Puddicombe – Hopped Apple
Cider Profile:
Name: Puddicombe – Hopped Apple
Sampled April 2022
| Brand: Puddicombe Cider Co Type: Flavoured – Hopped Location of Brewing: Winona, ON ABV: 5.5% Website Link: puddicombecider.com Ingredients: Fermented apple juice, hops, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/ASize(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Puddicombe online + retail store Flavour: Hops Colour: Transparent golden yellow Carbonation: Almost still. The odd large bubble |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Medium aroma. Bright lychee and some citrus. Fleshy dessert apple.
Initial Taste: Minimal bite. Quick soft hops characteristics, in particular lychee, with some mild citrus notes. Apple base tastes like red varieties, that are bright and sweeter.
After Taste: Hop flavours slowly weaken. Apple becomes a bit more vivid here. Delicate finish with lingering lychee-like notes.
On ice: Brings out more acidity on ice. Less hops flavours, slightly watered down overall.
Additional Notes: Puddicombe’s Hopped Apple Cider is a bright and light offering that has a wide appeal – including to new hopped cider drinkers. Its most obvious flavour coming from the hops is lychee like, with a hint of citrus.(Tastes more lychee than hopped overall) The blend of 12 apples in the base is fleshy, with red varieties coming through in particular. No bitterness or harsh notes – a light and breezy cider that runs a bit on the sweeter side due to the lack of sour elements.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 3.5
Sour – 2
Crisp – 3.5
Dry – 2
Fruity – 4
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Heemans – Dry Hopped
More Sour – Heartwood – Hoppity
More Dry – Kings Mill – Hopped
More Crisp – Aridel – Big John Hop
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