Liberty Village – Chai Spice

Cider Profile:

Name: Liberty Village – Chai Spice
Sampled November 2021

Brand: Liberty Village Beverage Co. Type: Flavoured – Tea Location of Brewing: Toronto, ON ABV: 4.5% Website Link: libertyvillagebeverages.ca Ingredients: Ontario apples, chai spiced tea Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: 0g/L Size(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: LCBO 2021 Flavour: Chai Tea Colour:  Translucent rusty orange Carbonation: Medium, infrequently streaming bubbles

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Black tea with spices, tannins and light sweet apple
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. A light and smooth dessert apple base with a hint of sweetness and peel, that quickly becomes spice- tea dominate
After Taste: Apple all but reduced, tea becomes more prominent leaving behind tannic black tea grit.  Spices clear out pretty completely also. Black tea lingers awhile.
On ice: Slightly less carbonated. Even more back tea focused but less tannin grit and body.

Additional Notes: The Liberty Village Chai Dry Cider has three stages: 1) light apples followed by a 2) strong (but short lived) burst of chai spices that give way to a 3) dry, tannic and gritty black tea that lingers all on its own. Fermented to dry, so not much apple flavour.  Black tea flavours are accentuated on ice. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 2.5
Crisp – 3
Dry – 3.5
Fruity – 2

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – KW Craft- Chai Spiced Cider
More Sour – Slabtown – Lemon Tea
More Dry – Ernest – Tea and Cookies
More Crisp – Heemans – Dutch Crumble Cider

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