fuckin love ciders omg

Originally posted by Maakun
It seems French ciders only get in the top 50 for the style when they get exported to the US, and most of those are not even close to the best French stuff...

I hate cider because big cider is trying to take shelfspace from micro beer breweries.

I have had some great Spanish ciders lately. They are amazing. I really enjoy my French ciders. I do however love my English Scrumpy Cider.
As for US ciders? Overrated alcopops in my experience.

The RBSG in Boise had a few cider stops. I was amazed how popular they were. Meriwether is doing some cool stuff... and we also did a Basque cider tasting with 8 different bottles. People really seemed to dig it.

Originally posted by SinH4

Originally posted by Maakun
It seems French ciders only get in the top 50 for the style when they get exported to the US, and most of those are not even close to the best French stuff...

Do you have other recommendations? I like Dupont, but that one’s the only not-so commercial French one I’ve had.

Like this one that is almost top 50 (this cidery has one of the few French ones in the top 50): https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/cidres-bigouden--le-brun-organic-cidre/374023/

I’m the only European rater of this it seems and I wasn’t super impressed, but lately I got some great ratings. Might not even be the same stuff they export (at least the label is not the same), it might have improved, or there might be bottle variation. I just wish more people would rate ciders and add them to the database so it’s more reliable and the good ones are easier to find.

Originally posted by DutchDrebus
I hate cider because big cider is trying to take shelfspace from micro beer breweries.