Thatchers Cider - Former Brands

Former Brands

  • Traditional Bottled Ciders, such as Gold, Premium Press and White Magic.
  • Bottled Scrumpy, such as Mendip Scrumpy, Old Rascal and Somerset Draught (sold in jugs and bottles) can be hazy or clear, and are made from the pure juice of apples. Mendip Scrumpy is now available in supermarkets in a 2l bottle. It is cloudy, has a sediment and is quite dry.
  • Draught Scrumpy. Heritage and Traditional are hazy, or cloudy ciders. There is also Cheddar Valley cider, which is cloudy with a distinctive orange, almost red, colouration. These rough ciders have a short shelf life and are generally tapped straight from a barrel kept in a pub's bar rather than its cellar.

In April 2007 Thatchers produced a special Wurzel Me cider in honour of local musical group The Wurzels.

Thatchers produce ciders for other companies, notably Black Rat, available as a sparkling or cloudy draught cider, and sold under the name of the Moles Brewery in Melksham, Wiltshire.

Thatchers also press juice from apples and other fruit for a number of companies for use in products such as Ribena.

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