Scrumpy Jack Scrumpy Jack 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. 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 Greenall Whitley in 1984 and sold to Bulmers in 1989. Exports of Scrumpy Jack began to
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