Ernest Cider – Ernie’s Lime Rickey
Cider Profile:
Name: Ernest Cider – Ernie’s Lime Rickey
Sampled April 2024
| Brand: Ernest Cider Co. Type: Flavoured – Lime Location of Production: Newmarket, ON ABV: 5.5% Website Link: ernestcider.com Ingredients: Apples, sugars (organic cane sugar, honey), lime juice concentrate, natural flavours, malic acid, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 473ml (can) |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Medium aroma. Lime zest. Sharp apple. Pear-like note.
Initial Taste: Medium bite from carbonation. A quick intense lime zest with some pulp and juice notes. A fleshy dessert apple is light as the base.
After Taste: Lime becomes smoother, slightly more juice-focused. An herbiness and saline note comes out at the finish.
On ice: Reduced zest intensity. A bit less saline and herb-like notes.
Additional Notes: Ernie’s Lime Rickey by Ernest Cider Co is a very lime-zest forward experience, from start to finish. You get lime zest, pulp and juice notes – doesn’t skimp on the titular flavour. The apple base is there, pretty standard for many of Ernest’s cider offerings. It says there is a hint of juniper, but we really only get a generic herbiness near the finish, along with some saline-like notes. An exclusive in the 2024 Travel Mixpack available at the LCBO and their website at the time of review.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 3.5
Dry – 3.5
Fruity – 4.5
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – County – Lime Cider
More Sour – Stock & Row – Lime Crush
More Dry – Shiny – Ginger Lime
More Crisp – Ironwood – Ciderita
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