Carlisle – Hard Mullled Cider

Cider Profile:

Name: Carlisle – Hard Mullled Cider
Sampled December 2024

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Heavy mulling spices. Slightly smoky. Bright, slightly tart apples.
Initial Taste: No bite. Pulpy, tart, clean apple base. Warming spices like cardamom and clove appear.
After Taste: Spices soften, where cinnamon appears here and stays. Slightly creamy apple finish, as the spices linger longer than the apples do – especially upon exhaling.
On ice: Minimal change. Slightly less crisp.

Additional Notes:  Carlisle’s Hard Mulled Cider is a simple and clean mulled cider offering. With a strong mulled aroma, it smells slightly stronger than they appear on the palate. Because it is still, you get no bite, but straight into the pulpy, tart but clean apple base that is a bit creamy. Then the spices appear, more bolder spices like clove and cardamom upfront, moving towards cinnamon and nutmeg in the finish – all warming for the senses and soul. Spices linger longer than the apple base, especially in the mouth, throat and sinuses. It is still, so it is different from most other spiced ciders in Ontario. 

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

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Farmgate – Mulled Hard Cider
More Sour – Shiny – Old Fashioned Maple
More Dry – Ernest – Winter Bliss
More Crisp – Bonnieheath – Folkin’ Hard Harvest Spice

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