
Clafeld – Honeycrisp
Cider Profile:
Name: Clafeld – Honeycrisp Cider
Sampled February 2021
Brand: Clafeld Cider and Fruit Winery Type: Apple – Single varietal Location of Brewing: Picton, ON ABV: 6% Website Link: Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: 3g/L Size(s) available: 500l & 750ml (bottles) Availability: Clafeld retail and online stores Flavour: Apple Colour: Pale sunshine yellow Carbonation: Large, infrequently streaming |
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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Light aroma. Bright, sweet and crisp honeycrisp apple.
Initial Taste: Minimal bite. Crisp, very authentic and natural honeycrisp apple flavour. Mild honey aspects. Mild fermentation notes.
After Taste: Juicy honey crisp apple continues the same. Mild Earthy hints. Mostly dry finish. Average mouthfeel length.
On ice: Slightly watered down. Mildly less sweet.
Additional Notes: Clafeld’s Honeycrisp Cider is a very authentic single varietal cider that tastes like the apple itself but less sweet and with noticeable fermentation notes (but the sugar is now mostly alcohol and it shows). A very juicy and crisp cider, it also has a mostly single flavour journey that ends mostly dry. Apple is bright and clean. A very straightforward but satisfying cider done well for its intention.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2.5
Sour – 2
Crisp – 4.5
Dry – 3.5
Fruity – 4
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – East Street – Landmark Dry
More Sour – Duxbury – Heritage 1650
More Dry – Windswept – Crimson Crisp (2018)
More Crisp – Thornbury – Honeycrisp Cider
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