Brickworks – Blossomed Oak

Cider Profile:

Name: Brickworks – Blossomed Oak
Sampled April 2022

Brand:  Brickworks Ciderhouse Type: Flavoured – Oak Location of Brewing: Toronto, ON ABV: 6% Website Link: theciderhouse.ca Ingredients: Cider, sugars (apple juice), vanilla extract, oak chips, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: 19g/L Size(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Limited – LCBO Flavour: Oak Colour:  Transparent golden canary yellow Carbonation: Medium streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Toasted oak. Juicy apple. Vanilla.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. Quick crisp apples, some acidity and tannins. Mild astringency.
After Taste: Apples become slightly more caramelized. Oak notes emerged here, slightly toasted tasting. Earthy hints. Clean finish. Ends with vanilla notes.
On ice: Slightly watered down. Softer apples and oak notes.

Additional Notes:  Brickwork’s 5th in their Ciderhouse Series, the Blossomed Oak, is inspired by the oak trees in High Park. A mostly dry tasting cider, its semi-bright, and decently crisp. A good natural apple acidity and tannins helps make this a sophisticated choice. It starts off mostly apple focused, and then into the aftertaste the promised oak notes come through strong, tasting earthy and even a bit toasted in nature. Vanilla notes really shine at the finish, as it cleans out of the mouth well here also.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 3
Crisp – 4
Dry – 4
Fruity – 4.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Slabtown – Vanilla Bourbon
More Sour – Ernest – Oaky Rose
More Dry – 401 Cider Brewery – Sparkling Oaked Cider
More Crisp – Niagara Cider – Maple Whisky Oak Aged Cider

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