How do you like them apples?

By TASTE, 13 April 2017

Forget the overly sweet, concentrate-based stuff you swigged as a student. The craft-cider revolution is here in all its yeasty, off-dry glory.

TERRA MADRE POMME CLASSIQUE DRY ELGIN CIDER
Made in limited batches from Granny Smith, York Imperial, Golden Delicious and Braeburn apples, this is bottle-fermented and has lots of dry complexity. terramadre.co.za

SXOLLIE GRANNY SMITH
This single-varietal cider made from Granny Smiths is crisp and dry with crunchy acidity. sxolliecider.com

EVERSON’S CLOUDY CIDER
Bittersweet, complex cider meets freshly pressed cloudy apple juice in this infinitely quaffable craft sipper. eversonscider.com

CLUVER & JACK
Made from 10 apple varietals, this crisp cider is fermented with wine-yeast cells, filtered, then preserved with CO2. cluverjack.com

WINDERMERE TRADITIONAL APPLE CIDER
Made using Elgin apples, Windermere ciders are brewed in the German apfelwein style and aged for six months. windermerecider.co.za

LITTLE WOLF HIBISCUS CIDER
This European-style cider is enriched with hibiscus tea, which imbues it with red- berry flavours. littlewolfbrewery.co.za

URBAN BREWERY SS MAORI DRY CIDER
This crisp, dry cider is produced in Hout Bay, where the British ship, the SS Maori, ran aground in 1909. urbanbrewery.co.za

ALPHA DRY CIDER
Fuji, Golden Delicious, Cripps Pink and Granny Smith apple juice from Elgin star in this zesty smooth operator. alphacraft.co.za

SPICED CIDER SANGRIA

  • Steep 1 vanilla chai rooibos teabag in 1 cup boiling water. Stir in 2 T sugar until dissolved and allow the tea to cool. Pour 6 x 340 ml bottles of cider into a large jug.
  • Add 1 sliced apple, 1 sliced nectarine or peach, 1⁄2 cup brandy and the spiced tea mixture. Serve over ice in glasses garnished with apple and nectarine slices and mint.

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