1818 Cider – All Together

Cider Profile:

Name: 1818 Cider – All Together
Sampled June 2024

Brand:  1818 Farm & Cidery
Type: Apple – Dry
Location of Production: Carp, ON
ABV:  6.5%
Website Link: 1818farmandcidery.ca
Ingredients: Apples, natural sulphites
Gluten Free: Yes
Sugar Content: N/A 

Size(s) available: 750ml (bottle)
Availability: 1818 Farm retail and online stores, Ottawa-area Farmers Markets.
Flavour: Apple
Colour:  Hazy straw yellow. Some trub
Carbonation: Fine, streaming bubbles


Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Woodsy, wild, aged apples. Bruised apple notes. Farmhouse.
Initial Taste: Light bite – some effervescence. Earthy, wild apples. Bittersharp bruised-tasting apples. Farmhouse funk and sourness. Volatile acidity.
After Taste: Oak and woody notes come out. Hints of a dry white wine. Apple slowly dissipates with a long aftertaste of fermentation elements. .
On ice: Lowered acidity.

Additional Notes:  1818 Cider’s All Together is a wine-barrel aged offering made with forged wild apples. A funky and sour offering overall, there is some volatile acidity, and it gives us some Spanish sidra vibes. The apples are bittersharp adding a bit of tannin into the blend. The promised barreling really shows up in the finish, becoming woodsy tasting. Yeast esters add to the body and flavour too. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 1
Sour – 4
Crisp – 2.5
Dry – 4.5
Fruity – 3.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Slabtown – Founder’s Dry
More Sour – Heemans – Dolgo MLF Single Varietal
More Dry – 
More Crisp – Farmgate – 3 Bros Cider

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