Queen Street 501

An Ontario cider from Brickworks Ciderhouse in Toronto. Is is labelled "semi-sweet" but tastes drier — more an off-dry, but it has a very light apple taste. Nice easy drinking cider.

Galipette Cidre

From France, a nice off-dry cider (cidre in French) with a more intense apple flavour than most. A very French apple taste — similar to the apple flavour in a good Calvados. The apple varieties Galipette uses are Kermerrien, Marie Ménard, and Judor apples — very different from Canadian apple varieties. 8.5/10

Coffin Ridge Forbidden Dry Cider

A nice, full-fruit, just off-dry cider from Coffin Ridge Winery in Ontario.

Ardiel

A medium strength cider from Ardiel Cider House of Blue Mountains, Ontario. Made from local apples, it is light in colour almost like a perry with a very light bouquet. A very light dry apple but not astringent. A good crisp light refreshing drink. 8/10

They also make a perry, a hopped cider and a sparkling perry, none of which I've yet tried.

Sparkling Pear Cider

Big John Hopped Cider

Victoria Pear Cider

Eden Grove - Perfect Pear Cider

From Winonna County, Ontario, a nice light, slightly sweet perry with lots of pear flavour. Made with Bosc and Bartlett pears. Similar in taste to William's Sir Perry. 8/10

Sarah Cole Whip

A dry Quebec cider that has won a world cider award. It has an alcohol content of 6.3%, and is nice and dry with full flavour. They also make a semi-dry regular cider and a semi-dry non-alcoholic cider.

Book - The Cider Insider

A new book by cider expert Susanna Forbes on the top 100 craft ciders to try. She catalogues the best current ciders and cider makers.
The book covers not only the ciders of Britain but also France, Spain, Germany, Italy, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

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