401 Cider Company – Oh Honey

Cider Profile:

Name:  401 Cider Brewery Oh Honey
Sampled November 2017

Brand: 401 Cider Company Type: Flavoured – Honey Location of Brewing: Colbourne, ON ABV: 8.5% Website Link: 401cidercompany.com Ingredients: Fermented apple and grape juice, local honey, sulphites, natural flavour, caramel colour, potassium sorbate Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/ASize(s) available: 341ml (bottle), 355ml (cans-2018) Availability: At retail store and online Flavour: Apples and Honey Colour: Translucent bright yellow Carbonation: Fine semi-streaming bubbles, big bubbles on the side of the glass

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong mustiness with some sweetness. Fleshy apple and honey aromas.
Initial Taste: Mild bite. Quick honey taste – and sweetness from that. Crisp, single-variety (like a honey crisp) apple flavour. Some bitter and sour notes.
After Taste: Becomes more tangy but sweetness lingers. Apple and honey flavours also remain.  Fleshy/pulpy apple flavours. Crisp finish.
On ice: Carbonation is cut. Becomes even more crisp. Flavour remains mostly the same.

Additional Notes: 401 Brewery’s Oh Honey is a stellar example of a honey infused cider; with a bold honey taste, it stands out in a field of honey-infused ciders as it strongly features that flavour. It’s a very smooth drink overall.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 3.5
Sour – 2.5
Crisp – 4
Dry – 2.5
Fruity – 3.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Ernest Dry
More Sour – Pommies Farmhouse
More Dry – Clafeld Oh Beehave
More Crisp – 401 Craft Apple Cider

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