[rescue] AS/400? Anyone?

[Dan Sikorski]

Peter Corlett wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 11:15:30AM -0500, Dan Sikorski wrote:
> [...]
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>> Any idea if there's any good cider and perry exported to the US? It's
>> definately not as popular here, the best cider I've had here is Strongbow,
>> which definately does NOT fit your description above. Most of the rest of
>> it is much too sweet for me. A knife and fork cider would be quite
>> interesting to me.
>>     
>
> Strongbow is basically the cider equivalent of mass-produced horse piss
> lager. Not all of it is even made from apples. Magners is much the same but
> marketed with an Irish angle.
>
>   
That figures, the fact that i said that it is about the best that I've 
had is testament to how bad cider is here in the US.  The most prominent 
brand here is Woodchuck, which i find much too sweet.  A quick search 
indicates that they make a "Dark and Dry 802" that might be worth a try, 
but i won't be holding my breath after trying their other three.
> Thatchers, Biddendens and Stowford Press are the ones I usually come across,
> and it's all quite drinkable. Thatchers would be the most knife-and-fork of
> the lot, but they do some sweet ciders as well.
>   
I've never even heard of any of those.  I'll definitely have to keep an 
eye out, but I doubt that I can get them around here.  That trip to 
London is sounding more and more tempting...

    -Dan Sikorski