Sentence examples for strong cider from inspiring English sources

But White Lightning, the super strong cider, is about to lose some of its electrifying punch.

Is it sensible that in County Durham, you can buy two litres of strong cider for just £1.99?

Not far from the city centre they pass a sorry-looking patch of land, its fire-scorched earth strewn with empty spirit bottles and cans of strong cider, discarded clothing and used drug baggies.

In Britain and Ireland supermarkets frequently sell drinks at or below cost, to lure in customers: cheap strong cider means a Scotsman can reach his recommended weekly drinking limit of 21 units (210ml of pure alcohol)for just £4.62 ($7.50); an Irishwoman can buy her 14 units for €6.30 ($8.70).

Taxation on alcohol is "completely inappropriate", he said – with strong cider, for instance, taxed at a fifth of the rate of wine – and action should particularly target the low cost and promotion of alcohol such as Bacardi breezers to young people.

The news that the coalition intends to set a minimum price for alcohol will come as some surprise north of the border, where, for some, the wee dram has been replaced by a much cheaper can of strong cider – resulting in the fastest rising rate of liver disease in the world.

"This tax is a kick in the teeth, said Jan Gale, manager at the Clifton Tap, which is renowned for its strong ciders.

Not because tall people like to obliterate themselves by mixing strong ciders (you can buy five types here) but because its socially-segregated bars and "sherry rooms" are separated by punishingly low doors – absolutely lethal after a few sherries.

Tom Oliver, of Oliver's Cider and Perry, an artisan cidermaker at Ocle Pychard, Herefordshire, was worried by the chancellor's assertion that, from September, changes would be made in the definition of cider to ensure specific strong ciders were taxed "more appropriately".

In a letter to The Sunday Times, medical leaders, police commissioners and charities call for the immediate introduction of a minimum price of 50p per unit in England to stem demand for cut-price drinks, including super-strong cider and lager and supermarket vodka.

The Scottish government set the price per unit of alcohol at 50p, which would see the cost of the strongest ciders more than double in supermarkets and shops, while a bottle of whisky would cost at least £14 and wine a minimum of £4.50.