What does spiked cider taste like?
Spiked cider tastes like apple pie in a mug: sweet, tangy apple cider with cinnamon and clove, plus a warm splash of bourbon, rum or brandy.
Spiked cider
boozy apple pie, warm
Spiked cider is fresh apple cider, the cloudy, unfiltered kind, heated with cinnamon, clove and sometimes orange peel, then spiked with bourbon, dark rum or apple brandy. The cider brings sweet, juicy apple with a little tang. The spices make it taste like a bakery in autumn. Bourbon adds vanilla and caramel, while rum makes it rounder and sweeter. It's not very strong, since one shot goes into a full mug. Some bars serve it cold over ice, but in the holiday season it's almost always hot.
Where you’ll see it
A fall and holiday menu regular, served hot in a mug with a cinnamon stick or apple slice, sometimes with a caramel rim. Bars usually tell you which spirit they use.
Order it if you want something warm, sweet and very fall.
Quick questions
- What alcohol goes in spiked cider?
- Most often bourbon, dark or spiced rum, or apple brandy. Some bars use hard cider instead of fresh cider, which makes it drier and fizzier.
- Is spiked cider the same as hard cider?
- No. Hard cider is fermented apple juice, like an apple beer. Spiked cider is sweet, non-alcoholic cider with a spirit added.