Ernest – Mulled Cider

Cider Profile:

Name: Ernest – Mulled Cider
Sampled February 2026

Brand: Ernest Cider / Calabogie Brewing Co. Type: Flavoured – Mulled Location of Production: Kanata, ON ABV: 6.5% Website Link: ernestcider.com/ Ingredients: Apples, sugars (cane sugar, honey), spices, vanilla, malic acid Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Calabogie retail store, LCBO (2026) Flavour: Mulling spices Colour: Translucent light gold Carbonation: Small, streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Pulpy apple. Light cinnamon and other spices.
Initial Taste: Minimal bite from carbonation. Semi-crisp juicy dessert apples, pulpy. Light cinnamon and mild clove. Slightly woody/earthy. Citrus notes.
After Taste: Cinnamon becomes a bit more pronounced. Vanilla emerges. Apples become softer, less juicy. Elements linger a bit but not strongly.
On ice: Spices slightly reduced. Apples remain mostly the same taste and mouthfeel.

Additional Notes: Ernest’s Mulled Cider is a more balanced, milder interpretation of this historical style. You are greeted with semi-crisp & juicy apples that are most certainly culinary dominant. The spices are there, but not prominent or forceful – more a light infusion, with cinnamon being the most obvious. Some light citrus, vanilla and woody aspects round out the notes. A softer mouthfeel and doesn’t really taste alcoholic at all – it’s a lighter to consume option, even at 6.5%.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2.5
Sour – 3
Crisp – 3.5
Dry – 3
Fruity – 3

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Farmgate – Mulled
More Sour – County – Harvest Spice
More Dry – Carlisle Cider – Hard Mulled Cider
More Crisp – Thornbury – Spiced Apple Cider

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