Halls – Dolgo Crabapple Sour

Cider Profile:

Name: Halls – Dolgo Crabapple Sour
Sampled July 2025

Brand:  Halls Apple Market Type: Apple – Single varietal Location of Brewing: Brockville, ON ABV: 7% Website Link: hallsapplemarket.com Ingredients: Apple, yeast, natural preservatives, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Hall’s retail store & Ottawa-area Farmers Markets Flavour: Apple Colour:  Translucent rusty orange Carbonation: Small streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Light aroma. Slightly tart and caramelized bright apple.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. A quickly puckering, punchy apple. Crisp with some juiciness and bright elements.  Lots of acidity and somewhat clean except for the extreme sour elements. 
After Taste: Lingers for a while, and once the sour dissipates you get some melon notes. A little more floral in the longer-lingering aftertaste.  Still remains clean with some saline finish.
On ice: Reduces the overall flavour and intensity. 

Additional Notes:  Hall Market’s Dolgo Crabapple Sour is that, SOUR.  Crisp with bright elements, it’s much cleaner than most crabapple-based offerings are.  A bit of melon as the sour dissipates, it gains a bit of saltiness in the finish.  Isn’t funky or dank like some crabapples/sour ciders are, so those who are fans of intense (but clean) sour will like this.  It’s a little bit short of vinegar intensity, and a bit of ice helps to cut it. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 1.5
Sour – 5
Crisp – 3.5
Dry – 4
Fruity – 4.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Saunders – Saw Tooth
More Sour – 
More Dry – Heemans – Dolgo MLF Single Varietal
More Crisp – 1818 Farm – Lost and Found

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