Strongbow Jacques Fruit Cider

Jacques fruit cider is a relatively new drink to the market and is described as a combination of sparkling cider and 13% fruit juice. It has an alcoholic content of 5.5% and is recommended to be served over ice. Jacques is produced under the Strongbow brand in Belgium, but is in fact produced by its sister company, Stassen. The drink certainly represents good value for money, costing just £3 for a 750 millilitre bottle. The drink is available in multiple flavours; however I would recommend the forest fruits cider as this is highly refreshing. The drink is a very summery colour that I would best describe as cherry. In terms of flavour the tasting notes are of ...

I've only recently started to like 'Strongbow', and it was a while back that I first tried this. Back then I didn't like it so much, however now I have become to like it, but it isn't something I'm going to rave about. Firstly the taste isn't really anything special. I find that the fruity taste does come through, but it's bland and not really that exciting to drink. I want something that either tastes really good, or has a kick to it, unfortunately this has neither. As far as the alcohol volume, at just 5.5% it's not going to get you drunk if that's what you are after. This is where the drink slightly saves itself for me, because more increasingly ...

I'm sure i'm not the only one that drunk cider as a teenager. After this I was put of cider for what I thought would be for life but as everything else does cider changes and that certainly happened when I came across this bottle whilst shopping in Morrisons one night. Jacques is a fairly new Belgian style cider from Strongbow. Priced at £3.59 or two bottles for £5 I thought I may as well give it a try. The are 750ml bottles which are meant for sharing but once you try this you definately won't want to share it. It's 5.5% ABV so not too strong. I bought two bottles of Fruits des bois so my review will be solely on this one but you can also get Orchard ...