Drinks Review: Magners Rosé
In Summary
Flavours: A sweeter alternative to Magners Original.
Price: £5.00 for 4 cans (4 x 440ml), £6.00 for 4 bottles (4 x 330ml)
Founded: 1935, Ireland
Suitable for: Suitable for Coeliacs, Vegetarian Society Approved - Vegan
Review
Pink drinks are definitely en vogue, with pink gins, rosé wine, and frosé becoming eponymous with summer. As well as providing an Instagramable pink drink to show off to your friends on your feed, pink drinks also tend to be sweeter than their alternatives so are very popular with those of us with a sweeter palate.
Recently, cider brands have got into the trend, by creating a pink version of traditional apple cider. The result is something sweeter, but it is not to be mistaken for a berry cider or perry, which uses an alternative fruit to an apple to create the pink, blush colour.
Instead, producers use apples, simply creating the colour with the skin of the fruit, rather like rosé wine. Pink, or more popularly known as rosé, ciders, have been on the market for a few years and are just gaining traction.
Magner’s released their rosé cider in bottles in 2019 and recently launched their cans into Tesco. With the launch of cans, you get a slightly cheaper 4 pack, with each can holding more than the bottles, so you get a bit more cider for your buck.
As someone hailing from the West Country, a huge cider producing region, I’ve grown up with cider being my drink of choice but find a lot of berry-based ciders too sweet. I’ve always loved apple-based ciders, especially scrumpies, but find after one or two my mouth gets very dry. Additionally, my partner, who grew up in the South East, would be a paid-up member to the fruity cider fan club if he could be, so finding something we both enjoy can be a struggle.
I was therefore excited to try rosé ciders as they provide a happy medium in our household.
Magners Rosé
This blush drink has a sweet and fruity flavour. I was worried this would be too sweet for my palette, as some of the fruity ciders taste a bit like cordial to me, and I love a dry scrumpy when I’m home in Devon visiting friends.
Luckily, this is very drinkable, and unlike normal apple ciders, it doesn’t have any dryness to it. I found it the perfect medium between a traditional dry scrumpy and the Scandinavian fruit ciders that have become so popular in recent years.
In our household, this definitely provides a happy medium that we will both drink and enjoy. You can absolutely taste the similarity with the super popular pink gins but I felt this was much more refreshing.
In Summary
A not-too-sweet apple cider, perfect for picnics in the sunshine.
For fans of: More natural fruit and berry ciders. I like Sussex-based, Ascension Cider.
Perfect for: A few drinks with friends at a picnic or barbeque, or to enjoy a quiet beach sunset.
Places to find it: The cans are available at Tesco, and the bottles are available at other major supermarket retailers.
Written by Alice Hargreaves
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