Three Hammers
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Three Hammers is a strong white cider
made in Tiverton, Devon, by the Devon Cider Company
. It is named after a small village near Tiverton. White cider is made from eating apples rather than from traditional cider apples. This produces a naturally very pale cider as it is the tannin in cider apples that gives cider its golden colour.
The strength and cheapness of this and similar white ciders have made them subject to calls for higher taxation to reduce the potential for abuse. In 2006 a litre of Three Hammers could be bought for £1.19, cheaper by volume than a bottle of Perrier
water at 99p for 75 cl.
Cider
Cider or cyder is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from apple juice. Cider varies in alcohol content from 2% abv to 8.5% abv or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, such as Germany and America, cider may be termed "apple wine"...
made in Tiverton, Devon, by the Devon Cider Company
Devon Cider Company
Devon Cider Company is a company founded in 1999 in Devon, England, which produces alcohol cider. The company's brewery was previously based in Whitsbread, but in 2005 moved to a larger location in Tiverton which it purchased from brewer InBev...
. It is named after a small village near Tiverton. White cider is made from eating apples rather than from traditional cider apples. This produces a naturally very pale cider as it is the tannin in cider apples that gives cider its golden colour.
The strength and cheapness of this and similar white ciders have made them subject to calls for higher taxation to reduce the potential for abuse. In 2006 a litre of Three Hammers could be bought for £1.19, cheaper by volume than a bottle of Perrier
Perrier
Perrier is a brand of bottled mineral water made from a spring in Vergèze in the Gard département of France. The spring is naturally carbonated...
water at 99p for 75 cl.
Further reading
- MBO to save Devon cider. Published: 9th August 2007 Written by: OLN News Desk
- The murky world of white cider, James Crowden
- Could the Cider Tap go Dry at a Tiverton Brewery?. Mid Devon Gazette, Thursday, October 22, 2009 A game review that mentions the cider and its label that conveys the idea of "getting hammered by a multiple of three".