Dunkydonuts
New Member
Hi all, I am English but based in the Netherlands, just outside Amsterdam.
I love cider, it was the first drink my grandfather bought me when I was 9 years old. Proper scrumpy, insects and all from a special trip to a very dodgy cider farm in Somerset but for him, growing up in the West Country, it was a matter of teaching me about my culture and my heritage. That may sound odd but my grandfather was someone that believed that eggs came from a chicken and not from a supermarket so it was an important right of passage and one of the fond memories I have of my grandfather before he passed away.
I’m now in my second cider making season having produced a small amount of reasonable quality cider last year but this year I want to really improve. Cider isn’t really a thing here in the Netherlands, even apple farmers when you ask if they like cider state “never tried it, we only drink beer”. It’s a bit of a cultural struggle.
That’s why I’m here to learn as much as possible from the amazing wealth of information in this forum, to brew a bit of the good stuff in the low lands and to raise a toast to my grandfather with my very own cider.
I very much look forward to meeting all you folks and sharing some love of this hobby
I love cider, it was the first drink my grandfather bought me when I was 9 years old. Proper scrumpy, insects and all from a special trip to a very dodgy cider farm in Somerset but for him, growing up in the West Country, it was a matter of teaching me about my culture and my heritage. That may sound odd but my grandfather was someone that believed that eggs came from a chicken and not from a supermarket so it was an important right of passage and one of the fond memories I have of my grandfather before he passed away.
I’m now in my second cider making season having produced a small amount of reasonable quality cider last year but this year I want to really improve. Cider isn’t really a thing here in the Netherlands, even apple farmers when you ask if they like cider state “never tried it, we only drink beer”. It’s a bit of a cultural struggle.
That’s why I’m here to learn as much as possible from the amazing wealth of information in this forum, to brew a bit of the good stuff in the low lands and to raise a toast to my grandfather with my very own cider.
I very much look forward to meeting all you folks and sharing some love of this hobby