Rock Creek Premium Dry Cider

A light golden cider with a thin white head. In aroma, lightly tart apples, with light funk. In mouth, a sweet overcarbonated cider, watery and light, run of the mill. Tasted Nov. 6 2009 at Ottawa Wine and Food Show.

Boring, somewhat refreshing. A little bit of spice but not nearly enough to make it interesting. Pissy.

Pale gold, no head. Sharp, sweet apple. Citrus and acidic finish. Hey, apple juice! Not bad for a cider I guess, but just not my thing.

Bottle, 5.5%. Clear, very pale yellow colour, fairly carbonated. Aroma is sweet apples. Taste is dry, like brut, with a white wine kind of feel, mixed with the sweet cider taste. Cider isn’t really my thing, unless I have memories to drink away.

Clear straw color. Sweet smell. Thick nose of tart fruit. Tart taste that does not offend. Apple and raspberry. Also has a slight amount of butter. Not bad but the buttery element detracts from the overall.

I do not like cider. I would normally not rate a cider. But I tried this one after touring the Big Rock brewery today so I thought that this should be the one cider that I rate since I did enjoy myself so very much. Still, even if this is a good example, it reaffirmed my aversion to cider: too sweet and too fizzy (and by other accounts here this one is actually not very sweet for a cider!).

Pours a clear pale amber with about the same amount of head as youd expect on a cider. Nose is a little sour and pretty sweet. Flavour is nice, very dry, but nice, fairly bitter. Carbonation is pretty high, fits for a cider. It’s about as good as a cider could be.

Draught at Ship and Anchor, Calgary
Light blond color. Light apple aroma, a bit sour. There is very light apple flavor, and a quite high sourness, citric. Refreshing.