Fleuri – Hyslop

Cider Profile:

Name: Fleuri – Hyslop 
Sampled September 2020

Brand:  Fleuri Cidres Biologiques Type: Apple – Wild Location of Brewing: Dunham, Québec ABV: 6.6% Website Link: Ingredients: Liberty apples, honey crisp and hyslop crabapples Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750ml (bottle) Availability: Quebec bottle shops Flavour: Dry Colour:  Cloudy, rusty orange Carbonation: Small, frequently streaming bubbles with some trub.

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Sweet and bright pulpy apples. Some floral notes.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. Smooth but pulpy and creamy apples. Some astringency and early notes. Slightly acidic. Crab apple  notes mingle among caramelized apple flavours.
After Taste: Becomes less apple forward. More earthy and acidic.  Some more tannic and dry notes in the aftertaste. Slightly chalky from the yeast/trub.
On ice: Reduced carbonation and some other elements. 

Additional Notes:  The Hyslop by Fleuri is the Québec take on a France Normandy style-cider, but with more dry and wild elements.  It’s a little more tart and a slightly thinner mouthfeel but very close to the French offering. Creamy with a lot of extra trub which gives some yeast elements to it.  Fermented with Wild Yeast. Organic. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2.5
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 1.5
Dry – 4
Fruity – 2.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – McAdam – Cidre Urbain
More Sour – Alma – Willie
More Dry – 
More Crisp – Lacroix – Gabélianne

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