401 Cider – Spring Series Ginger Blast
Cider Profile:
Name: 401 Cider Brewery – Spring Series Ginger Blast Cider
Sampled September 2024
| Brand: 401 Cider Brewery / The Big Apple Type: Flavoured – Ginger Location of Production: Colborne, ON ABV: 5.5% Website Link: 401cidercompany.com Ingredients: Fermented apple juice, sugar, natural flavours, sulphites, potassium sorbate Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/ASize(s) available: 750ml (bottle) Availability: The Big Apple retail + online store Flavour: Ginger Colour: Transparent sunflower yellow Carbonation: Small streaming bubbles. Slight foam. |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Strong aroma. Heavy ginger + sweet spicing. Minimal apple.
Initial Taste: Minimal bite. A warming ginger quickly preset, but not too spicy. Cinnamon and clove. Bright but smooth dessert apple base.
After Taste: Bread-like notes and vanilla emerge. Ginger still lingers, becomes sweeter. Average aftertaste length.
On ice: A slightly thinner body. Becomes more “candied”
Additional Notes: 401 Cider’s Ginger Blast is most likely a rename of the winter series Gingerbread Cider, as it seems very similar and other “spring series” have similar characteristics to their “winter series”. With a warming ginger presence, it has bread and vanilla-like notes to compliment the soothing ginger. The sweet ginger dominates throughout, with some mulling spices like cinnamon, clove and others noticeable. The apple base is soft, bright and seemingly dessert-apple focused. Leans a bit sweeter.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 3.5
Sour – 3
Crisp – 3.5
Dry – 2
Fruity – 4
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Flair – Ginger Mule
More Sour – 1818 – Hop Garden
More Dry – Archibalds – Hard Ginger Cider
More Crisp – Slabtown – Ginger Spritz
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