1818 Cider – Hailing a Cab

Cider Profile:

Name: 1818 Cider – Hailing a Cab
Sampled June 2025

Brand:  1818 Farm & Cider Type: Flavoured – Grape Location of Production: Carp, ON ABV: 7% Website Link: 1818farmandcidery.ca Ingredients: Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750ml (bottle) Availability: 1818 Farm retail and online stores, select Ottawa-area farmers markets Flavour: Grape Colour:  Translucent semi-hazy bright rust. Some darker trub Carbonation: Appears still

---

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Sour and tart grape. Farmhouse funk and dry apple.
Initial Taste: No bite but some acidity. Plump red grape. Dry apple base that’s light. Slightly tart and a hint of bitterness. Aged apple notes.
After Taste: Becomes mostly-red wine focused. Flat bodied here – very wine-like.
On ice: Even more wine-like. Less flavourful overall.

Additional Notes:  1818 Farm & Cidery’s Hailing a Cab used aged cabernet pomace from Kin Vineyard to infuse into their dry apple base. It starts off with a plump red grape note, and some dry apple base thats lighter and a bit aged. It then becomes more red-wine dominate in the finish – flavour and mouthfeel wise. This isn’t overly complex, and lighter over all than similar wine-cider blends – it actually drinks like a piquette to us because of the body and intensity of the flavour and lower apple base notes coming through.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 4
Crisp – 2
Dry – 4.5
Fruity – 2.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Ernest – Grapefull
More Sour – Stone Crop Acres – Vinous
More Dry – Heartwood – Concordia’s Conviction
More Crisp – Lost Craft – Dry Rose 

Links to Other Stories
Links to Pairings
Links to Cocktails
Links to Comparisons