TVarmy
Well-Known Member
There are too many terms out there for fermented apple juice! There's hard cider, apfelwein, and scrumpy, and I'm interested in finding out the difference.
From what I read on Wikipedia, scrumpy can be clear or cloudy (although it's usually cloudy), dry or sweet, and possibly tannic. Since there's so many variations in what it can be, and since it's such a cool word, can I get away with using it to describe any hard cider beverage?
George Orwell said, after all, "Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent." And rule 6, "Break any of these rules to avoid saying something outright barbarous," means that I can't say "Hard Cider."
tl;dr: I'm looking for an excuse to label my apfelwein "scrumpy," and I'm looking for you guys to cut me down to size and point out that there are clear differences between fermented apple beverages.
From what I read on Wikipedia, scrumpy can be clear or cloudy (although it's usually cloudy), dry or sweet, and possibly tannic. Since there's so many variations in what it can be, and since it's such a cool word, can I get away with using it to describe any hard cider beverage?
George Orwell said, after all, "Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent." And rule 6, "Break any of these rules to avoid saying something outright barbarous," means that I can't say "Hard Cider."
tl;dr: I'm looking for an excuse to label my apfelwein "scrumpy," and I'm looking for you guys to cut me down to size and point out that there are clear differences between fermented apple beverages.