Bill Riel wrote in message ...
>In article >,
says...
>> Can anyone give me a recipe and procedure for making traditional english
>> scrumpy?
>>
>
>I could be wrong, but isn't scrumpy simply cider made from a particular
>type of crab-apple? We have a local cidery and they've made scrumpy in
>the past: it was wicked stuff! Very strong (I think roughly 12% ABV) but
>quite drinkable.
>
>Bill

Well ...there are recipes including all kinds of things like raisins, raw
meat ( im serious) and so on...And I think they are traditionally
spontaneously fermented with the wild yeasts on the apples. But I used a
yeast cake from a cream ale.

john