As project is never allowed close to fermentation, troops adapt to new target of delivery of apple juice rather than cider. Troops purchase own yeast and produce viable cider in the roof void of their accommodation. Little quality control of cider leads to several accidents over several years. Senior officers ignore local cider-related incidents, maintaining apple juice was and is being delivered on time and on cost, ignoring all evidence of local modification of the product. Eventually, an eminent QC is called in and produces a 600 page investigation into the culture of scrumpy in the Armed Forces. Much wringing of hands, pressing of apples, orchards are razed to the ground and Boulmers are accused of profiteering. Perry is viewed as a possible alternative.
We begin again.