Apart from graphs, Dear Readers, nothing animates me more than the subject of Real (as opposed to gassy, mass-produced, unnatural) cider and real ale.
The sale of real ales and ciders has taken a terrible bashing in pubs, mostly due to the smoking ban and now it faces yesterday's introduction of a 10% duty rise on cider.
Now I wouldn't like you to think I'm recommending you support "binge" drinking, or anything like that. But I hope you can see the difference between a craft product and something fizzy designed purely to make you feel fuzzy. And don't forget that "Real" cider is a Zero-Carbon product*.
Therefore can I recommend you to the petition for reduced duty on Real beers and ciders, to be found at the No 10 website - here. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Realciderbeerale/
* Actually I've no idea if this is true, but it may well be. You think of all the CO2 those trees soak up. And it sounds good.
Us Starkadders still recall the year Amos made a whole bin of cider. He chucked all the browny apples into the bin, tipped a load of sugar in and left it till All Saints Day. Was fit to blow your head off at thirty paces.
ReplyDeleteWe never had no more apples since that year.