From Fantastic Mr. Fox · 2009 · Reconstructed
Bean's Cider
Serve when
The cellar door swings open on row after row of barrels — Mr. Fox's hand finds a full one before he even says a word
In the movie
Theatrical
- 00:25:34 Mr. Fox breaks into Bean's cider cellar with Kristofferson and pours a taste: 'some of the strongest, finest alcoholic cider money can buy'
- Bean floods the tunnel network with his own cider to flush the animals out — the same barrels turned into a weapon
- ~00:59:36 Mr. Fox's toast at the long underground dinner table, cider raised as the animals settle into their new life below ground
Bean's cider is the one prize every farmer and every animal in the film treats as worth fighting over — strong enough that Mr. Fox compares it to melted gold, plentiful enough that Bean can flood an entire tunnel network with it out of spite. It bookends the film: the first taste in the cellar heist, and the last full glasses raised at the superstore feast once the underground community has made its peace with living on stolen food for good.
Ingredients
Method
- For a straight pour: chill the cider and serve in small glasses — this isn't a cocktail, it's contraband, so keep it simple.
- For a warm, cellar-raid version: gently heat the cider with the cinnamon stick and cloves until steaming but not boiling, then strain into mugs.
- Either way, pour it like you stole it — quick, full glasses, no ceremony.
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