Maison Sassy Brut Cider 5.2% - 6 x 750ml - Hand-Crafted Traditional Normandy Fruit Cider, Premium-Quality, Low Calorie, Gluten Free, 100% Natural & No Added Sugar

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Sheppy’s are one of the oldest premium craft cider-making families in the UK having been around over 200 years. We gather a number of cider samples that are either currently or soon to arrive on the market and taste each submission for our initial thoughts. Named in honour of a forefather’s success at the Imperial Fruit Show in 1921, every year Aspall’s craft a special vintage. Made from English bittersweet and dessert apples, then fermented with champagne and yeasts for depth of flavour and a persistent sparkle, this is a cider to drink on the beach. And with various regions around the UK known for their orchards and cider production, it’s fair to say we’re not short of choice.

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Cider is synonymous with Bonfire Night, so this Toffee Apple cider from Brothers is a match made in heaven. Maison Sassy work with a number of creators and collaborators including renowned chefs, mixologists and artists. significantly stronger than all the other ciders on this list (and that’s after Weston’s reduced the ABV a few years ago. It’s the original cloudy cider from Weston’s cider mill in the famed cider-making region of Herefordshire. The whole Maison Sassy range is worth a taste - there really is a cider for all occasions, with the ABV ranging from 2.Employing the expertise of a cellar master with more than 30 years’ experience they have succeeded in giving ‘cidre’ a very modern twist. This means that the total sugar content in many of their ciders is much lower than other market alternatives.

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This organic bottling is completely natural, made from five varieties of local Normandy apples and includes no added sugars, colourings, additives of preservatives. Their cidre is designed to be a perfect apéritif, wine alternative and important ingredient in many delicious cider-based cocktails. This French cider is made from 100% fermented apple juice - so no concentrate, added sugars, sweeteners or preservatives. Maison Sassy are disrupting centuries of French tradition with their innovative approach to cider production.We also ask a small group of taste testers to offer up their opinions on our favourites, ensuring we arrive at a strong, diverse list of the best ciders available for a variety of tastes. Sassy has now become the go-to choice for the world’s culinary elite – Joel Robuchon Alain Ducasse Alexandre Gauthier Anne-Sophie Pic David Toutain Gregory Marchand the lists goes on – as well as top mixologists and bartenders from Paris to Hong Kong. Whereas most French ciders use four different apple species, Sassy uses 20, and less of the classic bitter apples to create something “delicate, fine and well-balanced with good complexity” as he puts it.

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There's a crispness to the apples chosen (Farmers Glory, Dabinett and Sweet Alford) and a refreshing mellow attitude to each sip. From strong scrumpy-style ciders to artisan single variety cans, and some weird and wonderful flavoured versions in-between, online supermarkets and independents have a veritable smorgasbord of cider for you to choose from. This dark and fruity cider is described by its award-winning cidery as being “crafted for the modern Cider drinker”. They've been producing cider for some 15 years now and their dedication to making cider with 100% juice has made their drinks a delight.The family owned Biddenden estate in Kent was originally a 40-acre apple orchard, before the family pivoted to winemaking in the 1960’s. Made using the traditional method of fermentation as used for Champagne and Biddenden’s sparkling wine, its range of vintage ciders are always a treat. Since 1852, his family have been producing Normandy Cider in the picturesque Château de Sassy on the edge of the Forêt d'Écouves. Aspall’s Imperial has a richer, more intense apple flavour than many on this list, and a higher ABV, too, at 8. More sweet than tangy and bursting with fruit flavours, this is one of the tastiest drinks on our best cider list.

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As bar owners of East London cocktail destinations The Sun Tavern and The Discount Suit Company, Umbrella London’s owners know a thing or two about drinks. Sassy in France blends traditional Norman techniques with modern flavour profiles and marketing to make an authentic cider with a twist. But today, Adnams brews beer alongside its range of copper pot distilled spirits and it has even dipped its toe into wine and prosecco production. Available in a range of indigenous British hedgerow flavours, and with a really lip-smackingly delicious straight-up apple variety, too, we’ve fallen for its Blackcurrant Cider. When you come in, you can find your new favourite bottle at our tasting counter, hire glasses, flutes and chiller bins free* and pick up some ice.Its flavour is thanks to a mix of Dabinett, Harry Masters Jersey, Michelin and Yarlington Mill apples.