Cider comes in all sorts of varieties from the mass produced to the local farm "scrumpy". From Wordnik.com. [Barbecues, corn on the cob and other stuff] Reference
I can't wait for Obama to debate scrumpy old Mcbush. From Wordnik.com. [After bad press, McCain goes back to town-halls] Reference
Time to make some Edwardian scrumpy on an industrial scale!. From Wordnik.com. [Tonight's TV highlights] Reference
We awlso haz scrumpy dat is still cider juss 2 comfuzzle an iffn u drink 2 mutch u get berry comfuzzled!. From Wordnik.com. [YOU GOT ME RIBBONS!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
If anyone dared to call up the maker of the best scrumpy in the county, she didn't doubt there'd be an uprising. From Wordnik.com. [Phoenix And Ashes]
Of course the Captain, vice Captain and secretary could have their raspberries or is that blackberries and keep tabs on who be playing while they imbibe some scrumpy or should that be shandies. From Wordnik.com. [All The Kings Men « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
Only half a glass and she had not finished that, but she learned afterwards that it had been scrumpy, brought back from the south of England by one of the others, with heaven alone knew what added to it. From Wordnik.com. [Yesterday's Echoes]
The scrumpy middle-aged ones who've begun to sag have nice houses with a couple of tasteful pictures on the mantlepiece and a fresh rug, showing off a house that looks as lived in as the bodies they're revealing. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar Nominee Roundup: The Queen and The Departed] Reference
An evening at the Magpie and Crown in Brentford was certainly lively, intellectually stimulating and at times hysterically funny; and I think their cask-conditioned scrumpy is probably at least twice the advertised strength. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
And before you ask, no, I'd not been on the scrumpy. From Wordnik.com. [The British National Party] Reference
We add nothing but yeast to our scrumpy, so it's ready to go. From Wordnik.com. [Musings from a Stonehead] Reference
Now you cant tease me and tiamo for being old scrumpy men anymore. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Bay - Blog] Reference
The cider came as either sweet or rough, the latter being scrumpy and known as 'lunatic broth'. From Wordnik.com. [People's Republic of South Devon] Reference
As a point of interest, I deny drinking the local scrumpy and would advise others to avoid it too. From Wordnik.com. [The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - Philosophers - Plato] Reference
Those gigs at College Square North were by all accounts marked by frenzy, scrumpy and spasmodic cool. From Wordnik.com. [BBC Blog Network] Reference
While we were in the town we couldn't miss Thorogoods of Burra which make good old fashion scrumpy cider, champagnes and liqueur's. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
Most of em good lads who score very well with the tourist ladies and who, for the most part, can put away their fair share of scrumpy. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
There's plenty for the road-crew as well as the headline act, with dishes like macaroni cheese, pork chop with scrumpy jus, and fish pie. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Maybe you yourself are reading this in the Healing Field, relaxing over some mung beans and scrumpy while Yeovil Town Band parp away on the Pyramid Stage. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to New arrival: Mercedes-Benz E260L CGI and E 300L] Reference
Or more positively, Borough Market, a wonderful place for people watching and taking a lady, the scrumpy cider there will sedate the most repulsed of blind dates. From Wordnik.com. [Londonist] Reference
One of their other novelty hits - 'I Am A Cider Drinker' - is being used in the campaign against a massive tax rise on scrumpy and draught forms of the popular tipple announced in the budget. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Back then, though, being given some real scrumpy by a kindly farmer's wife when we stopped to buy a piece of real Cheddar cheese was probably the most 'dangerous' thing that happened all week. From Wordnik.com. [The British National Party] Reference
In the first couple of hours you get to clamber over iron-age ramparts, spot some of the world's rarest plants, admire the graceful lines of the SS Great Britain and enjoy Bristol's skyline over a pint of Somerset scrumpy. From Wordnik.com. [Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Simple, you have to put a deposit for 10 pints down and your average pint per 15 min rate of consumption is recorded and if you fail then you will be kicked out and you have to drink scrumpy cider or alcopops with 14 year olds from the local council estate. From Wordnik.com. [BBC World Have Your Say] Reference
Proper cider, the cloudy scrumpy which weighs in at about 7 per cent alcohol, is a drink to be treated with respect; with its reputation for causing blindness, insanity, and murderous rampages, it is the absinthe of the United Kingdom, and we should be drinking more of it rather than less. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
(N.B. I use the word 'elite' only to denote those who are above all laws, and who are actually as elite as a morning turd after a night spent drinking scrumpy cider.) talk about mental health issues … its the big houses and all that land …. the social stratification … .. the guilt .. the compensatory delusion of right to RULE. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference
The festival provides plenty of marquee cover, well-stocked real ale and scrumpy (cash) bars, plus fine food and refreshments, children's area with entertainment, hand powered fairground rides, face painting, music making workshops, and storytelling pirates, along with a new healing and workshop area nestling in the dell behind the fishermen's hut, more sessions and live music in and around the pubs of Moseley. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Don't know what to do about scrumpy though. From Wordnik.com. [Cameron Has NOT Accepted IDS'S Drinks Tax Proposals] Reference
We all enjoy Oxford Union debates, that tantalising peek into academic Nirvana, so here's a topic for them: "How did Oxford University, internationally hailed bastion of privilege and intellect, aspiration of every grovelling middle-class parent in the land, manage to morph from 'dreaming spires' to marauding sexist anti-Semitic rough scrumpy in just a few short months?. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Cider tax: No scrimping on scrumpy. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Proper West Country Perry scrumpy is gleaming. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
It's good old real ale, & scrumpy zyder!!. From Wordnik.com. [East Side Boxing] Reference
And drank in all of them, sharing beer, ale, rum punch, shandy, cordial, porter, stout, cider, brandywine, persimmon beer, rhubarb wine, blackberry wine, cherry bounce, perry, merry brew, and scrumpy. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
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