Downey’s – Hard Apple Cider
Cider Profile:
Name: Downey’s – Hard Apple Cider
Sampled August 2024
| Brand: Downey’s Estate Winery Type: Apple – Crisp Location of Brewing: Caledon, ON ABV: 7% Website Link: downeysfarm.com Ingredients: Apple cider, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/ASize(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Downey’s retail and online store Flavour: Apple Colour: Transparent yellow Carbonation: Medium infrequent bubbles |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Medium aroma. Fleshy, dry apple. Sulphur.
Initial Taste: Minimal bite. Fermented apple that is dank and semi-earthy yet also semi-sweet from slightly caramelized dessert apple.
After Taste: Apple becomes a bit brighter and more sweetness comes through. Slight bitterness. Lingering fermentation notes and apple skins.
On ice: Thinner body. Less fermentation notes and intensity.
Additional Notes: Downey’s Apple Cider is a farm-based offering and it shows with rudimental fermentation notes and pure apple flavour. While we got sulphur notes in the aroma, it comes across more dank instead – elements that are at odds with the sweeter notes. Mild dessert apple sweetness that grows as it goes on. Some skin elements appear. Apples are semi-crisp and become brighter in the finish. Has a stale undertone unfortunately – maybe oxidized.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 3.5
Sour – 3
Crisp – 4
Dry – 2.5
Fruity – 4
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Chudleighs – Hint of Honey Cider
More Sour – Clafeld – Smashed Apple
More Dry – Waupoos – Premium Cider
More Crisp – Thornbury – Road Apples
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