Brookers – Batch 3 Natural Mint Ciderkin (2023)

Cider Profile:

Name: Brookers – Batch 3 Natural Mint Ciderkin (2023)
Sampled August 2025

Brand: Brookers Cider Type: Flavoured – Mint Location of Production: Scotch Bush, ON ABV: 4% Website Link: brookerscider.ca/ Ingredients: Wild apples, honey, apple mint Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 500ml (bottle) Availability: Brookers retail and online store Flavour: Mint Colour: Translucent straw yellow Carbonation: Small, frequently streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Light aroma. Mild mint. Some bitterness and booziness. Hints of pulpy apple.
Initial Taste: Strong bite from carbonation. Bitterness and mint/herbal notes greet you. Astringent and boozy upfront. Pulpy, apple flesh that’s a bit creamy.
After Taste: Herb notes become a defined, unique mint. Apple notes become drier, retaining a fleshy creaminess though. Minerality lingers.
On ice: Reduced body and flavour on ice, a less punchy and herbal mint

Additional Notes: For being a 4% ciderkin, Brooker’s 2023 Batch 3 Natural Mint Ciderkin is surprisingly fruit forward and boozy tasting. With a creamy, pulpy base, it counters the bold, bitter herbal notes from the apple mint (grown on their property) that becomes more mint-defined in the aftertaste. It’s got a fermented note throughout, making you wonder if it’s actually much higher than it is for a ciderkin. It’s definitely got 2 unique contrasting types of flavour layers on top of one another, that makes for a unique creation and works together nonetheless.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 1.5
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 2
Dry – 4
Fruity – 4

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Beyond the Pale x Farmgate – Side Hustle Cider
More Sour – Halls 1947 – Dolgo Crabapple Sour
More Dry – 
More Crisp – Crimson – Mint to Be

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