Bulmers number 7

[Ant...@ciderhouse.biz]

Hi folks I have a small and developing orchard in Devon and make around 1000 litres of cider/ year.

When younger and in Bristol about 30 years ago I enjoyed drinking Bulmers No 7 cider. Does anyone knows what apple varieties were used in its creation as I’d love to try and recreate the taste.

Thanks, in hope,

Anthony



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[Andrew Lea]

My recollection of Bulmers No 7 in the late 1970's was that it was sold
only in 'split' single serve bottles, uncarbonated and totally dry. It
had a simple line drawn label intended to appeal to connoisseurs, not to
yer average Woodpecker and Strongbow drinker. It's what the Bulmers
senior staff drank. It was marketed as being suitable for diabetics so
it can't have had any free sugar, but maybe it had a little saccharin to
take the edge off? I don't recall it being excessively tannic.

I would guess the recipe was a blend of bittersharp fruit with some mild
bittersweet, probably around 60% juice 40% glucose syrup before
fermentation with a Bulmers in-house yeast, with a possible dash of
saccharin to finish off?

Others may think quite differently of course!

Andrew

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[Elizabeth Williams]

When I was on a personnel course at RAF Hereford, back in 1991 we arranged an evening visit  and tasting at Bulmers (as did every course).  They explained that No 7 was the driest they made and I certainly enjoyed it at the tasting afterwards, but it proved difficult to find outside Hereford.  They told us, as Andrew says, that it was marketed  for diabetics as it had no sugar left in it.

As an aside, RAF Hereford (as it then was) had very many apple trees around the camp, donated by Bulmers if memory serves me correctly. Each year the apples would be gathered and sold to Bulmers, thereby providing a handy contribution to the station's social funds for airmen and NCOs.  It's now the HQ for the SAS and doubtless they are still selling the apples to Bulmers.

Liz

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