Real Elderflower

Thistly Cross Cider in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Cider - Flavoured (Other) Regular

Score

6.56

ABV: 4.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 36

The fresh fruitiness of apples combines with the heavy citrus zest of elderflowers to give a unique aroma and warm caramel colour. We spike our base farmhouse cider with real elderflowers; their pungent astringency bestows a rich, complex flavour laced with fruit notes. Classic pear esters underpin subtle floral sweetness.

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6.4

Stuu (34525) reviewed Real Elderflower from Thistly Cross Cider 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at heriot watt beer festival. Pours clear golden, nose is floral, apple, taste is tart apple, floral.

Tried from Cask on 20 Mar 2015 at 14:14

7.4

mcberko (47456) reviewed Real Elderflower from Thistly Cross Cider 11 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Cider Tap, pours a hazy dark orate with a small white head. Aroma brings out loads of floral notes. Flavour is medium sweet, with shitloads of elderflower and medium residual sweetness. High drinkability with a very dominating flowery character.

Tried from Draft on 09 Jun 2014 at 04:25

6.8

cagarvie (40076) reviewed Real Elderflower from Thistly Cross Cider 11 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at the bow bar... Crisp glowing orange... Thin white lacing... Soft apple... Big elderflower nose... Fizzy... Soft sweet apples... Big sweet elderflower... Too sweet fruity

Tried on 24 Apr 2014 at 09:19

6.9

McCash (16021) reviewed Real Elderflower from Thistly Cross Cider 12 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

50cl bottle from Provenance Wines. Appearance - golden amber with steady bubbles and some head. Nose - very much elderflower. Really creamy and it masks any apples. Taste - again elderflower dominates but some sweet apple notes in the latter half. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - best I’ve had from Thistly Cross.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2014 at 15:29

6.1

danlo (13133) reviewed Real Elderflower from Thistly Cross Cider 12 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle, 4%. Orange-yellow gold colour, thin white foam head and aroma of elderflowers & apple juice. Flavour is sugar sweet apple, juicy, with elderflower, alittle spice and some tartness. Syrupy mouthfeel, light to medium bodied, medium to high carbonation, dry & sweet finish. Quite OK.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2014 at 09:48

7.1

Erzengel (18514) reviewed Real Elderflower from Thistly Cross Cider 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Golden and a bit cloudy in the glass, nice elderflower-note in the nose. The cider starts sweet, nice. The elderflower is visible and harmonises nicely with the sweet-sourness of the apples. Probably a bit too sweet for my taste. The Aftertaste is long, nice mixture of the bloomy elderflowers and the tart and sour-sweet apples.
--> Very nice combination! --> 12/11/11/12

Tried on 10 Oct 2013 at 06:14