I first heard that in relation to Andrews Liver Salts."Has the bottom dropped out of your world? Drink a pint of Watney's and watch the world drop out of your bottom," was the quote that was common in the 1960s
They also make applejack freeze the barrels in the winter and drink what ain't frozen the alcohol kinda separated lethal stuff
That's why it makes you sleepy. Good heat still is so much nicerThat stuff _is_ lethal - literally.
Heat distillation separates the methanol out from the ethanol.
Freeze distillation removes just the water: concentrating the ethanol AND the methanol.
Newton Abbot was the last real cider house I used whilst on holiday in Devon. It had the big barrels with taps on and the cider came out real cloudy (can't remember if it had bits in it as well) not a bad drink (to me) at all, don't know if the place is still there as it was about 35 years ago.
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I walked into that cider house and asked for 2 pints of scrumpy and the barman said sorry I can only serve your Mrs with a half, I explained that my brother was behind me and the other pint was for him.It's still there although I think it's changed hands. I haven't been in there in years. There was a time when the landlord wouldn't allo women more than a half pint glass.
There was a similar place in Gloucester, the County Arms. It mainly sold Taunton ciders but not the stuff you could pick up in a supermarket, this was the stronger draught stuff - some of it was lethal.
I walked into that cider house and asked for 2 pints of scrumpy and the barman said sorry I can only serve your Mrs with a half, I explained that my brother was behind me and the other pint was for him.