Bordertown – Hard Pressed Cider

Cider Profile:

Name: Bordertown Cider & Winery – Hard Pressed Apple Cider
Sampled August 2025

Brand: Bordertown Cider & Winery Type: Apple – Off-Sweet Location of Production: Osoyoos, BC ABV: 5.5% Website Link: bordertowncidery.com Ingredients: 100% Fresh squeezed estate grown apples, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: British Columbia liquor stores, Bordertown retail and online store Flavour: Apple Colour: Transparent, Light straw yellow Carbonation:  Small streaming bubbles, some foam when poured.

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Semi-bright apples – some pulp, some sulphur.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. Smooth, pulpy apples that are naturally semi-sweet and dessert-like.  Fleshy with low tannin and only a touch of acidity. Some sulphur notes.
After Taste: Apple becomes a bit more sour in the aftertaste. A little bit of earthiness.  Longer lingering profile with the fermentation and peel elements becoming a bit more present. 
On ice: Reduced overall intensity and flavour.

Additional Notes: The Hard Pressed Apple Cider by Bordertown Cider and Winery is a simple, smooth dessert apple tasting offering. Amongst the apple notes, it has some sulphur and fermentation notes.  A bit of peel in the end with a longer aftertaste. “Right down the middle” on the scale for sweetness and other eleemnts.

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

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Sea Cider – Bittersweet
More Sour – Salt Spring Wild – Pet-Nat De L’Historien
More Dry – Burton City Cider – Classic Apple
More Crisp – 

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