Chudleigh’s – Creston

Cider Profile:

Name: Chudleigh’s – Creston
Sampled January 2024

Brand:  Chudleigh’s Apple Farm Type: Apple – Single Varietal Location of Brewing: Milton, ON ABV: 6.7% Website Link: chudleighs.com Ingredients: 100% Chudleigh’s Creston Apples. Sulphites. Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750ml (bottle) Availability: Chudleigh’s Farm Flavour:  Apple Colour:  Transparent pale yellow Carbonation: Small, frequently streaming bubbles. Some foam head.

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Effervescent, fleshy apple. Bright. Pear and melon-like notes.
Initial Taste: Minimal bite. A creamy apple base that is fleshy, bright and with some natural sweetness. Smooth and easy to consume. Yellow-variety-like notes, very “golden” tasting. Slightly tangy.
After Taste: Apple becomes a bit more dry. Some fermentation notes peek through. Apple flesh remains with a hint of peel grit here. Clean, semi-sweet finish. Long lingering with most elements remaining on the pallet. `
On ice: Carbonation reduced. Flavours slightly reduced.

Additional Notes:  In their series of single-varietal ciders made with apples grown on their estate, this is Chudleigh’s Creston Cider. A very bright and bold cider, it is very effervescent, and forward in crisp, juicy apple flavour. Off-sweet, it is bright and almost “clean tasting”, with no detectable off notes. A very vivid apple flavour, it comes across at times as tasting yellow-varietal, or golden, but the apple itself is red. With some fermentation notes noticeable, it definitely has a boozy undertone.  Belgian lace remains on the glass.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 3.5
Sour – 2
Crisp – 4
Dry – 2.5
Fruity – 4.5

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