Canadian Spring Cider Cocktail
Longing for the spring? Can’t take it anymore (Kinda like Sterling, the Cider Corgi here) Well, how about something that has the taste of a Canadian Spring, Maple Sugar! Ingredients Desaranto 1.5 oz Calvados 1 oz Thornbury spiced Cider 250ml Cinnamon spice stick Substitutions Fireball (to give it more kick, replace the Calvados or Desaranto) […]
Cidery Tour: Spirit Tree Cider Caledon, ON (December 2017)
One of the longer running cideries in Ontario, Spirit tree offers a unique experience including a french style cider-house, baked goods and a gorgeous apple tree plantation. Please enjoy our podcast, which you can subscribe to here: Have a listen below Download episode | Play in new window |
Cidery Tour: Heartwood Farm and Cidery, Ospringe, ON (December 2017)
It took some time to find the little path to the farmhouse off the main road, but happy to get to meet Brent and tour the Heartwood Farm and Cidery. Please enjoy our podcast, which you can subscribe to here: Have a listen below Download episode | Play in new window |
Cidery Tour: KW Craft Cider, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON (December 2017)
Over the holidays we traveled back to visit family in South-Western Ontario. Fortunately, Michael from KW Craft Cider offered us the opportunity to come by and check out their facilities, as well as chat about the sector. Please enjoy our podcast, which you can subscribe to here: Have a listen below Download episode | Play in new […]
The Cider Crate – Best of 2017
So as we come to the end of 2017, we are happy to look back on some of the best ciders we had the past year and our favourite locales to enjoy them! Have a look and we hope you tried a few yourself! We sampled over 200 ciders all year, posting reviews of close […]
Beau’s – Lamb’s Wool
Apple Drink Profile: Name: Beau’s – Lamb’s Wool Sampled: December 2017 Brand: Beau’s All Natural Brewing Type: Apple Gruit Beer Location of Brewing: Vakleek Hill, ON ABV: 6.5% Website Link: beaus.ca Ingredients: Water, organic barley malts, organic unfiltered apple juice, organic yarrow, organic cinnamon, organic cloves, organic hops, brewer’s yeast. Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: […]
Unibroue – Ephemere Apple
Apple Drink Profile: Name: Unibroue – Ephemere Apple Sampled: December 2017 Brand: Unibroue (Sapporo) Type: Apple Beer Location of Brewing: Chamble, Quebec ABV: 5.5% Website Link: unibroue.com Ingredients: Unknown Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: UnknownSize(s) available: 355mL Bottle Availability: LCBO Unibroue Mixpack 2017 Flavour: Apple Colour: Cloudy aprocot-yellow Carbonation: Small, streaming bubbles. Foam for head. […]
Sunnybrook 2014 Spiced Apple
Apple Drink Profile: Name: Sunnybrook 2014 Spiced Apple Sampled: April 2017 Brand: Sunnybrook Farm Estate Winery Inc. Type: Wine – Flavoured Location of Brewing: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario ABV: 12% Website Link: sunnybrookwine.com Ingredients: apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: Unknown Size(s) available: 750mL Bottle Availability: Limited – 333 cases; LCBO Vintages Flavour: Spiced […]
Toronto Cider Festival 2017 Recap
Full photo gallery here! The leadup to the 2017 Toronto Cider Festival was huge – 12 more cideries promised, a new venue, new entertainment and even new awards… and to top it off, it was a celebration for Canada’s 150th Birthday! The organizers for the Festival not only lived up to the hype, they exceeded […]
Nickel Brook – Green Apple Beer
Apple Drink Profile: Name: Nickel Brook – Green Apple Beer Sampled October 2017 Brand: Nickel Brook Brewery Type: Apple Beer Location of Brewing: Toronto, ON ABV: 6.2% Website Link: nickelbrook.com Ingredients: Spring Water, Malted Barley, Apple Juice, Liquid Sugar, Hops, Lemon Juice, Yeast, Citric Acid, Sorbic Acid Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: Unknown Size(s) available: […]
Cidery Tour: Apple Falls Cider, Carring Place, ON (September 2017)
On our way home from the Toronto Cider Festival in 2017, we got a chance to visit the newly launched Apple Falls Cider Comapny. Checkout the audio, subscribe to the podcast and see the pictures! Learn more about the family run farm and cider company via their website. Please enjoy our first podcast, which you […]
Cidery Tour: 401 Cider Company, Colborne, ON (August 2017)
On our way to the Toronto Cider Festival in 2017, we got a chance to stop off and visit the 401 Cider Company. Checkout the audio, subscribe to the podcast and see the pictures! Learn more about 401 via their website. Please enjoy our first podcast, which you can subscribe to here: Have a listen […]
City Cider Festival 2017 Event Preview
If you’re looking for a little Sunday cider adventure, City Cider – presented by Not Far From The Tree – is hosted at the Spadina Museum on Sunday Sept 17th for its seventh year. It offers a very backyard, family friendly opportunity to sample a few ciders and keep the kids active as well. PARTICIPATING ONTARIO […]
Surviving the TO Cider Festival
You’ve almost made it cider fans, the big day is very soon, this Saturday, August 26th! Whether it’s your first time to the festival or you’ve been in years past, we have compiled a list of handy tips for you to survive the day and enjoy it to its maximum. Stuff to Bring with […]
Calvados Boulard Pays d’auge
Apple Beverage Profile: Name: Calvados Boulard Pays d’auge Sampled August 2017 Brand: Calvados Boulard Type: Calvados – apple brandy Location of Brewing: Normandy, France ABV: 40% Website Link: calvados-boulard.com Ingredients: up to 120 varieties of apples Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750mL (bottle) Availability: All year – LCBO Flavour: Apple Colour: Rustic copper […]
Event Review: County Cider Brewmasters Dinner at Craft Ottawa
About every month, Craft Ottawa hosts a special ‘Brewmasters dinner’ to celebrate pairing courses of food with excellent drinks – all from a select brewery or theme. For the first time, Craft Ottawa hosted a cider Brewmasters Dinner featuring the ever-wonderful County Cider Company on May 30th 2017. May is Celiac Awareness month, so Craft […]
Jack Daniel’s – Jack Apple
Apple Drink Profile: Name: Jack Daniel’s – Jack Apple Sampled April 2017 Brand: Jack Daniels Type: Cider and Spirit Mix Location of Brewing: Lynchberg, Tennessee ABV: 4% Website Link: countrycocktails.com Ingredients: Carbonated Water, Glucos-Fructos, Tennessee Whisky, Natural Spirit, Malic Acid, Natural Flavour, Sodium Citrate, Caramel Colour, Potasium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate Sugar Content: med/high Size(s) available: […]
Bud Light – Apple
Apple Drink Profile: Name: Bud Light – Apple Sampled April 2017 Brand: Bud Light Type: Apple Light Beer Location of Brewing: London, Ontario ABV: 4% Website Link: budlight.ca/en/apple Ingredients: Light beer, Water, Glucos-Fructose, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, natural Apple flavours Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: Low/Zero Size(s) available: 473ml Can Availability: Beer Store, Various grocery […]
Bud Light Lime – Apple-ahhh-rita
Cider Profile: Name: Bud Lime – Apple-ahhh-rita Sampled April 2017 Brand: Bud Light Lime (Anheuser-Busch) Type: Apple Strong Beer Location of Brewing: USA ABV: 6.0% Website Link: Ingredients: Beer, Apple Margarita Flavour (Water, Glucose-Fructose, Natural and artificial Flavours, Malic Acid, Sodium Citrate). Caramel Colour. Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: 6g/100mlSize(s) available: 236ml Can Availability: Beer […]
Crazy Beard – Wild Apple Ale
Apple Drink Profile: Name: Crazy Beard – Wild Apple Ale Sampled April 2017 Brand: Iconic Brewing Co Type: Apple Ale Location of Brewing: Oakville, ON ABV: 5.2% Website Link: iconicbrewing.co Ingredients: sugar, barley malt, apple juice, natural and artificial flavours, malic acid, citric acid, neutral spirit caramel colour, and carbonated water Gluten Free: No Sugar […]
MadJack – Apple Lager
Apple Product Profile: Name: MadJack – Apple Lager Sampled April 2017 Brand: MadJack Type: Apple Lager Location of Brewing: Montreal, PQ ABV: 5% Website Link: madjack.ca Ingredients: malt liquor, carbonated water, glucos-fructose, malic acid, natural flavour, barley Gluten Free: unknown Sugar Content: medium-highSize(s) available: 473ml Availability: Grocery stores in Ontario, Beer Store Flavour: Apple Colour: […]
MadJack – Hard Core Apple Lager
Apple Drink Profile: Name: MadJack – Hard Core Apple Lager Sampled April 2017 Brand: MadJack Type: Apple Lager Location of Brewing: Montreal, PQ ABV: 7% Website Link: madjack.ca Ingredients: malt liquor, carbonated water, glucos-fructose, malic acid, natural flavour, barley Gluten Free: unknown Sugar Content: medium-highSize(s) available: 473ml Availability: Grocery Stores in Ontario, Beer Store Flavour: […]
Norfolk County – Baked Apple Mead
Apple Drink Profile: Name: Norfolk County – Baked Apple Mead Sampled April 2017 Brand: Trafalger Ales & Meads Type: Mead Location of Brewing: Oakville, ON ABV: 8.5% Website Link: trafalgarclub.com Ingredients: water, honey, barley, hops, yeast, apples, cinnamon, raisins Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: Size(s) available: 375ml bottle, Availability: LCBO Flavour: Apple Colour: Bright Orange, close […]
Shock Top – Honeycrisp Apple Wheat
Apple Drink Profile: Name: Shock Top – Honeycrisp Apple Wheat Sampled April 2017 Brand: Shock Top (Labatts) Type: Wheat Beer Location of Brewing: London, ON ABV: 5.2% Website Link: shocktopbeer.com (USA) Ingredients: Beer, Sugar, Malic Acid, Natural Apple Flavours. Wheat, Barley Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: low/noneSize(s) available: 355ml bottle, 473ml can Availability: 12 pack […]
Ottawa Winter BrewFest 2017 Review
We stopped in opening night to Ottawa Winter BrewFest to see what was going on at Lansdowne, as we heard there were some ciders being featured. Below (and updated on our podcast) is an interview with Mike, the event coordinator where he talked about the festival, the ciders at the festival and whats coming up […]
Cidery Tour: Revel Cider Dec 2016 Tour
We were lucky enough to catch-up with Revel Cider Owner and Founder Tariq Ahmed, just a day or two after he moved into his new Guelph warehouse location. We will come back when its setup but here are some of the photos, however I am sure it looks a little different today.
Cidery Tour: County Cider, Waupoos, ON (August 2016)
We were lucky enough to visit County Cider in Waupoos on our way to the 2016 Toronto Cider Awards. Grant took us into the fields to try some different apples and learn more about there production, and then we were Joined by Jen and had a cider on their public patio before the band played. […]
Ontario Cider Awards – 2016 Preview
Now in its second year, the Ontario Cider Awards are coming soon to the Royal Winter Agricultural Fair, on Thursday, November 10th 2016. If you were lucky like us to have attended in its inaugural year, you know this a stellar event hosted by the friendly folks at Drink Inc. Ontario Cider is an ever-increasingly […]
Toronto Cider Festival 2016 – Podcast Series, Gallery and More
It took a lot of work and a lot of editing, but we are finally ready to present our extended recap coverage of the 2016 Toronto Cider Festival – including our Podcast Series of informative interviews about cider. Check out the Podcast Series featuring 18 cideries who were at the festival. You can also access […]
Toronto Cider Festival 2016 Recap
The 2nd annual Toronto Cider Festival happened on August 27th, 2016, and if you weren’t there, you unfortunately missed out on an amazing day. The weather was sunny, warm and beautiful throughout the day, and the fans came out by the thousands to indulge in 40+ ciders from 19 cideries. Broken up into two sessions […]
What to Expect at the Toronto Cider Festival
So by now we hope you have gotten your tickets for the 2nd annual Toronto Cider Festival that’s happening at Yonge and Dundas Square on Saturday, August 27th 2016. But if not, no worries, there are still some left! This years theme is “Cottage in the City” so expect Muskoka chairs, canoes, wooden logs, wooden […]
LCBO Cider Fair, March 2016
Event Review: LCBO Cider Fair, March 2016 The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) decided to put a focus on cider with the launch of their ‘In Cider’ guide for March 2016. Accompanying the guide, was a weekend of ‘Cider Fairs’ in-store across the province, that offered select samples of ciders, cider cocktails and food […]
We are getting there … launching soon
You may have seen that the shell of the site is here, but no content. We will be looking to start really filling it out, it just takes time to make sure we are doing the reviews correctly (need to test the testing method, make sure everything looks good etc), so we hope to have […]
The Cider Crate Official Logos!
We are pumped to release our brand new logos! Have a look and let us know what you think (Feedback via out facebook page please)
So it begins
With the website starting to take shape, it is time to start filling in the content. Here is a quick photo of some of the ciders located here in the Ottawa, ON, Canada region we are going to start to review and post. If you are interested in providing feedback to the project, please […]
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