Loch Mór Cider – Bootlegger (Rum)

Cider Profile:

Name:  Loch Mór Cider – Bootlegger (Rum)
First sampled June 2020. Updated August 2020

Brand: Loch Mór Cider Company  Type: Apple – Barrel-Aged Location of Brewing: Hillier, ON ABV: 9.4% Website Link: lochmorcider.com Ingredients:  N/A Gluten Free: N/A Sugar Content: N/ASize(s) available: 500mL (bottle) Availability: At Loch Mór Retail and Online Store Flavour: Apple + Rum Colour: Hazy, golden-rod  yellow Carbonation: Small, infrequent bubbles. Less on ice.

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma of golden-rum with some pulpy apple notes.
Initial Taste: Strong bite from astringency and some carbonation. Pungent and bold rum (just like having a shot of rum in it) that has some apple notes.  Some wood-like notes.
After Taste: Rum flavour slowly dissipates but remains present in the back of the mouth.  Pulpy apple becomes more noticeable.
On ice: Drastically reduces flavour and rum-punch.

Additional Notes: Alongside its whisky counterpart, the Bootleg Series by Loch Mór offers a much stronger rum-based offering.  It’s bold, pungent and pops, with a lot of astringency just like a shot. Slightly woody from the barrel-aging, the rum drives the drink from start to finish with some pulpy apple notes along the way.  Smoother on ice if it too much for you.

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

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Kings Mill – Ontario Mule
More Sour – Hard Way – Ramboozle 
More Dry – West Ave – Bartlett’s Fuller Secret
More Crisp – FieldBird – Fledgings

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