Traditional

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

Cider - Medium Regular

Score

6.21

ABV: 4.4%

IBU: -

Ticks: 44

Bright golden colour with aromas of ripe apples. Soft mouthfeel and low acidity with a refreshing fruity finish. Very easy to drink, a real thirst quencher and great session material – to be drunk on a night out. Gently sparkling.

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Kleg (3852) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 5 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Festival pint (20 oz) draft at Ryries at Haymarket Station, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a crystal clear light gold color with zero retention or lacing. Strangely, not much apple aroma. Sweet apple cider flavor and not much else. Smooth and clean. It's thin like most ciders. Lower carbonation than I expected. Zero bitterness. Very refreshing. Definitely not beer.

Tried from Draft at Ryrie’s Bar on 29 Aug 2025 at 12:55

6.1

dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 1 year ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from House of Trembling Madness. Clear pale gold with some fizzy white foam. Aroma of sweet apple, skins, pear drops, white sugars; a bit basic. Taste of tangy apple, dry skins, icing sugar, a light bitterness to balance; ok. Light to medium bodied, oily but avoids that syrupiness that some poor ciders have. A bit average but its fine.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:06

kristincedar (7052) ticked Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 1 year ago

It's a more apple cider. It's fucking delicious.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:34

5.6

IpaPils (12224) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 2 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Lys gul med flyktig hvitt skum. Lukter epler. Fruktig søt. Smaker epler, noe gjær og farin. kort.

Tried on 27 Aug 2023 at 15:36

Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 2 years ago

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

50cl bottle from Auchan Kirchberg in Luxembourg. F: no. C: pale straw, clear. A: apples, apples peels, bit pears. T: apples, sour apples peels, lemon touch, bit pears, yeasty touch, bit puckering, medium carbonation, very nice, enjoyed.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2023 at 17:33

5.8

HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 3 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pale yellow colour. MOderate apple aroma. Light sweet apple flavor. Averge finish. Oily palate.

Tried on 18 Oct 2022 at 11:15

Deanf (9781) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 4 years ago

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

Has okay foam on a light gold body. aroma is murky sweet apple. Taste is okay sweet apple, finishes crisp. It's adequate, straight ahead.

Tried on 09 Oct 2021 at 16:25

Marduk (26467) ticked Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 4 years ago

Applea, sourish, sweet, old apples

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2021 at 12:10

7.6

Kraddel (15844) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 5 years ago

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

Pours very clear, very light pale yellow. Scent is apple, tad sweet, mild skins. Taste is easy, mildly sweet, apple. Decent cider, with a very acceptable price setting.

Tried on 13 Aug 2020 at 13:00

sjogro (11801) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 5 years ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home, thanks Maakun. Clear pale straw. Cool apples, blend of typical red, yellow and green characters, dash of vanilla. Soft edges, green, light tart watery fruitjuice pressed out of hard white meat. Light gelatine/glycerine/winegum/rabbitboneglue. Medium sweet and dry. Medium body and soft carbonation. Pleasant, easy going, with some character.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2020 at 20:20