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Post by inee on Aug 17, 2016 10:04:15 GMT
As Prince might sing if he was a cider drink 'Thatchers Haze, Thatchers Haze' for me sure you dont mean hendrix
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Post by grayraydon on Aug 17, 2016 10:09:45 GMT
Haze and Gold are just far,far too sweet for my taste buds, I'm a Natch man and nothing else will do for me if it's available, at the Mem' I'm forced to switch to Dry.
But it's when you go away watching us that it really becomes a problem, usually I'll just take enough Natch with me to get by, if you ever see someone on away days with a suitcase, that's me.
Cheddar valley and black rat are another couple that I don't mind but the missus doesn't like me drinking them as I tend to get a bit messy.
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Post by countygroundhotel on Aug 17, 2016 10:51:38 GMT
Haze and Gold are just far,far too sweet for my taste buds, I'm a Natch man and nothing else will do for me if it's available, at the Mem' I'm forced to switch to Dry. But it's when you go away watching us that it really becomes a problem, usually I'll just take enough Natch with me to get by, if you ever see someone on away days with a suitcase, that's me. Cheddar valley and black rat are another couple that I don't mind but the missus doesn't like me drinking them as I tend to get a bit messy. You're going to have a problem this year at the Mem then
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Post by mkgas on Aug 17, 2016 10:57:30 GMT
Probably gonna get me slaughtered here, but I have a real liking for Diamond White. It was bought out by new firm a couple of years ago, and now there's a Diamond Black too, which is a bit sweeter and stronger. Hard to find though.... All the supermarket imitation brands give me terrible headaches. DW is the proper stuff!
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Post by singupgas on Aug 17, 2016 11:00:06 GMT
As Prince might sing if he was a cider drink 'Thatchers Haze, Thatchers Haze' for me sure you dont mean hendrix I bowled myself a googly there, i had the Purple Rain tune in my head, but the purple haze words were coming out.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2016 11:02:58 GMT
Amateurs Toshers Tipple, Blakeley Red for proper still draught, Black Dragon if you like bottled dry.
Youngsters, Gove was right, our education standards are terrible
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Post by nailseagas on Aug 17, 2016 11:38:06 GMT
Went to a Cider fest in Nailsea one year tried something called 'Old Bristolian' I think, anyway couple of weeks later they were selling it at the Old Barn, Hells teeth 2 pints, yes 2 pints later I couldn't talk properly and my legs wouldn't work. It was a really dark Cider and very smooth and easy to drink. Haven't seen it since, mind you I don't think I have seen a lot of anything since then
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Post by CrispPusher on Aug 17, 2016 11:53:55 GMT
Went to a Cider fest in Nailsea one year tried something called 'Old Bristolian' I think, anyway couple of weeks later they were selling it at the Old Barn, Hells teeth 2 pints, yes 2 pints later I couldn't talk properly and my legs wouldn't work. It was a really dark Cider and very smooth and easy to drink. Haven't seen it since, mind you I don't think I have seen a lot of anything since then They serve it on The Apple, the cider boat on the Welsh Back, although they seem to only be allowed to serve it half pints. Good cider that.
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Aug 17, 2016 11:54:19 GMT
Thatcher's Green Goblin is a nice one, also don't mind a can of Natch once in a while.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2016 11:54:34 GMT
Went to a Cider fest in Nailsea one year tried something called 'Old Bristolian' I think, anyway couple of weeks later they were selling it at the Old Barn, Hells teeth 2 pints, yes 2 pints later I couldn't talk properly and my legs wouldn't work. It was a really dark Cider and very smooth and easy to drink. Haven't seen it since, mind you I don't think I have seen a lot of anything since then They had that at The Apple Boat on Welshback a few months ago
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Post by pirateman on Aug 17, 2016 12:10:15 GMT
I know I'm in a minority here but I like a glass of proper cider but Thatchers is like drinking alcoholic apple tango with extra sugar. I don't know how people drink it. Or watch Yeovile for that matter. Thatchers Gold is as you describe but Thatchers Traditional and Thatchers Dry aren't.
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Aug 17, 2016 12:13:26 GMT
I know I'm in a minority here but I like a glass of proper cider but Thatchers is like drinking alcoholic apple tango with extra sugar. I don't know how people drink it. Or watch Yeovile for that matter. Thatchers Gold is as you describe but Thatchers Traditional and Thatchers Dry aren't. Nearly died after a night on the Traditional once! Never had a hangover like it!
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Post by socrates on Aug 17, 2016 12:14:32 GMT
Haze and Gold are just far,far too sweet for my taste buds, I'm a Natch man and nothing else will do for me if it's available, at the Mem' I'm forced to switch to Dry. But it's when you go away watching us that it really becomes a problem, usually I'll just take enough Natch with me to get by, if you ever see someone on away days with a suitcase, that's me. Cheddar valley and black rat are another couple that I don't mind but the missus doesn't like me drinking them as I tend to get a bit messy. Yeah my mate got divorced because of his taste for black rat. Strong as feck.
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Post by pirateman on Aug 17, 2016 12:16:16 GMT
Haze and Gold are just far,far too sweet for my taste buds, I'm a Natch man and nothing else will do for me if it's available, at the Mem' I'm forced to switch to Dry. But it's when you go away watching us that it really becomes a problem, usually I'll just take enough Natch with me to get by, if you ever see someone on away days with a suitcase, that's me. Cheddar valley and black rat are another couple that I don't mind but the missus doesn't like me drinking them as I tend to get a bit messy. Yeah my mate got divorced because of his taste for black rat. Strong as feck. Like Black Rat but it sure don't like me
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Aug 17, 2016 12:34:43 GMT
Probably gonna get me slaughtered here, but I have a real liking for Diamond White. It was bought out by new firm a couple of years ago, and now there's a Diamond Black too, which is a bit sweeter and stronger. Hard to find though.... All the supermarket imitation brands give me terrible headaches. DW is the proper stuff! Chucked my first whitey after drinking Diamond White in my teens. Happy days. Or so I'm told.
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Post by mkgas on Aug 17, 2016 16:14:12 GMT
This is an e-mail I sent to the new owners of Diamond White. They must have been amused, they sent me some samples!
I like Diamond White.
I don’t sleep in parks, nor harangue members of the public. I’m a 45 year old professional male who just likes Diamond White Cider, its crisp clear taste is not too dry, and not to sweet. It doesn’t have lumps of straw or bits of turnip in it, like rough farmyard scrumpy does.
I was born and raised in a pub, on the Beds Bucks border. My parents took the pub in 1970. In about 1985, when I was 14, a Sales Rep arrived with a new cider they were promoting, called “Strongbow 1080”.
Our pub was full of old men drinking Mild or Light and Bitter, so the samples he left were handed straight over to me. I had only had Woodpecker bottled cider up to that point, for special occasions etc., and my parents had no idea that the ‘1080’ referred to its OG strength, and it was quite a lot stronger than normal.
I don’t think the ‘1080’ brand lasted very long. It was soon replaced by Diamond White, it could even be the same cider, I’m not sure.
I tried Max, K, and all the other ciders that came out around the same time, but Diamond White was by far the best of all of them. The supermarkets own brands like White Lightning etc. give me a horrible headache after just 30mins or so.
Somewhere along the line, the original 8.2% was reduced to 7.5%; a very sad day indeed. Probably down to some meddling by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a tax threshold. That’s when I stopped voting.
After leaving home, I was a barman for a long time. On my first day at a large Conference Hotel, the Bars Supervisor took me aside and asked what I drank. “Diamond White” I said. He didn’t bat an eyelid. “That’s fine,” he said, ”I drink Special Brew myself. I’ll get Diamond White stocked in the bar, then I’ll know exactly how much you’re drinking.” I no longer work in bars, but I’m still a big fan.
I haven’t seen Diamond White for sale in a pub for about 10 years, the last time was in the “Duke of York” in Sidwell Street, Exeter, but I finished what they had playing pool one night. For a while, they stocked it in the Vermont Hotel in Newcastle, but I drank all they had and they refused to get any more in. I think they had had the stock for quite a while…
After that, I had to buy it from Tescos. They used to have the small bottles, which they reduced to 0.50p when they got close to their date. Many the time I filled a basket for less than a tenner. Happy days.... But then they stopped doing the small bottles and only had only the large 2 litre ones or cans, and then finally stopped stocking it at all. I tried complaining to the manager, but he didn’t seem to care. (I note they still have “K”, but only in tiny little cans that I would be too embarrassed to drink from.)
So now I buy it from the Bargain Booze or the shop near Milton Keynes Station. The Bargain Booze owner just fetches a slab from the back when he sees me coming, as it’s easier than having to refill his entire shelf.
Anyway, I have just discovered you are the new owner of my favourite brand. The latest batch I bought is in the newly designed tins. I’m a bit of a traditionalist, and I didn’t really like the old design being tinkered with, but I studying the design, I saw the Bedford address on the side, which made me look it up, and judging by the website, and recipes section, you are either heavily investing in it or are clinically insane. Possibly both, I don’t mind. Good for you!
I will be seeking out Diamond Black as soon as possible. Not sure I’ll be adding it to mac’n’cheese, but I’m way ahead of you with the Slushie idea, been doing that for a decade or more. Here’s another idea for using it though - Jelly! And especially Strawberry jelly works very well.
I was wondering if you had any merchandise I could assist your relaunch with by wearing? I already promote it to everyone I can, whenever I can, but if there are any t-shirts etc, I would love to have one. I have one t-shirt, with a picture of the bottle on the front, but it has “Stop me and Buy One” across the back, as it’s old Bar Staff stock, and this seems to confuse people when I am out in public. I did have a Diamond White baseball cap, but somehow it got left in a restaurant in Paris, and when I went back the next day, they completely denied having it. That’s the French for you, I suppose.
If there is any taste testing to be done, or market research, do please get in touch. I don’t think you’ll find a bigger fan than me!
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Post by mkgas on Aug 17, 2016 16:16:08 GMT
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Post by holywoodgas on Aug 17, 2016 16:34:45 GMT
I quite like lager!....just saying!
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Post by pirateman on Aug 17, 2016 17:05:38 GMT
I quite like lager!....just saying! As Arthur Dent said about Vogon Poetry (Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy) 'Actually I quite liked it.' Seriously - drink what you like and enjoy it. We can't all be the same.
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Post by youmadethatup on Aug 17, 2016 17:14:49 GMT
Golden rule for cider (and lager & ale)...when it's starting to be sold in cans its dead ,which is a shame.
Not a big drinker but a cold bottle of Katy is nice on a hot day.
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