Appleseed Cider Fest took place on Sunday May 29th at Wychwood Barns.
I decided to stop by as I enjoy the occasional cider and love the venue. Plus I wanted to support this unique festival as that’s the way I roll. (It’s true).
I had the chance to chat with the festival organizer, who told me that he use to run a beer festival in London, Ontario and now that he was living in Toronto he wanted to continue to run festivals/events.
Naturally I wanted to try some new ciders and this was the perfect venue to do that. There was no shortage of ciders. This is definitely a growing category!!
I had 3 tickets and not a lot of time (story of my life). Here’s the three ciders that I tried.
1. Ernest Cider: This cider has recently been launched and it’s not to to sweet, nor too tart; Ernest Cider is a new, lightly filtered, hand-crafted hard cider. Not to mention, it has an alcohol content of 6.4 per cent and has two to three times less sugar than the mass-produced domestic or imported cider. #LOVEIT (plus I like their branding and I’m a total sucker for great marketing)
2. Coffin Ridge – The Old Orchard Organic Seasonal cider that I sampled was also perfect. I asked where I could find it and the vendor mentioned that it was going to be available at a new cider bar. I replied “tell me more”. He mentioned that it’s a new restaurant/cider bar called Her Father’s Cider Bar and it’s at 119 Harbord. Can’t wait to visit this new concept!
3. The last ticket was shared on two ciders (a little bit of each) that DID not appeal to me. (repeat; DID NOT APPEAL TO ME). There’s very few items that I taste that I don’t like and I simply could NOT finish either cider. It was indeed funky!!
Congratulations to the organizer of this festival. Looking forward to attending the festival in 2017.!!
