Thursday, October 2, 2025

Waupoos Premium

From Waupoos Cider Company of Waupoos, Ontario comes this full-flavour cider. It has light white-wine colour and a fresh apple bouquet. Taste is a medium fresh apple. 6.5% ABV. My rating 7.5.


 

Monday, September 29, 2025

Eric Bordelet Sidre Brut Tendre

From Normandy, this sparkling cider was created, according to the cider maker, as "a compromise between the raw and the tender." It is medium-dark amber colour with an intense apple bouquet that is a mixture of fresh an old apple. Taste is semi-sweet (but not too sweet) with an intense old apple taste. 6% ABV. My rating 8/10.


 

Sunday, August 24, 2025

401 Brewery

From Northumberland County, Ontario comes this premium (according to them) cider. Very pale yellow colour with a slightly astringent tart apple bouquet. Taste is initially tart with light apple flavour. Finishes lightly astringent with a lingering light apple. 5.5% ABV. My rating 6.10.

Friday, July 25, 2025

Pommies Dry Farmhouse

Another Pommies cider though drier than the original. Pale yellow colour with a fresh apple bouquet. It has a fresh apple taste that is originally semi-dry then finishes drier. 6% ABV. My rating 8/10.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Ramblers 'Happy Camper'

From Palatine Hills Estate Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario comes this cider with a very pale yellow colour and a very light apple bouquet. They refer to it as "dryish" and first taste is of a slight astringency that lingers but with hardly any discernible apple flavour. 5.5% ABV. My rating 6/10.

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Kingston Black Apple Aperitif

An English apple spirit by The Somerset Cider Brandy Company. The name of this drink comes from the Kingston Black apple from which it is made. Lighter than a brandy but stronger than a cider at 18% alcohol similar to Berentzen Apfelkorn. Taste is heavier than Berentzen and has more of an old apple taste as well. My rating 7.5/10.