Block Three – Offshoot Sea Breeze

Cider Profile:

Name: Block Three – Offshoot Sea Breeze
Sampled March 2024

Brand:  Block Three Brewing Co. Type: Flavoured – Hopped  Location of Brewing: St. Jacobs, ON ABV: 6.5% Website Link: blockthreebottleshop.com Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Block 3 retail + online store Flavour: Apple, hops, salt  Colour: Translucent straw yellow Carbonation: Small streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Sweet apple, citra hops and sea salt
Initial Taste: Minimal bite, A touch of sharp apple becomes it quickly becomes all hops and saline. Quite gritty with some earthy elements. Limey-like citrus notes here.
After Taste: Hops becomes more earthy and salt aftertaste really stays on the palate. Kelp notes. Salty lips linger.
On ice: Less body, almost more salty on ice.

Additional Notes:  Block Three’s Offshoot Sea Breeze is a very salty and citra hopped offering with their original dry cider. This one is intense, with a lot of earthy and woody hops, followed by a very salty mid and after-taste.  Only a hint of sharp and bright apples upfront.  Not a beginner cider.  Gose beer fans may like it because of the saline and hops. Made with sea salt, Sea Breeze is an appropriate name as its like sea air/salt water sometimes.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 1.5
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 2.5
Dry – 3.5
Fruity – 3

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Niagara – Dry Tropical Hopped
More Sour – County – Elderflower Sour Cider
More Dry – Loch Mor – Lagan’s IPC
More Crisp – Rice Lake – Slo-Hopped Cider

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