Magners Rant

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:28 pm

Is everyone else like me in getting annoyed that everyone has suddenly started drinking Magners cider?

It's actually just Bulmers cider in Ireland, and the company had been recently struggling. A buyout, rebrand and ad campaign in the UK and boom - It's everywhere.

I think people are only drinking it for the sake of it. Add on the stupid price for it (only place i've found under £3 in Cambridge is Wetherspoons) and i can't understand it. It was comparitively priced until recently, where they've taken adavntage of the mass buying and bumped prices up. People are paying £3+ for a pint of cider just because its the new in drink! :x Beggars belief really!

Matt

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:32 pm

I like it, but I'll only buy it from an offy / shop and drink it at home really. It is too much to drink out.

I do like a nice cider now and then however...

Texas Pete · Post by **Texas Pete** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:40 pm

Never even tried it, just not a cider fan to be honest and a fancy marketing campaign isn't going to change that.

I agree completely with what you're saying, I'd bet that hardly any of the current crop of magners drinkers would have regularly ordered a strongbow or scrumpy jack prior to the recent surge in popularity for cider, it's all an image thing. Strikes me as being a bit of a rip off really.

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:48 pm

Texas Pete wrote:Never even tried it, just not a cider fan to be honest and a fancy marketing campaign isn't going to change that.

I agree completely with what you're saying, I'd bet that hardly any of the current crop of magners drinkers would have regularly ordered a strongbow or scrumpy jack prior to the recent surge in popularity for cider, it's all an image thing. Strikes me as being a bit of a rip off really.

Amen to that!

I've not tried it either. I would try it if i could find it at a resonable price, but there's no way i'm paying £3+ for a pint. I think people think that nice bottle + fashionable drink = good. I've seen it costs nearly £5 in London bars too. No-one would happily pay £3+ for a pint in a pub, but if its Magners, that's ok. Madness.

Matt

mjd · Post by **mjd** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:01 pm

Im going for some pints tonight, £2 / £2.30 most guest ales, John Smiths £2.15, and Guinness £2.50..

Its going up!

I was in a wetherspoons yesterday and it was £1.40 for a guest ale!

Matty · Post by **Matty** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:27 am

The reason there is such a boom for this drink is beacuse it comes with something, Magners with a glass of ice, Corona with a lime. Ive been trying to think of a drink to go with something but just cant

CrosbyRules · Post by **CrosbyRules** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:40 am

KoppelBerg! The drink forward, summer fruit, pear or apple flavoured cider, get them from Wetherspoons, fucking lovely!!!

ssgtsnelly · Post by **ssgtsnelly** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:30 am

AMEN, at last someone else has discovered kopperberg...

summer fruits is the way forward but they ran out last night so had to resort to the pear one...abosulte beaut of a drink n i hate cider :P

£1.99 a bottle too what a bargain..

chrisyb · Post by **chrisyb** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:52 pm

KoppelBerg pear cider is quite possibly the best drink on the planet!! I discovered it about a month ago yet they only seem to sell it in spoons. If anyone knows where i can go and buy a crate or two please let me know. In the meantime Ill be frequenting my local wetherspoons.

Terry Tibbs · Post by **Terry Tibbs** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:27 pm

Matty wrote:The reason there is such a boom for this drink is beacuse it comes with something, Magners with a glass of ice, Corona with a lime. Ive been trying to think of a drink to go with something but just cant

this Corona with lime business really gets on my nerves. The lime was actualy used as a plug to stop flies getting into drinks in mexico (either a wedge down the neck or a slice over the top of the bottle)

but for some god-damned reason people now think that Corona or any other south american beer must be consumed with lime, when i throw it away i get odd looks from the bar staff like i've just committed a cardinal sin, uneducated morons!!

Magners gets on my tits aswell,my best mate drinks it all the time but its bland and boring and people only drink it because its percieved as a trendy drink. If it was tramps piss bottled and they put enough money behind it my mate would be supping it and grinning through gritted teeth swaering blind he likes it because of the taste.

mattrick · Post by **mattrick** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:05 pm

I have been drinking cider, Bulmers in particular for about 10 years.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:36 pm

Koppelberg is really nice. The best cider I've had is Old Rosie, which some pubs in Oxford used to sell. It's about 10% and tastes like good squash - very dangerous!

JustAnotherClone · Post by **JustAnotherClone** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:39 pm

Doctor wrote: this Corona with lime business really gets on my nerves. The lime was actualy used as a plug to stop flies getting into drinks in mexico (either a wedge down the neck or a slice over the top of the bottle)

Wow you learn something new everyday. Im gonna impress all my mates with that when i see them drinking it next.

Dibble · Post by **Dibble** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:19 pm

Tell me about it. When our local first had it it in it was 1.90 now its 3.10.....ass holes.

Matty · Post by **Matty** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:17 pm

I knew that aswell! Same with guiness it takes long time to pour so it becomes a novelty and trendy!

Next on the alchol seen is Brahma, brazzilian lager with lime

But hey what can we do?