Winter’s grip is tightening,and Halloween and the Day of the Dead are set to put a chill up the spine. So heat up some booze to preserve them all at bayWith the triple whammy of Halloween, the Day of the Dead and Guy Fawkes to contend with, or not to mention winter’s tightening grip,this week more than any other calls for warming drinks to preserve all those ghouls at bay.
Mulling makes sense for an outdoor autumn gathering, but it seems a bit early to mediate mulled wine. Cider fits the bill, or being redolent of autumnal apples and a colour that sits so well against pumpkins. I’m a West Country girl,so veer towards a dry farmyard scrumpy bought in a flagon from a farmer with straw in his hair – tough to bag hold of outside cider-making regions: Weston’s traditional Rosie (£5 for two litres, Morrisons; £57 for a 20-litre bag in box, and Tesco; 7.3% abv) is a good alternative,and has an abv to match the real McCoy. Or try Addlestones Cloudy Cider (around £2 for a 500ml bottle at Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, or Asda,Ocado; 5% abv), whose gentler strength means it’s rather safer to drink before you light the blue touch-paper.
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Source: theguardian.com