401 Cider Company – Apple Pie Cider
Cider Profile:
Name: 401 Brewery – Apple Pie Cider
Updated: March 2022. First sampled April 2018
| Brand: 401 Cider Brewery Type: Flavoured – Spiced Location of Brewing: Colborne, ON ABV: 6.5% Website Link: 401cidercompany.com Ingredients: Fermented apple juice, mulling spices, brown sugar, caramel colour, sulphites, potassium sorbate Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750mL (bottle) |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Medium aroma. Medley of apples, including green varieties. Baked crust. Allspice, cinnamon.
Initial Taste: Light bite from slight acidity and carbonation. Medley of dessert apples, including a gritty green apple flavour. Medium cinnamon and allspice. Buttery crust notes.
After Taste: All initial flavours continue with apples becoming more sweet, and gooey-like a pie filling. Caramel and vanilla emerge as finishing notes.
On ice: Carbonation is cut. Spices are reduced – including the heat from the spices. Creamy apple flavours remain.
Additional Notes: 401’s Apple Pie Cider is spot on to the dessert it’s named after. A very accurate medley of flavours, it starts as more of the vanilla-like crust flavours, moving towards more of the apple pie filling flavours as it progresses. It features a medley of dessert apple notes, with green apple varieties also being noticeable in their most recent version. Medium baking spices present, particularly upfront, but less than their 2018 version; as well, it’s more dry overall in the 2022 bottle. A very unique attempt at the beloved apple pie recipe; it’s even slightly more pie-like as it warms up
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 3
Dry – 3.5
Fruity – 3.5
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Slabtown – Cider House Rules
More Sour – County Cider – Harvest Spice
More Dry – Two Blokes – Apple Pie Cyser
More Crisp – Thornbury – Spiced Apple Cider
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