Loch Mór – Sour Cherry

Cider Profile:

Name: Loch Mór – Sour Cherry
Sampled February 2024

Brand: Loch Mór Cider Co Type: Flavoured – Cherry Location of Brewing: Hillier, ON ABV: 4.6% Website Link: lochmorcider.com Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 335ml (can) Availability: LCBO (2024), Loch Mór online and retail stores Flavour: Cherry Colour: Translucent dark vibrant red Carbonation: Medium, streaming bubbles, some foam.

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Pulpy, semi-sour cherry with hints of candied cherry. Slightly earthy.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. Semi intense tart (not exactly sour) cherry that’s dry with earthy elements.  Apples are slightly tannic and sour. Muddled (not bright).
After Taste: A long-lingering aftertaste with dry, tart peel elements from the apples. Cherry juice remains awhile.
On ice: Reduced flavour, including sour intensity.

Additional Notes:  The Loch Mór Sour Cherry is more of a tart offering, that’s got a lot of intensity. Muddled and tannic, the apples and cherry are balanced.  Slightly thicker, there are a lot of peel elements in this one (some earthy hints as well).  Not a “candied” offering, it lingers in the mouth a long time. Vivid tart cherries but they are not too puckering.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2.5
Sour – 4
Crisp – 3
Dry – 3.5
Fruity – 4.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Shale Ridge – Cherry Apple Cider
More Sour – Bonnieheath – Folk’n Hard Cherry Bomb
More Dry – Banjo – Rouge Cider
More Crisp – Ernest – Black Cherry Spice

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