Scrumpy Jack is a brand of dry
cider, 6%
alcohol by volume (ABV), produced in
England. 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.[1]