East Street – Aprés Rhubarb-Orange Apero

Cider Profile:

Name: East Street – Aprés Rhubarb-Orange Apero Cider Seltzer Small Batch
Sampled October 2022

Brand:  East Street Cider Co. Type: Apple – Flavoured Spritzer Location of Brewing: Godrich, ON ABV: 4% Website Link: eaststreetcider.com Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: 2g/L Size(s) available: 355ml (can) Availability: East Street online + retail store Flavour: Aperol, orange, rhubarb Colour: Hazy canary-yellow Carbonation: Large, infrequently-streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Candied orange and Valencia-like orange with slight acetic elements. Some bitterness.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. Strong, sharp, gripping bitter grapefruit.  Orange and other citrus elements are earthy. 
After Taste: As flavours dissipate, bitter and dry grapefruit and aperol becomes the only real taste in a long lingering, aftertaste. Mild blimp of apple as the bitterness weakens.
On ice: Slightly less flavour.

Additional Notes:  This latest in the East Street seltzer Aprés series the “Rhubarb-Orange Apero” is the cider makers’ take on the Aperol spritz, in a cider seltzer format.  Very little apple elements, its’ essentially the bitter elements that come from grapefruit, with some earthy orange and a touch rhubarb.  This one has a lot of flavour within the bitter elements that linger a long time.  Very unique with no sweetness at all. A very strong homage to the popular aperol spirit and cocktail. Its incredibly bitter as a warning to drinkers.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 1
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 1
Dry – 5
Fruity – 4.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Duntroon – Raindance Rhubarb Cyder
More Sour – Steel Town – Ginger Slap
More Dry – 
More Crisp – Two Blokes – Gosework Orange Cider

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