Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Reinhart's Red Apple 0g Sugar Light

With zero grams of sugar and 4% ABV this is truly a light cider. I'm not sure if that's why it's so bad. The bouquet has that artificial apple nose like Somersby, very pale champagne colour and a very light taste expressing the first ingredient on the list: water. Also contains "natural flavours" which taste anything but. It is right amount of dryness for me but nothing else. 4/10

Monday, February 26, 2024

Stock & Row, Low & Slow Dry

From Bloomfield, Ontario comes this dry cider almost no bouquet and a pale straw-yellow colour. Taste is very light just off-dry. Overall still quite good as a light refreshing quaff. 7.5/10

Stock & Row

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Ernest Dry Cider

From Bond Head, Ontario comes good quality standard cider, somewhat like Strongbow but stronger at 7% ABV. 8/10

Christian Drouin Cidre Bouché Brut de Normandie

A very French style sparkling cider from Normandy. Dark amber colour and strong apple bouquet. A quite pronounced apple flavour that is long lasting and finishes slightly sweet. My favourite sparkling cider. 9/10

Besides cider Christian Drouin makes perry, calvados and "Pommeau de Normandie" (a mixture of fresh apple juice and calvados) and an aperitif based on calvados.