Weston Old Rosie Scrumpy

Advantages: Completely natural, high alcohol content
Disadvantages: Scrumpy is an acquired taste, to say the least!

Now before we start, this is not an easy drink. It will not make your tastebuds wax lyrical about 'hints of this or 'nuances of that'. It is completely flat, so you're not going to see those refreshing bubbles trickling to the surface. Nor will you be able to see through the glass after pouring, for it most definitely not translucent. Although it is undoubtedly mass produced, it is about as close as you're going to get to the real thing (scrumpy ...
...Scrumpy, as produced by good old Weston's of Much Marcle in Herefordshire. While writing this I am thinking in a slurred West Country brogue and I believe that is very apt for this particular product. It sloshes into the glass at 7.3% alcohol by content. Personally I think that must be approximate and one should err on a cautious higher side of that number. So we're talking about something a little weaker than one of those awful sparkling wines you ... Read review

Advantages: A great Scrumpy style cider.
Disadvantages: Very strong so you can't drink as much as you would like to!

...Rosie is produced by H. Weston & Sons brewery, based in Much Marcle in Herefordshire. The company was formed in 1880, in a region that grows many of the best cider and perry making apples and pears. It is the Fourth largest producer of cider in the UK and is well respected in their field (or should that be orchard? – bad joke alert!) Over the years they have produced many different types of cider and scrumpy, including Stowford Press, Special Vintage ...
...that are grown within a fifteen mile radius of their brewery, so you know exactly where your cider is from! Westons Old Rosie weighs in at a hefty 7.3% ABV; meaning that it is very strong, very alcoholic and not to be taken lightly (or in great quantities). It is named after an old 1921 Aveling Porter Steam Engine that the brewery owned; a useless fact in itself, but it just adds a bit of background history to this wonderful brew! Old Rosie has ... Read review

Advantages: tasty
Disadvantages: none

Weston’s strong organic cider THIS IS NOT THE SCRUMPY BUT THE STRONG ORGANIC CIDER BY WESTONS .........simila product I needed a little cider for a menu involving red cabbage. (Christmas get together with friends) While in Tesco’s I saw this brown bottle containing 500 ml of cider, So I thought bet that’s a good cider better than a tin/ bottle of the others. It is a winner of organic food award 1998 .Has the soil association ...
...% volume. Produced in Much Marcle a village in Hereford. I like to buy organic when I can. Opening the bottle it has a ripe apple aroma like the ripe windfalls you find under a tree. It has a light refreshing taste still appley lovely, I put some with my red cabbage and cranberries and was left with half a bottle to drink. . Weston’s organic cider contains organic cider, water, organic sugar, malic acid, carbon dioxide, preservative sulphur ... Read review

Refreshing and unusual. A little like liquid magic mushrooms. People do unusual things if they have more than 1 pint. I had 2 in Knights Templar (Bristol) then on to a proper scrumpy house (The Long Bar, Old Market St) for some Thatcher's Dry. Mmm, I'm led to believe that Wales beat England at rugby that afternoon, but I had to read the result in the paper the next day to be sure.Lovely stuff, but take care.