Beyond the Pale x Farmgate – Side Hustle Cider

Cider Profile:

Name: Beyond the Pale x Farmgate – Side Hustle Cider
Sampled June 2025

Brand:  Beyond the Pale Brewery x Farmgate Cider Type: Apple – Crisp Location of Brewing: Ottawa, ON ABV: 5% Website Link: btpshop.ca Ingredients: Fresh Ontario apples Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Beyond the Pale retail and online stores Flavour: Apple Colour:  Translucent, hazy, pale straw yellow Carbonation: Small, frequently streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes

Smell: Light aroma. Bright, pulpy, fleshy dessert apple. Pear drop/banana notes.
Initial Taste: Medium bite from carbonation. Low tannin, low acidity. Light bodied, pub-style refreshing apple base. Semi-bright and semi-sweet red variety dessert apple, with some green apple characteristics.
After Taste: Becomes softer as it goes along, but dwindles quickly. Apple base is rather pulpy. Clean, quick finish.
On ice: Thinner bodied and reduced carbonation.

Additional Notes: As a part of their Side Hustle series that are non-beer offerings, Beyond the Pale’s collaboration with Farmgate Cider is their first cider offering available at their taproom. An easy-going cider, it is a lighter pub-style cider that fits in well with their beer portfolio – easy to switch to this after a few beer pints. This one is great for their patio (or inside – check out their stock market Thursdays). A low acidity, low tannin cider, its pulpy apple base is easy to drink, nor overly complex – easy to drink while watching sports or conversing. Off-dry, it has a bit of natural sweetness.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2.5
Sour – 3
Crisp – 2
Dry – 3
Fruity – 2.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Halls Market – 1947 Oh So Sweet
More Sour – Saunders Cider – Flying Canoe
More Dry – Ernest – Original Dry
More Crisp – 1000 Islands – Cider

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