Scrumpy Jack is a brand of dry

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, 6%

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. Previously it was of a stronger ABV of 7.5% but this was changed some years ago due to taxes and licensing. It is currently produced in

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, a subsidiary of Heineken International. Scrumpy Jack is also produced under licence in Devon by Czk1. It was first produced in 1727 by Symonds Cider and English Wine Company of Stoke Lacy. The family firm was taken over by

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in 1984 and sold to Bulmers in 1989. Exports of Scrumpy Jack began to Ireland in 1990, Spain in 1991 and

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in 1992. In 2000, UK sales exceeded 200 million litres. The brand was also publicised by Symonds official sponsorship of the

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in the mid-1990s, the English cricket team, and the

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in 1999. The original Stoke Lacey plant closed in 2000.

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