Grey & Gold – Northern Gold

Cider Profile:

Name: Grey & Gold – Northern Gold
Sampled August 2025

Brand:  Grey & Gold Cider Company Type: Apple – Dry Location of Production: Blue Mountains, ON ABV: 8.1% Website Link: greyandgoldcider.com Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 500ml (bottle) Availability: Grey & Gold retail store Flavour: Apple Colour:  Hazy dark straw yellow Carbonation: Large, infrequently streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Bright, acetic apples. Some honey notes.
Initial Taste: Medium bite from carbonation and acidity that impacts for a while. Creamy and sharp, tangy apple, with volatile acidity and earthiness. Medium acetic and funky aspects.
After Taste: Apple becomes more focused in flavour, with various heritage apple notes becoming more defined. Crisp, semi-tart finish. Long lingering elements on the palate, including acetic notes.
On ice: Flavour and intensity greatly reduced. More cooling, less clean.

Additional Notes:  The Northern Gold by Grey & Gold may be one of those ciders that you have to sip a few times to grasp all the elements happening. There are many layers to both the apple flavour notes and the fermentation-based, volatile acidic aspects in the cider. The apple base is defined as being bright and crisp, while also being tangy and funky.  A lot going on but it is decently decently sour.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 4
Crisp – 3
Dry – 4.5
Fruity – 3

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Chudleighs – Golden Russet Cider
More Sour – Spirit Tree – 10th Anniversary Estate Reserve
More Dry – 
More Crisp – Cold Creek – Cuvee Madeleine (2024)

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