Scrumpy Jack is a brand of dry cider, 6% Alcohol by volume. 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 Hereford by H. P. Bulmer, a subsidiary of

Heineken International Heineken N.V. () is a Dutch multinational brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. , Heineken owns over 165 breweries in more than 70 countries. It produces 348 international, regional, local and speciality be ...

. Scrumpy Jack is also produced under licence in

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by Czk1. It was first produced in 1727 by Symonds Cider and English Wine Company of

Stoke Lacy Stoke Lacy is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire. Stoke Lacy lies on the main A465 road that connects Hereford and Bromyard and is from the former and from the latter. History The village lies in the verda ...

. The family firm was taken over by Greenall Whitley in 1984 and sold to Bulmers in 1989. Exports of Scrumpy Jack began to

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in 1990,

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in 1991 and Sweden in 1992. In 2000, UK sales exceeded 200 million litres. The brand was also publicised by Symonds official sponsorship of the England national rugby union team in the mid-1990s, the

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, and the Cricket World Cup in 1999. The original Stoke Lacey plant closed in 2000.

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