Growers – Rosé Cider

Cider Profile:

Name: Growers – Rosé Cider
Sampled May 2019

Brand: Growers Cider Type: Flavoured – Rosé Location of Brewing: Niagara Falls, ON ABV: 7% Website Link: growerscider.com Ingredients: Cider, wine, natural flavour, colour, sulphates Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/ASize(s) available: 355mL (bottle) Availability: Wine Rack (Ontario) Flavour: Rosé Colour: Light pink. Translucent Carbonation: Large, infrequently streaming bubbles

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Sweet pulpy apple with candied, floral notes.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. Quickly sweet and syrupy. Light and dessert like. Medium-level floral notes.
After Taste: Becomes slightly less sweet, fades quickly.  Some wine elements remain in the aftertaste.
On ice: Less carbonation, smoother flavour.

Additional Notes:  Growers Rosé cider is light and sweet and rather candied tasting overall.  It almost reminds us of a soda or an artificially-flavoured fruit wine then a cider.  Heavy on the dessert apples and not long lingering, it is a simple, commercial take on a rose cider. Would appeal to cooler drinkers.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 3.5
Sour – 1.5
Crisp – 3
Dry – 2
Fruity – 2.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet –
More Sour – Pommies – Red Sangria
More Dry – Strongbow – Rosé Cider
More Crisp – Brickworks Rosé Cider

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