Clafeld – Southbrook Berry Blend

Cider Profile:

Name: Clafeld – Southbrook Berry Blend
Sampled February 2024

Brand:  Clafeld Cider House x Pluck Tea / Waupoos Winery
Type:  Flavoured – Tea
Location of Brewing: Picton, ON
ABV: 5.5%
Website Link: waupooswinery.com
Ingredients: Fermented apple juice, Pluck
Southbrook Berry Blend Tea (organic elderberry, organic currant,
organic dried grapeskins, organic hibiscus petals, natural flavour),
potassium sorbate. sulphites

Gluten Free: Yes
Sugar Content: 3g/L

Size(s) available: 355ml (bottle)
Availability: Clafeld retail + online store
Flavour: Berry and tea
Colour: Translucent golden yellow,
Carbonation: Appears still.


Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Light aroma. Floral grey tea. Berry influences.
Initial Taste: No bite. Mild herbal tea elements that are slightly earthy with a mixed berry undertone.  Apple is mild at best, slightly caramelized. Flesh upfront, peel notes later.  
After Taste: Fruit flavours dissipate dramatically.  Very short lived overly profile except for the lingering tea elements in the back of the mouth
On ice: Even more watered down.

Additional Notes:  This is the Southbrook Berry Blend cider of the Clafeld Cider House x Pluck Tea steeped tea series This semi-earthy and quick lived still cider has some caramel apple elements and a light berry profile.  Lighter offering with some tea elements as an afternoon sipper – break out the chinaware. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 1.5
Sour – 2.5
Crisp – 1
Dry – 4
Fruity – 2.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – D’ont Poke the Bear – Berry Cider
More Sour – Ernest – Huckleberry Cider
More Dry – 
More Crisp – Heeman’s – Berry Blush Cider

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