What's the difference between cider and flagon?

Cider


Definition:

  • (n.) The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We continue to offer customers a great range of beer, lager and cider.” Heineken’s bid to raise prices for its products in supermarkets comes just a few months after it put 6p on a pint in pubs , a decision it blamed on the weak pound.
  • (2) The impressive choice of drinks ranges from local cider to unusual rosés from Navarra and punchy Toro and Bierzo reds, all selected by charming Nubia, wife of Juan Mari.
  • (3) In the UK, alcohol consumption has shifted substantially from moderate strength beer sold in pubs to strong lager, cider, wine and spirits sold by supermarkets for drinking at home.
  • (4) Three ways with cider vinegar • Winter salad dressing Boil two shallots with a few juniper berries and thyme leaves, then reduce 150ml cider vinegar by half and mix with the above.
  • (5) Test with 2 yeasts used in English commercial cider making confirmed that patulin is effectively removed during yeast fermentation.
  • (6) The cider group had the lowest liver Fe values and the ethanol group the highest values.
  • (7) Pour in the cider, scraping up any caramelised pork stuck to the bottom of the pan, and bubble and reduce by about half.
  • (8) Data provided by the research company Assosia, covering promotions between December and February this year, shows Tesco and Sainsbury's offered two-for-£20 deals on 20-pack crates of Strongbow cider – a sale of more than 93 units of alcohol, working out at just 21p per unit.
  • (9) Across eight cask pumps, seven keg lines and three hand-pulled ciders, the Rook runs the gamut from exotic European imports (Opat's self-explanatory orange and mandarin Czech pils) to beers from lesser-spotted UK micros, such as Grafters and Jurassic Brewhouse.
  • (10) Cenci takes a sip of her half of cider and then says something that may chime with Britain's remaining party faithful, dutifully knocking on doors and soaking up people's complaints about bins and bus lanes, while their leaders pay them far too little attention: "I wouldn't call them elites," she says.
  • (11) For the dressing 1 tbsp cider or white-wine vinegar 3 tbsp olive oil Flaky sea salt and freshly ground black pepper For the salad A couple of handfuls rocket leaves 80g semi-soft blue cheese 6 dates, pitted and sliced 50g hazelnuts, toasted and roughly chopped Whisk together the vinegar and oil until you have a creamy emulsion, then pour a tablespoon into the bottom of a bowl.
  • (12) In response, Samuel Adams started producing Angry Orchard , which became the country's top-selling cider only eight months after it launched, and a hard iced tea called Twisted Tea.
  • (13) So raise a glass of Somerset cider – sweeter after the golden harvest of 2016 than it has been for a decade – to toast hope, and action.
  • (14) Pour a large glass of this into your container and store the rest of the bottle, unless you're making cider vinegar, in which case you should probably sacrifice the lot.
  • (15) The affinity of patulin for sulfur dioxide (SO2) is much less than was previously reported and is of little significance at the SO2 concentrations (below 200 ppm) used in the processing of apple juice and cider.
  • (16) A total of 152 test samples were analyzed; EC levels ranged from none found to 3 ppb in 15 cheeses, 6 teas, 12 yogurts, and 8 ciders; from none found to 13 ppb in 30 breads and 69 malt beverages; and from none found to 84 ppb in 12 soy sauces.
  • (17) The John Hewitt carries beers from Lisburn's Hilden Brewery, Ireland's oldest independent (from £3.30 a pint) – its eponymous bitter is a moderately tasty, pleasantly hoppy amber session beer – and will host the Great Northern Irish Beer & Cider Festival , from 4 July to Saturday 9.
  • (18) 3 tbsp cider vinegar 5 black or green peppercorns 1 small bay leaf ½ shallot, peeled and finely chopped 1 sprig tarragon, plus 1 tsp chopped tarragon leaves 1 sprig chervil, plus 1 tsp chopped chervil (optional) 2 good steaks 150g unsalted butter 1 large egg yolk Salt and freshly ground black pepper Put the vinegar, peppercorns, bay leaf, shallot, tarragon sprig and chervil sprig, if using, in a small pan and bring to a boil.
  • (19) If you thin by adding a little soy sauce, honey or cider vinegar, until it’s the consistency of a salad dressing, you can use it to give body to any bowl of greens.
  • (20) Heineken’s beer and cider brands include Amstel, Foster’s, Birra Moretti, Kronenbourg 1664, Sagres, Bulmers and Strongbow.

Flagon


Definition:

  • (n.) A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recently has recommended that thiamin be added to cask and flagon wines, fortified wines, beer and flour.
  • (2) Five days in, the World Cup desperately needs some Spanish artistry, in the way someone lost in the desert could do with a flagon of water.
  • (3) He's here all week, try the magpie-striped thrupenny flagon of Nana Geordie's Shame Suppressor.
  • (4) "Looks like the pictured Mrs Taylor has got full value from her magpie-striped thrupenny flagon of Nana Geordie's Shame Suppressor," writes Mac Millings.

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