Kawartha Country Wines – Buckhorn

Cider Profile:

Name: Kawartha Country Wines – Buckhorn
Sampled September 2025

Brand:  Kawartha Country Wines Type: Apple – Off-sweet Location of Brewing: Buckhorn, ON ABV: 6.5% Website Link: kawarthacountrywines.ca Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 500ml (bottle) Availability: Kawartha Country retail + online store Flavour: Apple Colour:  Transparent sunshine yellow Carbonation: Small, infrequent bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Punchy, bright apple, slightly sweet and tart.
Initial Taste: Light bite. Semi-sharp acidity. Soft apple, with a hint of tannins. Crisp and semi-naturally sweet.
After Taste: Becomes slightly sweeter. Mostly clean finish that has lingering peel notes. Touch of earthieness in the end.
On ice: Earthy notes toned down. Slightly less crisp apple aspects.

Additional Notes:  Kawartha’s Buckhorn Cider is beaming with rural, rustic, country notes. Tasting rudimentary (in a good way), it’s got a lot of soft, crisp apples, and some earthy aspects that make it obviously made far from a factory. With some peel and stem-like notes it has a touch of natural acidity and tannins, although sweet and crisp forward. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 3.5
Sour – 3
Crisp – 4.5
Dry – 2.5
Fruity – 4.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Saunders – Flying Canoe
More Sour – Two Blokes – Hex Press
More Dry – Slabtown – Founders Zero
More Crisp – County Cider – Apple

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