Moles Black Rat

Advantages: Sweeter than most scrumpy
Disadvantages: Hard to get hold of outside Somerset

...support we were steered to Moles Black Rat Cider. Black Rat Cider is a West Country scrumpy and comes in two varieties; traditional and vintage. Traditional is cloudy and has an alcohol content of 6.0%. Vintage is much clearer and weighs in at a hefty 7.3%. They are both sold under the banner of Moles Brewery of Melksham in Wiltshire although are actually made under license by Thatchers of Somerset. Thatchers, incidentally, provide the base apple ...
...frightening to look at. Moles Black Rat Cider is only really available on draught in the pubs around Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire. I have never seen it on sale in supermarkets or off-licences. I have enquired, however, and there is now a bottled form. I have tried to find an online site for Black Rat without success. I think those Somerset types want to keep it to themselves! Thatchers might be a better bet. I am an enthusiastic scrumpy drinker ... Read review

Black Rat is now available at The Garage pub in Southfields, London! Fantastic stuff, better than that Magners rubbish. 3 pints of that and you'll fall off your bar stool. It's probably best to drink it as a half pint if you have to do anything the next day.