West Avenue – Petite Pomme

Cider Profile:

Name: West Avenue – Petite Pomme Low-Alcohol Session Cider
Sampled January 2025

Brand: West Avenue Cider House Type: Apple – Session Cider Location of Brewing: Flamborough, ON ABV: 2.5% Website Link: westavenue.ca Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 355ml (can) Availability: At West Avenue retail store Flavour: N/A Colour: Transparent golden yellow Carbonation: Fine streaming bubbles.

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Bright, caramelized apples. Hints of grape notes.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. Juicy and caramelized apples that have some bright and sharp notes. Quite crisp with a touch of melon-like elements. Clean and little fermentation.
After Taste: Becomes a bit more dry in the aftertaste. Average length with some fermenation notes more present that proves there is alcohol (2.5%).  A little earthy in the aftertaste.
On ice: Reduced elements  and less dry.

Additional Notes: West Avenue’s Petite Pomme Low-Alcohol Session Cider is just that.  An easy to drink, 2.5% cider that still has a touch of the fermentation notes that lets you know there is alcohol in it. Pretty clean overall, juicy with some caramelized notes, it has an average length aftertaste that is a bit more dry and earthy.   With some non-dessert apples obvious, this offering has elements of a low-alcohol France product, more so than other seltzer or low alcohol cider offerings in Canada. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 4
Dry – 4
Fruity – 4.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Ironwood – Session Cider
More Sour – Steel Town – Session Cider
More Dry – 
More Crisp – Front Road Cellars – Lakeside Cider

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