Howell Road – Blood Orange

Cider Profile:

Name: Howell Road – Blood Orange
Sampled April 2022

Brand:  Howell Road Cider Co. Type: Flavoured – Blood Orange Location of Brewing: St. George, ON ABV: 6% Website Link: howell-road-cider-co.square.site Ingredients: Ontario apples. Blood orange. Sulphites. Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Howell Road online + retail stores Flavour: Blood orange Colour:  Transparent peach Carbonation: Medium semi-streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Bright fleshy apple. Tangy blood orange.
Initial Taste: Medium bite from carbonation. Tart but mostly dry apple. Semi-gripping acidity that’s lemon-like. A tangy and sharp citrus that has a slightly heavy mouthfeel. Generic orange notes.
After Taste: Blood orange becomes more defined but not overly dominant. Acidity slowly dwindles. The dry apple base lingers with mild fermentation/alcoholic notes staying.
On ice: Carbonation heavily reduced. Slightly less tangy and sharp.

Additional Notes:  Howell Road’s Blood Orange is a mostly dry cider that features blood orange in a way we haven’t seen yet in a cider. Tart, tangy, acidic and sharp, it’s gripping for the palate. A dry apple base remains throughout, but its also semi-bright. The blood orange is more of a generic orange/citrus flavour at first, becoming more blood orange defined into the finish. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 4
Crisp – 1.5
Dry – 3.5
Fruity – 3

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – County Cider – Blood Orange Cider
More Sour – Steel Town – Guava AF
More Dry – Coffin Ridge – Tropical Hopped Cider
More Crisp – Thornbury – Blood Orange Cider

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