Rice Lake – Slo-Hopped Dry
Cider Profile:
Name: Rice Lake – Slo-Hopped Dry
Sampled May 2021
| Brand: Rice Lake Hard Cider Type: Flavoured – Hopped Location of Brewing: Baltimore, ON ABV: 6.2% Website Link: ricelakehardcider.ca Ingredients: Fresh pressed sweet apple cider, natural cane sugar, hops, yeast, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/ASize(s) available: 355ml (can) Availability: Rice Lake Retail + online store Flavour: Hopped Colour: Translucent, straw yellow Carbonation: Large streaming bubbles |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Strong aroma. Hops that are lightly funky with a hint of a tart green apple.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. Funky, fermentation and pine elements quickly noticeable. Tart apple thats semi-crisp. Citrus elements and hints of savoury floral notes.
After Taste: Hops remain present but apple comes though a little more at the end. Tangy, mildly tart finish with some fermentation elements lingering. Slight tongue residual notes.
On ice: Reduced hops and overall flavour. Slightly less carbonation.
Additional Notes: Rice Lake’s Slo-Hopped Dry is a hop-forward offering with a variety of characteristics noticeable – a bit of a journey cider. It features a wide array of notes from the hops, including: citrus, floral and pine elements. Some green apple notes come through in the base, and it grows in apple forwardness in the finish. If you like pale ales, this may be a good cider for you, but still would be approachable to most.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 3.5
Dry – 3.5
Fruity – 3.5
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Puddicombe – Hopped Apple
More Sour – Bad Apple Brewing / Cornerfield Wine – Wet Hopped & Hard Cider
More Dry – Loch Mor – Lagan’s IPC
More Crisp – Heemans – Dry Hopped
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