Rise & Ruin – Sundown

Cider Profile:

Name: Rise & Ruin – Sundown
Sampled November 2023

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Bright medley of apple characteristics- including peel and flesh. Hint of fermentation.
Initial Taste: No bite. Sharp, acidic, bright apple notes. Clean, semi-crisp.
After Taste: A quick bitterness here, but it fizzles out. Apple becomes more fleshy here. A honey-like note at the end, as well as some saline notes.
On ice: Bitterness and acidity reduces. Little flavour changes.

Additional Notes:  Rise & Ruin’s Sundown is a single-varietal cider, though the bottle does not disclose what this is, but we feel its safe to say its a bittersharp variety. You get peel and flesh notes throughout, but it is more flesh-oriented in the finish. No bite, but some natural bitterness that grips. Semi-crisp, semi-dry, it’s a decently clean cider overall.

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

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Last House – Golden Russet 
More Sour – Farm Gate – Russet Spy
More Dry – County Cider – A Tortured Path
More Crisp – Clafeld – McIntosh Cider

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