Pelee Island – Hopping Apple
Cider Profile:
Name: Pelee Island – Hopping Apple
Sampled June 2020
Updated: May 2021
| Brand – Pelee Island Winery Type: Apple – Hopped Location of Brewing: Kingsville, ON ABV: 7% Website Link: peleeisland.com Ingredients: Apple juice, hops, yeast Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 375mL (bottle) |  |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Light aroma. Apple flesh with hops. Hints of bubble-gum and lychee.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. Mild acidity. Filtered, clean apple flavour. Tangy elements are slightly behind the sweetness.
After Taste: Apple flavour remains the same with sweet hops flavour appearing that provide bubble gum and lychee notes. Crisp, acidic finish.
On ice: Less carbonation. Less tangy and flavour ‘pop’.
Additional Notes: The Hopping Apple Cider from Pelee Island is a very light and breezy offering, providing for a very pleasant hopped experience that is not bitter or harsh at all. With bubble gum and lychee notes prevalent from the hopping, it has a light tart and acidic apple body that has some white wine influences in it. Wonderful for picnic drinking.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 3.5
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 3.5
Dry – 2
Fruity – 3
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Malus Ciderhouse – Hopped Cider
More Sour – Spirit Tree – Dry Hopped
More Dry – Duxbury – Tilted Barn Hopped Cider
More Crisp – Howell Road – Hops Cider
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