Assessment of Portland Cider’s Crangerine, a cranberry-tangerine cider. It’s my first time attempting this selection, however I’ve had a lot of their line-up (see right here).
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Cider: Crangerine
Cidery: Portland Cider
Cidery Location: Portland Oregon
ABV: 5.1%
How Equipped: 19.2 oz single cans (and kegs/draft)
Type: American craft cider from dessert apples with cranberry & tangerine
Availability: small batch vacation launch, in late 2019 & 2020, in Oregon (together with Portland Cider’s 2 taprooms), Washington, Northern Idaho, and Northern California – try their cider finder
Cider Description: Delightfully tart, juicy tangerine performs properly with Oregon grown cranberries. Add some sparkle to your glass with this ruby coloured arduous cranberry cider, with brilliantly brilliant flavors that aren’t too candy.
Cidery Description: Portland Cider Firm is an award-winning premium cider producer that owes its success to the right marriage of the cider-making traditions of Somerset, England, with the eclectic and oddly distinctive spirit of cider-passionate Portland, Oregon. We’re dedicated to utilizing 100% Northwest apples with out components, colours, or added sugar. This dedication provides our followers, such as you, the arrogance you can benefit from the cleanest, crispest, and tastiest cider Portland has to supply.
Worth: n/a (retails for ~ $4-5 / can)
The place Purchased: n/a
The place Drank: dwelling
How Discovered: it confirmed up
First Impression: Medium crimson hue. Very low carbonation. Smells gentle, non-specific, and tart.
Tasting Notes: Semi-dry. Gentle bodied. Excessive tartness. Reasonable acidity. Hints of bitterness and tannins. No sourness or funk. Notes of cranberry juice, orange/tangerine, and inexperienced apple. Reasonable size tart end. Low apple taste. Excessive cranberry taste. Low to reasonable complexity. Reasonable taste depth. Excessive sessionability.
My Opinion: I favored it, though I’m not large on cranberry juice, and this tasted extra of cranberry juice than cider (though not almost as candy as most juices), so it obtained handed to my husband who was joyful to get a lot of the can to himself. This might in all probability pair effectively with Thanksgiving dinner, because it jogs my memory of fancy cranberry sauce the place they add orange.
Most Just like: Portland Cider’s Cranberry besides with tangerine added, or Apple Outlaw Cranberry Jewel
Closing Notes: Subsequent up I’ve Portland Cider’s Blueberry Bourbon Basil.
Have you ever tried Portland Cider Crangerine? What did you suppose?
