Don Gray > wrote:

> "Ophelia" > wrote:

>> Don Gray wrote:

>>> Arri London > wrote:

>>>>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:24:46 -0600, Arri London wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> And then there is 'scrumpy', which is homemade (alcoholic) cider.
>>>>> Powerful, often opaque and doesn't taste of apples at all LOL. And
>>>>> then there is the fictional 'scumble', which is even more powerful
>>>>> and made of apples. Mostly apples ;P
>>>>>
>>>> Scrumpy is a dialect word from the West Country in the UK; Somerset
>>>> (which is cider country), Avon etc.
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrumpy sums it up reasonably well.
>>>
>>> Arri. You've taken me back to the late 1950's. I was a corporal in the
>>> Territorial Army, R.E.M.E division. Our Yorkshire division spent it's
>>> annual camp at Tavistock, in Devon. One Saturday we were allowed a
>>> trip into Plymouth. Four of us tackled the local pubs.
>>>
>>> We'd heard of the strength of scrumpy, the local delicacy and being
>>> youthfully cocky, asked for four pints. A local, seeing the uniforms
>>> and noting the foreign dialect warned us to drink only halves. Three
>>> of us agreed but one of our bolshy pals ignored the old sage. The
>>> booze was drawn from the barrel and although cloudy, went down a
>>> treat. In less that an hour four had been sunk. We exited.
>>>
>>> On hitting the outside air the four pint fella went totally berserk.
>>> He swung round the nearest lamppost shouting and singing. Just as
>>> quickly he slid to the concrete and went out like a light.
>>>
>>> He had to be trucked back to the barracks. I've never drunk scrumpy
>>> from that day to this.
>
>> LOL One only makes that mistake once)
>
>Sure thing and he got a real dressing down, when he eventually sobered
>up the following morning

I have drunken the real southwestern cider. It is 10 to 12%
alcohol, and heavy with cogeners and sediment. Knock you
straight flat, which is the idea.

Steve