If you want the real British cider experience you need to get a cheap 3 litre bottle of white lightning and then go drink it in the local park.

I love when Americans are shocked that things from Britain taste good, like all we do is eat mud and drink sewer water all day 😂

8.3% is a level that lets you taste alchohol at first, but that disappears the more you have, and as you sink slowly into oblivion.

Cider is apples. Perry is pear Serve cold on a hot summers day - delish

THIS ISN'T BEER.

Nothing says Irish as much as a couple of Americans drinking traditional English booze 😁

I don’t believe that you fully understand what cider is and what it is made from and how.

The drinking age in the UK literally is 5, for drinking at home. You have to be 18 to buy alcohol though.

I think you guys are confused about what cider is. Cider is made from the fermented juice of apples. Beer is totally different to cider in every way apart from the fact that they both contain alcohol. Beer is made with barley, hops and yeast. The Old Mout you like is a standard apple cider with the addition of kiwi and lime.

It's NOT beer!!!

Cider IS APPLE!!!!

Who would have thought cider doesn't have a beer taste? 🤔 🙄🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

Old Mout is from New Zealand btw

In the UK the pronunciation of Katy rhymes with JT. So it's more like KT than Catty. However every Katy I've ever met was definitely catty😂

Loved the way JT tried to twist off the bottle top at the beginning. What sprang to mind was "Don't they have crown cork tops in the USA? What if they don't possess a bottle opener?" - for a while I thought you'd have to either cancel the video, or risk your nice new kitchen worktop, by using the 'smash down' method of opening! A number of observations: 1) It's Thatcher's Katy - pronounced Kay-Tee as in the name 'Katy' ('Katy' is a variety of apple grown specifically for cider making.) 2) The volume of the bottles (both 500ml, it turned out) has no bearing on the alcohol strength even if they'd have been different volumes, (since it's expressed as '%ABV' - alcohol percentage by volume) 3) "the green apple - that's what it tastes like - I guess that would be the kiwi & lime" - alternatively, it might just be because it's made FROM APPLES! 4) The Thatcher's Vintage got a 6/10 rating from Anna, but then she declared at the end of the video "I don't like it". Surely if you gave it a score of over 5/10, you must have liked it a little?! (I've just been drinking a bottle of Henry Weston's Vintage cider while I watched your video: 8.2%ABV, so 0.1% less alcohol than your Thatcher's vintage, but much richer and much smoother - more akin to a wine than a cider - Yes it is only 11:45am here in the UK, but 'the sun is well over the yardarm, [nautical term] so my conscience is clear, even if my head won't be if I drink another two of these!)

You can get cider at 12% alcohol in the UK

Who would of thought Cider smells of apples! purists would say cider is only apples, none of these flavoured fizzy drinks.

Cider and beer are totally different. Beer is made from hops and grains whereas cider is made from apples or sometimes pears.

Cider on St Patrick's Day? You didn't read the instructions, did you?!?! 🤣🤣🤣

All cider is apple flavour and usually carbonated. Scrumpy is the traditional Somerset cider which is non carbonated. All cider should be chilled. The UK drinking age is 18.

I don't do anything as I'm not Irish. Then again neither was st.patrick 😂😂

As already said, legal drinking age in the UK 5 - When at in private with parents/guardians present, 16 - Drinking in a public pub/bar with food served, also with an 18+ adult in supervision, 18+ to purchase and drink freely.

8.3% lol - get it doon ya!

Cider is basically fermented apple juice. Oh the memories of a pint of woodpecker dry.. showing my age now,lol.

Brothers Toffee Apple - Tastes like liquid caramel

It's Katy (pronounced kay-tee) like the girls name. Like Katy Perry. Not catty.

Have you been calling Katy Perry Katty Perry all this time lol 🤣

Beer is made from malted barley, hops, water and yeast- cider is made from apples and water - it produces its own yeast and sugar, much like grapes, make wine.

i live 20 mins from the Thatchers farm we used to get the Cider by the gallon

What the UK calls cider you would refer to as hard cider. All due to the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920's and early 30's, were apple juice was referred to as cider in order to differentiate it from that which contained alcohol.

Anna using her rabbit nose to sniff had me in stitches. Loved this one with your masks and almost straight faces 🙂 You two are made for each other...

There's also a saint David's day for Welsh people too on march 1st btw JT. The legal drinking age is 18 it's only bad 5 and over at your home and not in pubs, the youngest age you can drink in pubs is 16 providing you're having food and with parents or adult relatives. Loving Anna's. Glasses 😎👌 Happy Saint Patrick's day to all Irish subscribers. 🍀🍀

Old Mout Cider is a New Zealand brand from Moutere in the middle of one of NZ's apple growing areas. Cider goes very well with white fleshed fish. Glad you are enjoying the cider. A lot of pubs in Britain have cider on tap.

18 is the legal age to buy alcohol. However you can legally drink from the age of 5 in your home

Should try a cider called "Merry down"

It's pronounced "Kaytee", like the girl's name, I think.

As someone who is in Somerset(zomerzet) thatchers is a very good local brand. But you guys need to look up a band called the wurzels to see how mad we are about cider.

Thatcher's vintage is probably the best cider on the market imho, followed closely by Old Rosie. No need to compare them to beer btw, they're completely different animals. Cider is made from the juice of apples, no hope or malt involved.

2 words - White Lightning

Apparently when the American GI's were training in the South West of england (cider country) in 1944 in preparation for D day, they went into the local pubs and tried the cider not really knowing what it was. They found out 4 pints later as they left the pub on all fours 😂

Gotta try Henry Weston's cider! The 8.2% one though, hands down the best cider

Pretty certain that drinking English cider on St Patrick's day is neither traditional or appropriate, I suspect some Irish people might even be somewhat offended, certainly by the lack of Guinness.🤣

Interesting selection. You’ve got the modern alcopop flavoured (old mout) traditional west coast (vintage) and single variety katy (more like an east coast cider) If you get the chance, try some biddenden vineyard cider

Somerset Cider. 'scrumpy' from the barrel is the only way.😊

if you tried suicider that would blow your socks off. It's from the Isle of Wight and 12.5% and when you drink it, your legs LITERALLY fall off 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Cider is flavoured with one thing: apples. ‘Ciders’ flavoured with anything else are not real ciders. They’re fruit juice.

We have different levels of cider in the UK. First is scrumpy. Generally a fermented flat, cloudy apple juice which is a very acquired taste. Second are the stronger sparkling ciders. Can be generally more Smokey in taste. Then the lighter ciders and flavoured like old Mout. Refreshing and can be drunk a lot more in quantity and finally the cheap ciders. Sold on larger plastic flagans. Super strong, more like paint stripper and drunk by vagrants.

Fun fact: Thatchers HQ is a 2 minute drive from my house... another fun fact: cheddar gorge(the birthplace of Cheddar Cheese) is also a short 5 min drive from my house.. Another fun fact: the Pub that Thatchers own called The Railway was semi-recently rennovated but about 80years ago my Grandfather was born in there..

This is not beer in any way, shape or form!! 😱

as a cider drinker im happy to see this video!

i was watching and i realised you changed glasses, really fun video great video keep it up love it

Fruity ciders like old mout and rekorderlig are perfect on a summers day at a bbq or in a beer garden, best served cold, some people like it with ice (theres strawberry and lime, wild berries, passionfruit ones too) Theres Strongbow which is probably the most well known cider in the UK made from apples too

Cider gives me the worst hangovers and bad acid reflux if i drink too much, but its super refreshing on a stinking hot day

Hope you had it nice and cold!

Old moult cider is from New Zealand ! About as far away from the uk as you can get before you start coming back !!

We do have alcohol that is 15% volume aswell.

Nothing more Irish than NZ cider 😂

Great video. Cider is apple wine - it's made by pressing the juice out of the apples and then fermenting the natural sugar in the juice, in the same way as wine is made from grapes. Beers are made by fermenting starch from grains. When compared to most grape based wines which average around 10% ABV (6%-14%) it's not that strong. Try drinking it with food or cooking with it in place of white wine, it works really well with pork and white fish.

Room temperature is the only way to drink cider...regardless what the label says! By chilling the drink you reduce the flavour. Room temperature brings the flavour out

Katy is a lovely cider

Katy is pronounced KT

I'm glad you are enjoying those. I live about 2 miles from Thatcher's. So it's our local brew.

Cider was the working class drink of choice for many years now it's just as expensive as beer some farmers workers were paid part of their wage in cider and cheese and bread back in the day and it came in a flangun a old stone jug

"If you wanna see more [out of focus] videos like this [where I fluff my lines and burp a lot, be sure to press the like button [hic] of leave a [burp] comment below."😂😂😂😅 JT, we are going to get you so pissed when you visit the UK, so yeah, practice, by all means!!

You need to try merrydown and Henry Weston's vintage ciders I'll happily send some

I’m from the UK glad you liked 👍

Used to drive home past the Thatchers farm back when they sold "sweet" and "dry" and in came in 5 litre (about a gallon -ish) poly-bottle. Made for a nice mellow evening. They have upgraded a bit since then.

should have got cider scrupy jack drinking age here in the UK is 18

Saint George's day on the 23rd April England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I'll be flying the flag High on the day

Yay 2 from my local brewery... Thatchers is absolutely lovely.. and the stuff from there brewery which is flat proper cider is chef kiss beautiful

English Cider - on an Irish celebration? Guinness and Whiskey - only.

Cider is made of apples. I assumed you would know that. No connection to beer.

Never say "St Patty's Day". Genuinely Irish people will get angry.

Happy sir Patrick's Day JT & Anna🍻❤

Bittersweet - High tannin, low acid Sweet - Low tannin, low acid Bittersharp - High tannin, high acid Sharp - Low tannin, high acid The more tannin, the darker the cider and more aftertaste. *does not necessarily apply to supermarket-bought ciders. Most USA ciders are sweet. European ones are mostly bittersweet or bittersharp.

Please stop mentioning BEER!! This is a cider video. Cider is made from apples and is not related to beer in anyway except in the fact they both contain alcohol.

Drink 12 of them and it will put you off for life,from an experienced none cider drinker 😂

While at university, I went into a local pub after class, and they had a Brothers cider festival with about 40 different funky flavours. My favourites were toffee apple and rhubarb with custard.

Thr pronunciation of katy is like the girls name Katie. I love it ❤

JT it's no catty its Katy pronounced KT. I like Bulmers cider. Just so you know St.Patricks Day is only celebrated by those of the Catholic faith.

The kiwi and lime thing is not cider. Cider is fermented apple juice.

I love the angry orchard. It is sold over here in the Rochester Wetherspoons

Hey guys, cider is made using apples,beer is made with hops wheat and barley

Those are posh "premium" ciders, only thing posher is one called "Aspall's Premier Cru". The most commonly sold one is "Strongbow" in original plain apple flavour, followed by "Dark Fruits" (apple and blackcurrant cider), and "cloudy apple". With similar style name brand options "Woodpecker" and "Gaymer's Old English". A brand called "Bulmer's" is the most commonly available one from Ireland: plain apple, pear cider + "crushed red berries and lime" versions

Thatchers is the best cider I've had in Europe! Many flavours available but generally very good. Popular ones in UK are usually very sweet to my taste.

You could also try Snakebite - a cocktail made by mixing cider and lager beer 50/50 - might need to take time off next day though!

5:18 i love the country accent and how it comes out after you drink XD I'm british, from somerset but moved to the North fairly young, the moment i drink, my country accent comes out more with each sip XD

Are they cold, straight out of the fridge? Also do not operate machinery for two days!!!

I'm from the UK and I love cider, way more than beer. BUT I hate all the messing around with them putting different fruit flavours in, that's just morally wrong.

1:46 In the UK, it's a bit complicated. If you're 16 or 17 and accompanied by an adult, you can drink (but not buy yourself) beer, wine, or cider with a meal. If you're under 16, you may be able to go to a pub (or premises primarily used to sell alcohol) if you're accompanied by an adult, but this isn't always the case; it can also depend on the specific conditions for that premises. It's illegal to give alcohol _at all_ to children under 5.

I walk through the Thatcher apple orchards fairly regularly. It's a beautiful part of the UK.

The best cider, imo, is flat, room temperature, cloudy, and smells of eggs. When you drink it tastes like freshly picked apples pouring down your throat. 3 pints and you're starting to feel it

Drinking age to buy your own drinks or go out to the club would be 18. The law states that if a child is over 5 years old they are allowed to have a small drink at home under supervision of the perants. Many will never let their children drink like this though (unless it's Christmas lol) Interestingly enough there is also another law where if you are 16 years old and have an adult of over 18 years old with you then you can have a lager ale or cider but only one and only if you order food (many pubs will offer you a Sunday roast in the evenings).

You both make my day ❤

you should try brothers cider, the toffee apple or rhubarb and custard ones.

I'm from Somerset in the UK where Thatchers is made and I HIGHLY recommend you try some some other flavours - Thatchers has a great range; none of them are bad, but my personal favorites are Haze and Blood Orange!

Guinness on St Paddy’s Day ffs lol

As proof he took extra sips of the vintage cider. As a bloke you would happily neck that especially with a cheese and onion sandwich 😅

Enjoyed the video! I'm from Somerset and Thatchers is our most famous cider export. For the inexperienced cider drinker I would recommend Thatchers Haze or Gold over the Vintage or Katy. But for the real Somerset cider experience you have to visit one of our many excellent independent cider farms. We're also where Cheddar cheese comes from!

One sip and you both go crazy 😂 Happy St Patrick’s day ☘️