Bulmers
HP Bulmer Holdings PLC
Producers of: Strongbow Cider & Woodpecker Cider
Hereford & Edinburgh, England
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European Breweries History: Bulmers (HP Bulmer Holdings PLC) Strongbow Cider & Woodpecker Cider 
Bulmers is the clear market leader in both the take home and on trade
cider markets, with Strongbow firmly established within the top 10 highest
selling long alcoholic drinks. The portfolio also includes Woodpecker,
Scrumpy Jack, White Lightning, a thriving premium packaged beer distribution
business and some exciting and innovative new products including Sidekick, a
flavoured 'shots' style drink. The acquisition in April 2000 of The Beer Seller
significantly enhanced the UK business by providing direct access to the on-line
trade.
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What is cider?
Most cider is made from fermented apple juice. Natural cider has nothing added and relies, for fermentation, upon the wild yeast present in the apples. For mass-produced ciders, a yeast culture is added in order to achieve consistency. Although much of today’s cider is produced from apple concentrate, many traditional cider-makers use only cider apples, cultivated specifically for the purpose. Both traditional and mass-market ciders are available carbonated or still and range in style from the bone dry, to the extremely sweet. In Europe, “cider” refers to fermented apple juice that contains varying levels of alcohol. In the USA, fermented apple juice is known as “hard cider;” unfermented, freshly expressed juice is called “sweet cider.” |
