Salt Spring Wild – Bitter Orange Rosemary

Cider Profile:

Name: Salt Spring Wild – Bitter Orange Rosemary
Sampled September 2025

Brand: Salt Spring Wild Cider House Type: Flavoured – Orange Location of Production: Salt Spring Island, BC ABV: 7% Website Link: saltspringwildcider.com Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750ml (bottle) Availability: Salt Spring Island retail and online store Flavour: Bitter orange and rosemary Colour: Transparent, rustic orange Carbonation: Small, frequently streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Bitters and herbs.  Slightly acidic and rustic apples.  Touch of citrus.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation.  Smooth, semi-acidic apples that are crisp and caramelized – balanced with orange bitters.  A defined rosemary upfront that dissipates to generic herbs, but not overpowering.
After Taste: Becomes a little more rustic, herbed and fermented in the semi-long lingering aftertaste. 
On ice: Slightly reduced, a touch more herby on-ice.

Additional Notes: Salt Spring Wild’s Bitter Orange Rosemary is part of their Botanical Series.  With a gorgeous transparent rustic orange colour, its a balanced offering between crisp, uplifting and caramelized apple and a blend of orange bitters and rosemary herbs.  A longer-lingering aftertaste, it’s rustic, clean and lightly carbonated.  This has a number of classic, heritage and traditional apple cider elements, contrasting with the modern herbs and botanicals.  Very unique, especially the composure, balance and body. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 3
Crisp – 3.5
Dry – 3.5
Fruity – 4

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Burton Cider – Ginger Apple
More Sour – Sea Cider – Rumrunner
More Dry – 
More Crisp – 

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