Diamond White premium cider has grown from a small seed sown in Somerset. Expertly crafted with over 100 years of cider-making knowledge, each can contains the medium-sweet juice of fine dessert apples and is triple-filtered for a purer cider and a clean, refreshing taste. Our vegan friendly cider pairs perfectly with a large variety of cuisine, uses no artificial flavours and contains fewer calories than many other alcoholic beverages. However, a manager at Aston Manor, another white cider manufacturer, told Goodall: "If you take all the white ciders in the UK, it accounts for 0.1% of alcohol consumption and is being abused by a small percentage of people. Problem drinkers are a social issue, not an economic issue." Last year, the Institute for Alcohol Studies said high-strength white cider is like 'murder in a can.' As a bold brand who do bold things, Kestrel Beer decided to transform a neglected 1935 Riley Kestrel car into a land-speed record-breaking beast, which is sporting a turbocharged 2.5 litre RS3 engine, 900bhp and even an in-build boot refrigerator. Many said they believed the drink produced far more stomach problems than other forms of alcohol. Several described a burning sensation as they drank the cider.

Three litre bottles of 7.5 per cent white cider has around 24 units, while the latest advice states men and women should not exceed 14 units per week. So who is really to blame for fuelling the drink craze? Not just the cider industry but supermarkets for advertising their heavily discounted offers, the government for turning a blind eye to inferior cider but more importantly the parents for letting their kids go rampant and of course the kids themselves. On 19th century westcountry farms a nine year old boy would be given one pint of real cider a day but he would drink it under supervision and work it off in the fields, hoeing turnips or catching sheep. There are predictions that super-strength cider will become more popular later this year. From October, duty on beers above 7.5% in strength will rise by 25%. Experts suggest this will see more super-strength lager drinkers switch to cider as they attempt to save money. The table below contains all postcodes on a two day service. Please note all deliveries to Northern Ireland are also on a 3-5 days service. But what is ‘white cider’ exactly ? If you ask a traditional cider maker what ‘farmhouse’ cider is, then you have cider orchards trailing off into the distance and deep golden cider made from 100% cider apple juice. What you see is what you get. But mention the words ‘white cider’ and you have the cider makers running for cover and hiding behind their barrels. They have no desire whatsoever to be associated with this phenomenon.

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Or, as it’s known to some of you, one half of a cheeky Vimto (Charlotte Church, we’re looking at you). Watch out for ‘white’ or super-strength cider that sits at around 8% ABV. ‘Farmhouse’ cider may sound quaint, but it can still weigh in at up to 12% ABV!

Alcohol Concern and a coalition of homelessness charities want a ban on strong cider being sold in anything larger than one-litre bottles. Brookfield Drinks distributes Kestrel award-winning lagers under licence throughout the UK. Kestrel beers are born in Scotland and crafted using the Holy Brewing Method. Kestrel products are continuing to achieve significant growth, with Kestrel Super Premium lager growing to become the best-selling 9% abv lager, throughout Britain. What even is it? No one really knows, but we do know it comes in roughly a gazillion flavours. So, yeah… The quality, premium brewing credentials, and excellent taste of Kestrel Super Premium lager was recognised by Monde Selection – International Quality Institute, where it was awarded a gold medal and further reinforced by the International Beer Challenge 2019, in which Kestrel Super Premium lager was given a silver medal.

White cider is made by processing dessert apples and the pomace after the traditional milling process, resulting in an almost colourless product that has been heavily filtered. Pomace is the dry apple pulp left behind when the juice has been pressed out of it and this is usually fed to animals or used for making pectin. Other large manufacturers use apple concentrate from abroad and get most of the alcohol from the addition of glucose or corn syrup. This is then fermented out to about 15%abv and then brought down with water to around 7.5abv and sold in 2 or 3 litre bottles at prices that sometimes make lemonade seem expensive. The glucose is derived from maize or wheat starch and is changed by enzymes into sugars which in turn are changed into alcohol. So the majority of the alcohol in white cider has very little to do with apples at all.

Could I have diabetes? Know the warning signs and how to avoid it as 12,000 in Gloucestershire revealed to be at risk The journey of this transformation was filmed and turned into a documentary series by Insight TV; the leading millennial-focused global channel provider. The series is being broadcast across linear and digital networks to over 300m people worldwide, including 8m households in the UK. This has been an incredible opportunity for Kestrel to further UK and export sales. A spokesman for Bestway, the cash-and-carry operator that owns the White Ace brand, confirmed it "sells very well", but declined to give figures. The report also said street drinkers viewed white cider as being similar to heroin. Read More Related ArticlesTony Waters, a long-serving manager at a Thames Reach hostel, said price had been the major factor in homeless people migrating from weak to strong cider in recent years. "Nowadays people won't drink ordinary-strength ciders, they don't see it as strong enough, basically," he said.

Goodall explained: "The UK doesn't produce sufficient sweet apples to meet the blending demands of the cider industry, which is why its producers need to import culinary concentrate. New strains of apple are being developed locally, but it takes five years for trees to produce any significant crop." Expertly crafted with over 100 years of cider-making knowledge, each can contains the medium-sweet juice of fine dessert apples and is triple-filtered for a purer cider and a clean, refreshing taste The real bible for cider makers is Customs Notice 162 which was drawn up in the 1970s when we entered the Common Market. Very conveniently it left definitions of cider wide open and those loopholes still exist today and actively encourage the production of white cider and amber cider with low juice content. Under Article 26 there is a comprehensive list of permitted cider ingredients: water no limit, sugars and sugar syrups no limit. So you can make cider with minimum apple content, add sugar in whatever form and the government doesn’t care, so long as it gets its revenue on the alcohol. Cheap lager is another culprit and can even be made from converting the starch in pasta waste into alcohol.

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Go to https://watch.insight.tv/the-flying-kestrel, set up an account on Insight TV, search ‘The Flying Kestrel’ and begin watching! With the BMA and Tesco both calling for alcohol prices to be raised to curb underage binge drinking James Crowden takes a closer look at the murky world of white cider. The recommended weekly alcohol limit in the UK for men and women is 14 units, which is the same as 5 and a half pints of 4.5% cider. If you are drinking ‘super-strength’ cider, that comes down to around 3 pints.