Cold Creek – Cider & Black (2024)

Cider Profile:

Name: Cold Creek – Cider & Black (2024)
Sampled September 2024

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Acidic and funky apples with some black currant notes. Some barreling.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation.  Semi-smooth and dry apples with a touch of cellaring/mustiness and funk.  Black currant is present but not overpowering – a bit tart.
After Taste: Apple dissipates leaving a drier, fermented and barrel aged finish.  Long lasting with some farmhouse finish.
On ice: A slight change of carbonation and a little less apple. 

Additional Notes:  New for 2024, Cold Creek’s Cider & Black is a homage to the English cider-cocktail with infused black currant in pub-style offering. It’s dry with some funky elements, both from the apples and the barreling of the cider.  Black currant gives it a gorgeous colour with a bit of a dry berry additive.  Don’t expect a heavy flavour of fruit/berries, its a light fruit infusion. A very funky offering defined by the barreling.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 1.5
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 2
Dry – 4.5
Fruity – 2.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Downeys – Black Currant
More Sour – Slabtown – Black Currant
More Dry – 
More Crisp – Duxbury – Black Currant

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