck, they also own the Magner/Bulmer's line.

I love how widely-distributed anything suddenly isn't "real" from some people. Budweiser may be garbage pilsner but it's still beer. Woodchuck is probably the best known American cider so that means it isn't "real?" The hipster routine is for kids.

 

[KlokWyze]

Woodchuck Hard Cider is good!

So you mean you like it more than beer? That's great, but your opinion doesn't actually MEAN that it is "better" than beer. I couldn't imagine a heavy drinking session with only cider. D:

Cider is too sweet for me. I suppose if I was a teenager I would probably pick up some cider and wine coolers for the girls though. Maybe you could swap make up tips and who you think the cutest boy is with them!

 

[DrPizza]

So you mean you like it more than beer? That's great, but your opinion doesn't actually MEAN that it is "better" than beer. I couldn't imagine a heavy drinking session with only cider. D:

Cider is too sweet for me. I suppose if I was a teenager I would probably pick up some cider and wine coolers for the girls though. Maybe you could swap make up tips and who you think the cutest boy is with them!

Again, the sweetness of cider ranges from zero to sicky sweet. If it was too sweet, just get a different brand. This is about as dumb as saying, "I drank a dessert wine and it was too sweet. Therefore I'll never drink wine again."

 

[zinfamous]

The OP is full of crazy.

 

[shortylickens]

Ass > pussy


BUt so the fuck what? So long as you get what you need.....

 

[KlokWyze]

Again, the sweetness of cider ranges from zero to sicky sweet. If it was too sweet, just get a different brand. This is about as dumb as saying, "I drank a dessert wine and it was too sweet. Therefore I'll never drink wine again."

Fuck off. Did I ever say "I wouldn't drink it again"?

I don't see huge selections of ciders in stores and frankly I'm not very interested in it. Also, I wouldn't start a thread with the title "beer > cider". :|

 

[JEDIYoda]

I don't see huge selections of ciders in stores and frankly I'm not very interested in it. Also, I wouldn't start a thread with the title "beer > cider".

Good thing we are not all you...

 

[KlokWyze]

Good thing we are not all you...

What exactly does this mean? :hmm:

 

[zinfamous]

The only cider I have ever liked is Wyder's Pear cider. In fact, it is one of the best food pairings I have ever had. :sneaky:

Pear cider from draft + Soy and garlic sauteed edamame at some Thai restaurant in SF. So tasty.

 

[DrPizza]

The only cider I have ever liked is Wyder's Pear cider. In fact, it is one of the best food pairings I have ever had. :sneaky:

Pear cider from draft + Soy and garlic sauteed edamame at some Thai restaurant in SF. So tasty.

Pear cider. Hmmmm. Perry.

My brother stopped by this evening, brought some pears. We pressed 14 1/2 gallons of pear cider, and 2 gallons of apple cider. He's got 6 1/2 gallons of straight pear in his primary fermenter, I went with 4 1/2 gallons pear to 2 gallons of blended apples, including some tart apples. The level of sweetness is excellent for an unfermented cider (at the moment.) The flavor is very interesting. It tastes like pear. No, apple. No, pear. No, apple. It's like your tastebuds pick up on one flavor and you're sure what it is, but then there's an interesting flavor in the background, and they switch focus to that flavor. Can't wait til it's done. Just have to figure out a yeast. Safale?

edit: total tally on the cider press is 37 gallons this year, with enough apples in baskets on my porch to come close to doubling that number.

 

[StrangerGuy]

I don't like the normal lager beers either, those make my stomach bloat really quickly.

 

[mmntech]

Pear cider. Hmmmm. Perry.

There's a place near me that makes good perry. Probably the only place I've ever seen it. Probably head up there this weekend.

 

[Ben90]

Everclear and applejuice is way fucking better. Everyone knows this.

 

[Zeze]

Cider is way too sweet.

Even the REALLY dry ones get pretty sweet to my palate after 2+ bottles.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Cider is tasty.

I'd even say Cider is better than lagers.

But, I'd take just about any Imperial stout over just about any hard cider.
(also I'd take any belgian ale, ipa, or mead)

 

[ThinClient]

Hard Cider > Beer

If this is what you think, then you've never had good beer.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Woodchuck Hard Cider is good!

OP needs a much bigger font to have this proposition taken seriously.

 

[preslove]

Pear cider. Hmmmm. Perry.

My brother stopped by this evening, brought some pears. We pressed 14 1/2 gallons of pear cider, and 2 gallons of apple cider. He's got 6 1/2 gallons of straight pear in his primary fermenter, I went with 4 1/2 gallons pear to 2 gallons of blended apples, including some tart apples. The level of sweetness is excellent for an unfermented cider (at the moment.) The flavor is very interesting. It tastes like pear. No, apple. No, pear. No, apple. It's like your tastebuds pick up on one flavor and you're sure what it is, but then there's an interesting flavor in the background, and they switch focus to that flavor. Can't wait til it's done. Just have to figure out a yeast. Safale?

edit: total tally on the cider press is 37 gallons this year, with enough apples in baskets on my porch to come close to doubling that number.

Ever thought about quitting teaching to start a cider business?

 

[ThinClient]

OP needs a much bigger font to have this proposition taken seriously.

bwuahaha

 

[Gooberlx2]

Woodchuck Cider is decent. Strongbow is better. I haven't tried a lot of different ciders, though I'm sure there are plenty of great ones. Saying cider is better than beer is like saying wine is better than whiskey. I don't find the tastes or textures exactly comparable.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Woodchuck Hard Cider is good!

My fiance got me into hard cider too

Now I want to try all of the micro brew ciders more than regular beers

Besides, I only seem to like wheat ale's and some lagers. I'm fucking tired of drinking IPA's hoping to grow accustomed to their taste some day. That shit is like chasing the white dragon... you think you will get him... but you never will.... you never... will :'(

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Woodchuck Cider is decent. Strongbow is better. I haven't tried a lot of different ciders, though I'm sure there are plenty of great ones. Saying cider is better than beer is like saying wine is better than whiskey. I don't find the tastes or textures exactly comparable.

Strongbow was always very dry to me... I like some kinds of other taste in mine, which is why Woodchuck is good for a variety - they have over 12 different ones.

My favorites for them have definitely been:
Woodchuck Winter (Delish, like a nice whiskey flavor similar to their Barrel Select one too)
Woodchuck Summer
Woodchuck Pumpkin
Woodchuck Belgian White
http://www.woodchuck.com/cider/seasonal-calendar.html


Woodchuck Spring, however... fucking nasty. I don't know if it's the brown sugar but that is grose