Clafeld – Hey Lady
Cider Profile:
Name: Clafeld Cider – Hey Lady
First sampled January 2020
Updated: December 2021
| Brand: Clafeld Cider House Type: Flavoured – Grape Location of Brewing: Picton, ON ABV: 6.5% Website Link: clafeldciderhouse.com Ingredients: Fermented apple juice, grape skins, sugar, sorbate, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A
Size(s) available: 473mL (cans) |
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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Semi-strong aroma. Sweet crisp apple and a little floral. Gritty red grape notes.
Initial Taste: Medium bite. Smooth and clean medium-level apple with some red grape notes. Slightly tart, like a hint of lemon.
After Taste: Becomes drier and slightly more wine-like in the semi-long lingering aftertaste, with gritty red grape notes increasing. Sourness dissipates. Almost has some berry (black current and strawberry) and floral notes in the end.
On ice: Carbonation and body are reduced but remains almost the same flavour-wise.
Additional Notes: The Hey Lady by Clafeld offers a smooth cider that was fermented on Baco Noir grape skins (which helps to give it its funky colour). A unique take on a grape-infused cider, with a lower than usual ABV than a wine, it drinks like a piquette in someways. Still has a good amount of red grape tannins and grit however. You get some pulpy dessert apples in the base. A rather dry offering overall.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 2.5
Crisp – 2.5
Dry – 3.5
Fruity – 4
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Pommies – Red Sangria Cider
More Sour – Shiny Cider – Rosé Cider
More Dry – 401 Cider – True North
More Crisp – Thornbury – Rosé Cider
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