Downey’s – Black Currant
Cider Profile:
Name: Downey’s – Hard Apple Cider with Black Currant
Sampled September 2022
| Brand: Downey’s Estate Winery Type: Flavoured – Black Currant Location of Brewing: Caledon, ON ABV: 7% Website Link: downeysfarm.com Ingredients: Apple cider, black currants, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/ASize(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Downey’s online and retail stores Flavour: Black currant Colour: Transparent deep ruby red Carbonation: Medium streaming bubbles |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Medium aroma. Juicy black currant, slight tartness. Mixed berry notes.
Initial Taste: Medium bite from carbonation. A deep black currant that’s juicy and semi-tart. Mild fleshy dessert apple. Slightly earthy.
After Taste: Becomes brighter and more juice-focused. Some cranberry and raspberry like notes. Cleans out quickly.
On ice: Thinner body. Less juicy black currant notes.
Additional Notes: Downey’s Black Currant Cider is a lighter-than-your-average black currant cider, but still it’s got the juice. Starting off with a deep and semi-dank black currant, it becomes more-juicy and brighter in the finish. The black currant also presents some cranberry and raspberry-like notes in the finish, maybe also some blackberry. Not a lot of apple, but what’s there is fleshy dessert apples. 7% but tastes a bit lighter than that.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 2
Dry – 4
Fruity – 4
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Slabtown – Black Currant Cider
More Sour – Heartwood – A Currant Affair
More Dry – Kings Mill – Black Currant Cider
More Crisp – Archibalds – Hard Currant Cider
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