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  • 18 of 18 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    futuristicrugby

    4 Stars It's Scrumpy, Jack...but not as we know it... 17/09/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Darn' tasty

    Disadvantages Disadvantages 'Old fashioned' stigma

    Being a teenager/student, the world of alcohol becomes a wonderful place. But its not all about getting nicely toasted. My tipple of choice for a mealtime, or an afternoon in the sun, or just simply to kick back - is Symonds Scrumpy Jack. The very name - a great selling point for the product - evokes visions of rustic cider mills, woods, old wells, and other such old english hoohah. Apparently first brewed in 1727, this is proper scrumpy - farmhouse cider. Unfortunately, that is not strictly true - scrumpy jack is of course mass produced like any other mainstream cider. But certainly, the ... more
  • 25 of 25 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 giksy21

    Member since 09/07/2007

    Reviews written: 115

    5 Stars Jack in the rest. Stick with scrumpy. 01/06/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages crisp and clean. Cheap

    Disadvantages Disadvantages too easy to drink!

    OI LOIKS COIDERR!!! The above sentence, is my best literary attempt at writing the sentence "I LIKE CIDER." in a English country accent. It is not intended to insult anyone, or to extract the michael out of anyone who resides in any of the major cider making areas of England. It simply expresses, in words, the type of mental image I get when I drink a good cider. You see, these cider-supping countryfolk, or wurzels, as I believe they are known, have things all worked out. Here we are, drinking beer or lager without ever fully quenching our thirst, and there they are still able to wear a sack ... more
  • 28 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    rsmith

    5 Stars Scrummy Scrumpy 15/02/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great taste, relatively cheap alcohol

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None - non-cricket fans may find the cricket connections boring

    I've recently started choosing cider as my take-home tipple from the supermarket, as a change from the beer and the lager. And Scrumpy Jack's the one I've been going for. It's made by Symonds, whose Cider Mill, in Hereford, has been producing cider since 1727 - and they claim to be the oldest cider making firm in England. Scrumpy Jack itself was first made in the 1960's. There's a very good website - www.scumpyjack.com - where we are told that Scrumpy jack is "the No.1 brand" - and it certainly seems to have become very widely available in recent years. The drink = It's made using many ... more
  • 20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Bryn_Pearson

    5 Stars Finding your inner Wurzel. 07/05/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages tastes good

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    Cider is traditionally the tipple of preference in the south west. To most of us who have spent some time in that corner of the world, 'Scrumpy' means unfeasibly strong booze in which the mushy floaty thing might be a rat. It would be fair to say that the same is not true of this supermarket thing calling itself scrumpy, but for those of you who have yet to embrace your inner Wurzel, its a good tipple. I've thus far only found Scrumpy Jack for sale in small glass bottles - usually in multipacks and for sensible sums of money I might add. (There was a load on BOGOF a while back, I stocked up ... more
  • 23 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    WallyD321

    5 Stars Here's to apple juice 11/01/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages True Cider, still with bits of apple and cloudy. Strong stuff.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can't be used in Snakebite. Not to everyone's taste.

    Ciao is all about forming opinions, right? Let me tell you the opinion you'd form about me and my drinking habbits if you saw me going into a pub. 22 years old, 6'0", cropped hair, 16st rugby player... are you getting the suggestion of lager-lout? Well how wrong can you be, I never touch the stuff. Cider and Guinness (Review on the black stuff coming soon) are my tipples, and I'm not scared to admit it either, mind you I'm not scared of much being the size I am. The first time I ever tried cider I was 18 years old and on a lads holiday down in Weymouth (Dorset) with a few mates. We'd been ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    PitSweat

    5 Stars Why Don't My Legs Work Anymore? Review with images 22/06/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fine taste, vit C, very easy to consume

    Disadvantages Disadvantages after effects, very fine line between enjoyment and monged

    Scrumpy Jack, this one’s the commercial version of “the daddy”, known by those in the know, feared by those who have mocked, tried & regurgitated and certainly respected by those with past experiences. But anyway, let’s talk cider. I’m a fan of cider to the point of partaking in no other drink of volume, having had previous stomach wrenching situations involving quantities of lager exiting my system at rapid velocity. Spirits I enjoy, hence my nose, the nose that can tell a good brandy from one intended to quaff or strip wallpaper, but also a nose well weathered with age and seasoned through ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    nikkikw

    4 Stars I hate Lager 10/10/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cool Refreshing drink good for a long hot summer

    Disadvantages Disadvantages not stocked in too many pubs

    Alcopops are in my mind totally over rated and as for Lager and Beer, you can keep them as far as I am concerned. So that basically leaves wine, spirits and Cider. I drink wines and spirits but generally in the summer you need a long refreshing drink and that is where cider and more specifically Scrumpy Jack wins. Scrumpy Jack has been crafted from locally grown cider apples since 1727. Bittersweet varieties such as Babinett and Chisel Jersey give the cider its superior crisp tast and fruity aroma. It is a dry cider and as it states on the can is best served chilled. 4 cans usually cost ... more
  • 0 of 0 Ciao users found the following review helpful
    5 Stars Quick review of Scrumpy Jack Cider by cindy.hastings 19/04/2007
    Hmmm, the first pint. The golden colour reminding me of sunshine, the enticing aroma of apples, the first glorious taste. Definitely the best cider around. (The second pint is even better, by the way.)
  • 9 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 l500589

    Member since 02/08/2009

    Reviews written: 216

    5 Stars Guess what Im drinking? 12/02/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages 6%

    Disadvantages Disadvantages sore head

    Yep thats right, I am sampling a nice cold Scrumpy Jack ! Scrumpy Jack is a Premium English Cider, available in many Off licences / supermarkets etc in 500ml cans, which recently had a little change of design, from the cream and gold cans, to the new green and gold cans. Made by Symonds, and at 6% alcohol / volume it doesn't take too many of these to leave you with a sore head in the morning. The taste is nice and sweet, and crisp, and I guess it's main competitor is probably strongbow. Scrumpy Jack is crafted using locally grown english cider apples such as Dabinett and Chisel Jersey ... more
  • 24 of 25 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    elmersattic

    5 Stars get some cider inside yer 29/12/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Thirst quenching, sparkling, inexpensive and strong

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none found

    I hate cider!....I always told myself, then one hot summer evening the only alcoholic beverage to be seen in my fridge was a lonely can of chilled Scrumpy Jack. Raging thirst told me....get it down yer neck....I am amazed, the most refreshing drink I have ever tasted. I have always been a larger drinker but over recent years as I rapidly approach 40 I have been trying other things, now I am a regular Scrumpy Jack! This cider is made by Symonds Cider & English wines LTD in Hereford from locally grown cider apples including Dabinet and Chisel Jersey. Unlike it's rival commercially produced ... more
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