Cider Profile: Name:  Hall’s Apple Market – Sparkling Apple Cider Sampled March 2018 Brand:  Hall’s Apple Market Type: Apple Cider (Non Alcoholic) Location of Brewing: Brockville, ON ABV: 0% Website Link: hallsapplemarket.com Ingredients: pasteurized 100% pure carbonated apple juice, vitamin C Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: Unknown Size(s) available: 355ml Glass Bottle Availability: Various Flavour: […]

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Thanks to the amazing team at BrewFest Ottawa, we were able to sample some very unique ciders alongside hundreds of beers.  Check out the interview with founder and manager Michael. Please enjoy our podcast, which you can subscribe to here: Have a listen below Download episode | Play in new window |    

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Longing for the spring?  Can’t take it anymore (Kinda like Sterling, the Cider Corgi here)  Well, how about something that has the taste of a Canadian Spring, Maple Sugar! Ingredients Desaranto 1.5 oz Calvados 1 oz Thornbury spiced Cider 250ml Cinnamon spice stick Substitutions Fireball (to give it more kick, replace the Calvados or Desaranto) […]

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So as we come to the end of 2017, we are happy to look back on some of the best ciders we had the past year and our favourite locales to enjoy them!  Have a look and we hope you tried a few yourself!  We sampled over 200 ciders all year, posting reviews of close […]

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Apple Drink Profile: Name: Beau’s – Lamb’s Wool Sampled: December 2017 Brand: Beau’s All Natural Brewing Type: Apple Gruit Beer Location of Brewing: Vakleek Hill, ON ABV: 6.5% Website Link: beaus.ca Ingredients: Water, organic barley malts, organic unfiltered apple juice, organic yarrow, organic cinnamon, organic cloves, organic hops, brewer’s yeast. Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: […]

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Apple Drink Profile: Name: Unibroue – Ephemere Apple Sampled: December 2017 Brand: Unibroue (Sapporo) Type: Apple Beer Location of Brewing: Chamble, Quebec ABV: 5.5% Website Link: unibroue.com Ingredients: Unknown Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: UnknownSize(s) available: 355mL Bottle Availability: LCBO Unibroue Mixpack 2017 Flavour:  Apple Colour: Cloudy aprocot-yellow Carbonation: Small, streaming bubbles.  Foam for head. […]

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Apple Drink Profile: Name: Sunnybrook 2014 Spiced Apple Sampled: April 2017 Brand: Sunnybrook Farm Estate Winery Inc. Type: Wine – Flavoured Location of Brewing: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario ABV: 12% Website Link: sunnybrookwine.com Ingredients: apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: Unknown Size(s) available: 750mL Bottle Availability: Limited – 333 cases; LCBO Vintages Flavour:  Spiced […]

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Full photo gallery here! The leadup to the 2017 Toronto Cider Festival was huge – 12 more cideries promised, a new venue, new entertainment and even new awards… and to top it off, it was a celebration for Canada’s 150th Birthday! The organizers for the Festival not only lived up to the hype, they exceeded […]

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Apple Drink Profile: Name:  Nickel Brook – Green Apple Beer Sampled October 2017 Brand: Nickel Brook Brewery Type: Apple Beer Location of Brewing: Toronto, ON ABV: 6.2% Website Link: nickelbrook.com Ingredients: Spring Water, Malted Barley, Apple Juice, Liquid Sugar, Hops, Lemon Juice, Yeast, Citric Acid, Sorbic Acid Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: Unknown Size(s) available: […]

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If you’re looking for a little Sunday cider adventure, City Cider – presented by Not Far From The Tree – is hosted at the Spadina Museum on Sunday Sept 17th for its seventh year.  It offers a very backyard, family friendly opportunity to sample a few ciders and keep the kids active as well. PARTICIPATING ONTARIO […]

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You’ve almost made it cider fans, the big day is very soon, this Saturday, August 26th! Whether it’s your first time to the festival or you’ve been in years past, we have compiled a list of handy tips for you to survive the day and enjoy it to its maximum.   Stuff to Bring with […]

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Apple Beverage Profile: Name:  Calvados Boulard Pays d’auge Sampled August 2017 Brand: Calvados Boulard Type: Calvados – apple brandy Location of Brewing: Normandy, France ABV: 40% Website Link: calvados-boulard.com Ingredients: up to 120 varieties of apples Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750mL (bottle) Availability: All year – LCBO Flavour: Apple Colour: Rustic copper […]

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Apple Drink Profile: Name:  Jack Daniel’s – Jack Apple Sampled April 2017 Brand:  Jack Daniels Type: Cider and Spirit Mix Location of Brewing: Lynchberg, Tennessee ABV: 4% Website Link:  countrycocktails.com Ingredients: Carbonated Water, Glucos-Fructos, Tennessee Whisky, Natural Spirit, Malic Acid, Natural Flavour, Sodium Citrate, Caramel Colour, Potasium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate Sugar Content: med/high Size(s) available: […]

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Apple Drink Profile: Name:  Bud Light – Apple Sampled April 2017 Brand:  Bud Light Type: Apple Light Beer Location of Brewing: London, Ontario ABV: 4% Website Link:  budlight.ca/en/apple Ingredients: Light beer, Water, Glucos-Fructose, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, natural Apple flavours Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: Low/Zero Size(s) available:  473ml Can Availability: Beer Store, Various grocery […]

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Cider Profile: Name:  Bud Lime – Apple-ahhh-rita Sampled April 2017 Brand: Bud Light Lime (Anheuser-Busch) Type: Apple Strong Beer Location of Brewing: USA ABV: 6.0% Website Link: Ingredients: Beer, Apple Margarita Flavour (Water, Glucose-Fructose, Natural and artificial Flavours, Malic Acid, Sodium Citrate). Caramel Colour. Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: 6g/100mlSize(s) available: 236ml Can Availability: Beer […]

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Apple Drink Profile: Name:  Crazy Beard – Wild Apple Ale Sampled April 2017 Brand:  Iconic Brewing Co Type: Apple Ale Location of Brewing: Oakville, ON ABV: 5.2% Website Link: iconicbrewing.co Ingredients: sugar, barley malt, apple juice, natural and artificial flavours, malic acid, citric acid, neutral spirit caramel colour, and carbonated water Gluten Free: No Sugar […]

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Apple Product Profile: Name:  MadJack – Apple Lager Sampled April 2017 Brand:  MadJack Type:  Apple Lager Location of Brewing: Montreal, PQ ABV: 5% Website Link: madjack.ca Ingredients: malt liquor, carbonated water, glucos-fructose, malic acid, natural flavour, barley Gluten Free: unknown Sugar Content: medium-highSize(s) available: 473ml Availability: Grocery stores in Ontario, Beer Store Flavour: Apple Colour: […]

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Apple Drink Profile: Name:  MadJack – Hard Core Apple Lager Sampled April 2017 Brand:  MadJack Type:  Apple Lager Location of Brewing: Montreal, PQ ABV: 7% Website Link: madjack.ca Ingredients: malt liquor, carbonated water, glucos-fructose, malic acid, natural flavour, barley Gluten Free: unknown Sugar Content: medium-highSize(s) available: 473ml Availability: Grocery Stores in Ontario, Beer Store Flavour: […]

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Apple Drink Profile: Name:  Norfolk County – Baked Apple Mead Sampled April 2017 Brand: Trafalger Ales & Meads Type: Mead Location of Brewing:  Oakville, ON ABV: 8.5% Website Link: trafalgarclub.com Ingredients: water, honey, barley, hops, yeast, apples, cinnamon, raisins Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: Size(s) available: 375ml bottle, Availability: LCBO Flavour:  Apple Colour:  Bright Orange, close […]

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Apple Drink Profile: Name:  Shock Top – Honeycrisp Apple Wheat Sampled April 2017 Brand: Shock Top (Labatts) Type: Wheat Beer Location of Brewing:  London, ON ABV: 5.2% Website Link: shocktopbeer.com (USA) Ingredients: Beer, Sugar, Malic Acid, Natural Apple Flavours. Wheat, Barley Gluten Free: No Sugar Content: low/noneSize(s) available: 355ml bottle, 473ml can Availability: 12 pack […]

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We stopped in opening night to Ottawa Winter BrewFest to see what was going on at Lansdowne, as we heard there were some ciders being featured.  Below (and updated on our podcast) is an interview with Mike, the event coordinator where he talked about the festival, the ciders at the festival and whats coming up […]

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Now in its second year, the Ontario Cider Awards are coming soon to the Royal Winter Agricultural Fair, on Thursday, November 10th 2016. If you were lucky like us to have attended in its inaugural year, you know this a stellar event hosted by the friendly folks at Drink Inc. Ontario Cider is an ever-increasingly […]

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