Thornborough Cider

Cidery in Thornborough, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2010

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White House, Back Lane, Thornborough, DL8 2RE, England
Description
Here at Thornborough Cider we have been making small batches of award-winning cider from locally-sourced apples in the small village of Thornborough on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales since 2010.

Our cider is hand-pressed each autumn on a traditional rack and cloth cider press only using selected local Yorkshire apples. It is then left to ferment with minimal intervention through the long Yorkshire winter before being bottled-conditioned in spring. Our cider contains a careful blend of over 50 varieties of apple and, unlike most ciders, it is unsulphited, unpasteurised and unfiltered.

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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Yellow colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, funk, pineapple hints. Taste is sweet, fruity, appley, fleshy, core, with pineapple & honey notes, some funk and mellow drying acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry lightly acidic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle from The Cat in the Glass on 16 Jul 2025 at 20:41

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Bronzy golden colour, thin white rim and aroma of apple, earthy, funk. Taste is sweetish, tangy, apple, fruity, fleshy, with some barnyard funk and drying tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry earthy tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2024 at 19:26

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Sparkling, golden colour, white foam head and aroma of apple, skin, bready. Taste is drying, tangy, apple, fruity, some apple skin, with bready hints, white wine like notes, booze, tart acidity and alittle tannin. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, boozy dry finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2024 at 17:12

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Orangey gold colour, white foam head that quickly dissipates and aroma of apple, fleshy, skin, earthy, funk. Taste is sweetish, tangy, tart, apple, fruit, with some funk, citric notes and bittersharp tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying tart & tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2024 at 20:38

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from the Courtyard Dairy as part of their virtual cheese and cider tasting; labelled as Wild Ferment Sparkling Dry Cider. Lightly hazed pale yellow; quite fizzy. A little funky barnyard up front. Unripe granny Smith apples, Russet apple skins and some spice. A little watery. Quite dry, with some sourness. The sourness makes this a little different; I was unsure if I liked it at first but it grew on me. Lightly hazed pale yellow; quite fizzy. A little funky barnyard up front. Unripe granny Smith apples, Russet apple skins and some spice. A little watery. Quite dry, with some sourness. The sourness makes this a little different; I was unsure if I liked it at first but it grew on me.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2023 at 18:35

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from the Courtyard Dairy as part of their virtual cheese and cider tasting. Clear, and a nice orangey-amber colour. No fizz. Farmyardy whiff. Quite dry up front with a little sharpness. Some black tea and earthiness in there before sweetish but crisp apple juice pops up in the aftertaste. Decent stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2023 at 21:13

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Colin. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is earthy mealty apple, light soapy, mealy apple, bark. Flavour is composed of sharp and tangy green apple, crisp, prickly, pinch of citrus, Palate is super crisp, tart, prickly highish carbonation. Decent.
Tried on 17 Oct 2022 at 20:46

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, from Courtyard Dairy on the cheese and cider tasting... paired with Summerfield... cider maker Kingsley on the Zoom, 01/10/22. Clear golden to light copper with little in the way of a head. Nose is crisp apple, light caramel notes, dusty brown sugars, earthy orchard. Taste comprises bitter sweet apple, tannins, light funk, trace of acidity, crisp and clean. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light drying close. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2022 at 18:32

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
500ml bottle at Stumble Inn Beer & Cider Festival, Northallerton, 03Sep2022. Clear deep amber gold colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of apple, caramel. Taste is sweet, apple, caramel, fruity, some slight funk and drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2022 at 06:12

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
BIAB at Stumble Inn Beer & Cider Festival, Northallerton, 03Sep2022. Hazy gold colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of fruity apple, juicy. Taste is fruity apple, tangy, slighty tart & sourish, with mellow tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried on 04 Sep 2022 at 06:09