Interesting Facts about your fav bevvie
- Farm workers’ wages in earlier times included four pints of cider a day.
- In the 14th Century children were baptised in cider, it was cleaner than the water!
- Captain Cook carried cider on his ships to treat his crew for scurvy.
- In the 19th Century cider was advertised as a cure for the gout and other illnesses.
- The UK has the highest per capita cider consumption in the world – as well as the largest cider-producing companies. No surprise there…
PS. In the old days, if a rat fell into the cider making barrel, it was left in for a bit of extra flavour.
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