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  Green's Beer Specials - Strongbow Cider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is the unrivalled consumer’s favourite around the world, accounting for over a quarter of all cider sold in the UK annually.
Strongbow is a Gold Medal winner at the International Beer and Cider Competition, London, voted best tasting cider in blind tastings by a consumer led panel of judges.
Strongbow is named after the Norman knight, Richard de Clare, later Earl of Pembroke, who was nicknamed ‘Strongbow’ by his troops for his feats of strength and prowess with the longbow.
www.greensbeverages.com /strongbow.html   (146 words)

  
  Sláinte! » Strongbow (16 oz. can)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Strongbow, a British import, has become for many the default dry cider in the United States, because it seems that most North American ciders are much more tart, and even the darker varieties I’ve found have a tendency to taste a bit like Granny Smith.
Strongbow itself is a medium-colored cider, and does have a tart finish, but it does not take away from the apple taste, which is very distinct.
It is not a sweet cider, but since it is fruit-based there is an automatic element of sweetness, which is something I crave in a drink.
www.mikeroesch.com /drinks/index.php/archives/strongbow   (352 words)

  
 Strongbow Cider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Strongbow is a brand of cider originating in England, but now available all around the world.
It is a slightly dry cider, unlike its sugary brother, Woodpecker, and is also known by the name 1080 Dry Cider.
In addition to Strongbow Sirrus, Scottish and Newcastle have extended the Strongbow range with Strongbow Jacques, a 5.5% ABV cider with cherry, raspberry and flcurrant flavours made in Belgium by Stassen SA.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strongbow_Cider   (503 words)

  
 Apple Cider Diet -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cider apples are grouped into four main types according to the nature of their flavour components.
Sweet cider tends to be popular with young people, and is often the drink of choice for teenagers in the UK (along with alcopops; Snakebite).
Cider is generally unfiltered, but I have had filtered cider, and I have had unfiltered apple juice.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/5/apple-cider-diet.html   (963 words)

  
 Wine: French Ciders, on StarChefs
Their ciders are often lower in alcohol and less sweet than their British counterparts, with fruitier flavors, a lighter texture, and higher acidity.
French cider is made without preservatives, and because of its low-alcohol is more susceptible than many beverages to becoming tainted or flawed by infections that could ruin the delicate flavor of the cider.
The ciders are imported by Jeroboam Wines, but their website does not offer any inofrmation about the ciders at this time.
www.starchefs.com /wine/features/html/french_ciders.shtml   (1224 words)

  
 Scottish & Newcastle - Bulmer’s cider offering strengthened with launch of Strongbow Sirrus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The introduction of Strongbow Sirrus is set against the backdrop of a buoyant cider market which is outperforming the total long alcoholic drink (LAD) sector.
“Cider is attracting a new generation of drinkers as consumers increasingly experiment with a broader repertoire of drinks.
From August, Strongbow Sirrus will make an eye-catching addition to the back bar and the launch will be supported with a significant level of marketing investment to help the brand realise its full potential.
www.scottish-newcastle.com /snplc/media/news/2005/2005-07-05   (297 words)

  
 Gauntlet 2002 Beer Supplement - Strongbow Cider
Strongbow cider is, quite simply, the most victimized and long-suffering alcoholic drink of the civilized world.
Essentially, this is a cider that outperforms, outclasses and outweighs most other drinks by the same name on this side of the pond but rarely seeks the spotlight.
Strongbow cider requires a cultivated taste, but once you're in, you're in for life.
gauntlet.ucalgary.ca /supplements/78/index.php?sid=8038   (274 words)

  
 Brands news - Cider - Morning Advertiser
Strongbow is returning to the big screen this month as it defends its position against rival ciders and lagers.
Strongbow Cider is teaming up with Napster - the digital music provider - in a promotion that will offer drinkers a free subscription to the Napster service.
Blackthorn cider is returning to TV for the first time in four years, to revitalise sales that are down 12% year on year.
www.morningadvertiser.co.uk /news_archive.aspx?categoryid=44&page=1   (661 words)

  
 Edinburgh Evening News - Bulmer loses its fizz as profits fall by 17%   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
STRONGBOW cider maker HP Bulmer said today its half-year profits had been hit by a poor performance in its international operations and one-off difficulties with its supply chain.
It is understood that Strongbow will not sever ties with the Edinburgh club completely once the sponsorship deal finishes, the Hereford-based company being set to continue its support, albeit in a different role.
Strongbow are currently half-way through a new three-year deal, worth £5m, with Leeds United in the English Premiership.
edinburghnews.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1633402001   (805 words)

  
 Doc's Hard Apple Cider
From Doc's Draft Hard Apple Cider (great, semi-dry and effervescent refreshment) to the incredibly dry, delicate, and fragrant Doc's Draft Hard Pear Cider, to the tremendous Doc's Framboise, which is a dessert beverage that is on par with any dessert wine out there.
Cider had long been popular in Britain and in France, too, especially in the northern regions of Normandy and Brittany.
And since the idea of cider feels so warm and homey, touching pre-nuclear-age notions of community, the Dining section's wine panel, not immune to sentiment, decided for the holidays to turn away from the grape and to the apple.
www.wvwinery.com /cider_02.html   (1213 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Sport - Strongbow call time on Hearts shirt sponsorship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HEARTS have confirmed that their ten-year-old shirt sponsorship deal with Strongbow cider will finally end at the end of this season, after a "mutually agreed" split between the two companies.
Strongbow will, however, continue its long association with the club through a less prominent form of support, and a spokesman for the brewers claimed that Tynecastle chief executive Chris Robinson has already engineered a deal with an alternative primary backer.
A spokesman for Bulmer’s, the cider manufacturers’ holding company, hinted that the decision had been taken by Strongbow rather than by Hearts, but claimed the club had long been aware of its desire to freshen up its marketing activities.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=1607282001   (478 words)

  
 Coastr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Of the many ciders that I have tried, quite a few of them tend to taste like alcoholic apple juice, with a definitely sweet, sometimes sickly-sweet, taste.
Strongbow is a good deal dryer in flavor than many others.
This is one I used to drink in the Irish pubs in Germany, although it's a British cider ale.
www.coastr.com /beer/show/723   (143 words)

  
 Extratasty - Recipes tagged cider
Pour half a pint of cider first before filling with half a pint of lager.
Three parts orange juice, one part hard cider (strongbow is the best).
cider, extra strong beer preferably, then vodka and a slice of lime.
www.extratasty.com /recipes/tagged/cider   (407 words)

  
 Event
Ten years ago cider was not considered the ‘drink of choice’ for the young and influential.
The Strongbow Cider House included High Definition screens and interactive mobile technology, which allowed on-site communication and the delivery of branded content after the event.
Strongbow attended six events this year, including the V Festival in Chelmsford and Staffordshire in August, Global Gathering at the end of July, and Creamfields during August.
www.eventmagazine.co.uk /features/Features_story.cfm?ID=4806   (1119 words)

  
 ProBrewer: A Resource Site For The Beer Industry
The company said that Strongbow Sirrus, a 5% ABV, triple-filtered packaged cider, will be available in the on- and off-premise accounts where in 275ml and 500ml bottles.
The company said the cider will be primarily targeted at the core audience of 18-30 year old males, the same group that has driven Britain's lager consumption.
That's a far cry from the current cider demographics here in the US, which tends to be more of the craft beer drinker profile.
www.probrewer.com /news/news-002616.php   (187 words)

  
 Cider Drink Food Recreation
We sampled Strongbow English Cider and were pleasantly surprised, not only by the drink but by a policy of the firm that produces it: The company?s workers...
Meaney said that at the flat Danielle drank cider and asked if she could have some of his methadone.
Read how cider is made and discover its origins.
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Recreation/Food/Drink/Cider   (560 words)

  
 Checkout 2006
Last month’s Fleadh festival in London was sponsored by C&C along with PR and advertising activity focusing on London and the South East.
The company’s two year target is a 1% share of Britain’s 200 million litre on trade market for cider, which is worth an estimated £400 million sterling.
Strongbow is produced by HP Bulmers, the company that sold the Bulmers rights for Ireland to William Magner, who founded Bulmers Ireland in 1935.
www.checkout.ie /AdMarketing.asp?ID=3   (736 words)

  
 Sauce Magazine • An American classic beefs up the trendy appletini
These days, “hard cider” is used to indicate the adult version, made by fermenting apple juice (creating alcohol and carbonation), while “cider” has been reduced to a non-fermented beverage.
Strongbow has dubbed itself “the most popular cider in the United Kingdom,” where its parent company, Bulmers, has been fermenting apples since 1887.
The level of sweetness in hard cider is determined not by the apples, but by the amount of sugar added during the fermentation process.
www.saucemagazine.com /article/14/17   (758 words)

  
 Hand Coding » 2002 » September » 20   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Another cider is K Cider, which I talk more about in that entry.
The K Cider was definitely an above-average cider, though maybe not to the level of my aforementioned favorites.
I’ve seen Ace Cider in the beer stores around here, though I haven’t tried it yet (primarily because it tends to be priced at about $7.50 for a six-pack).
www.handcoding.com /archives/2002/09/20   (881 words)

  
 Cider House
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www.artistbooking.com /trips/37/cider-house.html   (1026 words)

  
 Taste: Apples juiced
Or rather hard cider, dry cider or fermented cider, to distinguish it from sweet apple juice, mild enough for a kid.
British ciders, like Hornsby’s, Blackthorn and Strongbow, are the best known here, yet cider is made throughout colder sections of Europe in a variety of tastes and styles.
The best cider apples aren’t the same as eating or cooking varieties; they are smaller and darker, with thicker skins that provide more tannins.
www.sptimes.com /2006/11/01/Taste/Apples_juiced.shtml   (808 words)

  
 At Home In The Wasteland: Strongbow Cider in DC: Whole Foods
Strongbow is now available at Whole Foods Market on P Street.
Posted by: Ryan at June 2, 2006 05:57 PM Naw, Brickskeller had a rather poor cider selection.
Posted by: Katerina at July 2, 2006 02:29 AM David, if faced with a choice of Strongbow in a can or glass bottle, I would prefer the bottled version because it tastes a bit better...the only downside is, you don't get as much in the bottle as you do the can.
www.lindsayfincher.com /2006/05/strongbow_in_dc_whole_foods.html   (336 words)

  
 Strongbow - Drinks Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
I had long held the idea that cider in all of its forms was the drink of choice for those scally 12 year olds who harras you outside of the corner shop into buying them 'ciggies'.
I wandered into the bar with my new corridor mates and was left with the almost impossible task of choosing form just Carling and Strongbow on tap, not being a great lover of lager especially the horrid Carling I opted for a drink i now consider my favourite.....Stronngbow.
I discovered that cider is much easier to drink than lager and goes down really well it has a slight tangy taste which kicks in after every sip but overall the taste of apples (which it is made of) is what you mainly experience.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /drinks/strongbow   (246 words)

  
 Strongbow
Strongbow Dry presents a perfect balance of fruit and acidity that is sharp, lean, full flavoured and completely refreshing.
Strongbow Original offers a classic apple cider taste that is fresh and delicious with a hint of acidity for clean, crisp refreshment.
Strongbow Sweet offers the full flavour of real fruit with a satisfying, lingering sweetness and a crisp, clean edge.
www.strongbow.com.au   (72 words)

  
 Bulmer to sell Australian unit
CUB will also own New Zealand's number one cider brand, Harvest, and will have the rights to produce and distribute the Scrumpy Jack and Bulmers Original brands in Australia through a licensing agreement with HP Bulmer.
Bulmer said the UK results had been impacted by increased supply costs, stock write-offs and margin pressure in the off trade, as well as a significant change in accounting policy for marketing spend.
But while it took heart from the fact that the Strongbow brand maintained its momentum during the half, increasing volumes 7 per cent, it stressed that most of its international business was performing poorly, due in no small part to increasing competition from RTD spirits.
www.nutraingredients-usa.com /news/ng.asp?id=16537   (564 words)

  
 Bulmers at beer Collections
For mass-produced ciders, a yeast culture is added in order to achieve consistency.
Although much of today’s cider is produced from apple concentrate, many traditional cider-makers use only cider apples, cultivated specifically for the purpose.
Both traditional and mass-market ciders are available carbonated or still and range in style from the bone dry, to the extremely sweet.
www.beercollections.com /Breweries-Europe/England/Bulmer.htm   (214 words)

  
 Strongbow beer - United Kingdom
For some of our American cousins, cider in the UK is fermented apple juice, and hence often stronger than the beer.
I was given a duffle bag full of beers from this one party, and i came across 4 cans of strong bow and i thought id give it a shot, i liked it alot and now i cant find it anywhere...
Strongbow is sold on tap at St Andrews Pub in NYC.
www.thebackpacker.net /worldbeers/strongbow_1691_worldbeers.htm   (688 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Bulmer's profits fall flat
Britain's biggest cider maker Bulmer has unveiled a slump in profits, citing weak overseas demand amid stiff competition from popular ready-mixed drinks such as Bacardi Breezer.
Bulmer's said sales of its flagship cider brand Strongbow grew strongly in the UK, while its premium beer brands San Miguel and Amstel also turned in a strong performance.
But UK sales of its other cider brands Scrumpy Jack, Woodpecker, and White Lightning were flat.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/2115549.stm   (269 words)

  
 STRONGBOW - Cider : Buy online @ TheDrinkShop.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Using apples from the orchard at his father's rectory and an old stone press on the farm next door, young Percy made the first drop of cider upon which the family fortune would be made.
It was little more than a shack compared to the huge modern, stainless steel, computer controlled cider making plant that has grown up on a 75 acre site nearby.
Bulmers was first granted the Royal Warrant in 1911 and continues proudly today as Cider Maker to her Majesty, the Queen.
www.thedrinkshop.com /products/nlpdetail.php?prodid=358   (302 words)

  
 Strongbow continues its conquest
As of the beginning of this week the Bulmers Strongbow cider, with a four and a half per cent alcohol content, is available in half a litre return cans from daily consumer goods outlets.
The first Strongbow draughts in Finland were served at the Sling In Bar in Helsinki last Friday.
The masculine Strongbow is a dry, high-quality cider.
www.koff.fi /en/news/info/285.html   (262 words)

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