does hard cider contain purines
No. It does not carry the legally required "Contains a source of phenylalamine" warning. As to what the sweetner is, I still can't get an answer to that...
Strongbow Gold Cider was created in 2011.
We don't have Strongbow sider :(
A snakebite is a beer cocktail consisting of an even mix of a lager and a cider, in this case the Strongbow brand.
Strongbow or Woodchucks. When I was in England they used Strongbow but they said any dry cider would work.
Like many hard apple ciders, apples are the main ingredient in brewing this beverage.
Cider is gluten-free because it's made from apples, not wheat.
According to Wikipedia, its entry for strongbow is: Strongbow is a brand of cider manufactured in England by Bulmers. It is the UK's most popular cider, accounting for more than half of the cider sold in Britain.[1] Strongbow is also unique in that it is produced with a Royal Warrant. Wikipedia also says that Strongbow was "named after the Anglo-Norman knight Richard de Clare, later Earl of Pembroke, nicknamed "Strongbow" for relying heavily on Welsh archers during campaigns in Ireland, where the native Irish had few bows and relied on javelins"
Canned strongbow contains glucose syrup. Glucose syrup is a sugar that can be derived (processed) from corn in th USA and wheat in Europe. It will classed as gluten free
Yesn't
Your best reading the back of a can however the following are in there: Apples, Sugar, Sweetener, Cochineal (Crushed insects) Is Strongbow Gluten Free? Yep. Is Strongbow suitable for Vegetarians? Afraid not. http://www.strongbow.com/Faq.aspx
A central location for it is CT beverage in middletown.