Hounds of Erie – Bark & Bite

Cider Profile:

Name: Hounds of Erie – Bark & Bite Hard Cider
Sampled April 2025

Brand:  Hounds of Erie Type: Flavoured – Lime & Ginger Location of Production: Clear Creek, ON ABV: 5.5% Website Link: houndsoferiewinery.com Ingredients: Apples, limes, ginger, sulphites, potassium sorbate Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 500ml (bottle) Availability: Hounds of Erie online and retail stores Flavour: Lime & Ginger Colour:  Transparent straw yellow Carbonation: Mixed streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Sharp apples. Earthy ginger. Hint of lime zest.
Initial Taste: Medium bite. Quick medley of lime and ginger. Zesty, zingy, earthy. Hint of baked apple but apples are softer.
After Taste: Apples become more obvious, more crisp and juice-forward. Ginger fades slowly, with lime peel remaining the longest.
On ice: Reduces lime and ginger – more apple focused. More ginger ale-like.

Additional Notes:  Hounds of Erie’s Bark & Bite is their new flavoured cider with ginger and lime. Drinking a bit like a moscow mule, the ginger aroma is stronger than the taste. But you are quickly greeted with both added flavours, in a medley that works. The ginger is the first thing to fade, but it becomes more ginger ale/soda like-in the finish. The limes are a bit zesty. Apples are mostly hidden upfront, but their sharp characteristics come out near the end. The lime is the longest lasting flavour element. If you like dry-hopped ciders, it shares a lot of essences with that category.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 3
Dry – 3
Fruity – 3.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Stock & Row – Lime Crush
More Sour – Archibalds – Hard Ginger Cider
More Dry – Slabtown – Ginger Spritz
More Crisp – Shiny – Ginger Lime Cider

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