Scrumpy

Scrumpy
A plastic bottle of dark gold liquid sitting on a table. A gold label reads "Scrumpy Cider".
A bottle of commercially produced scrumpy from Cornwall.
TypeCider
Country of origin West of England
IngredientsApples

Scrumpy is a type of cider originating in the West of England,[1] particularly the West Country. Traditionally, the dialect term "scrumpy" was used to refer to what was otherwise called "rough", a harsh cider made from unselected apples.[2]

Today the term is more often used to distinguish locally made ciders produced in smaller quantities and using traditional methods, from mass-produced branded ciders.[3]

  1. ^ Soanes, Catherine (2005). The Oxford Dictionary of English (revised ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-861057-2.
  2. ^ Leeds, W. Herefordshire Speech: The South-West Midlands Dialect As Spoken in Herefordshire and Its Environs, 1985, p.95
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference CAMRA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).