Apple Thief

Cidery in Batlow, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺

Contact
4066 Batlow Road, Batlow, 2720, Australia
Description
Worth stealing a taste of, The Apple Thief is a premium alcoholic cider created from freshly crushed Batlow apples. Refreshing in its deliciousness and purity, The Apple Thief contains no artificial flavours or concentrates, and is currently being downed by discerning drinkers in some of Australia's top bars and restaurants.

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5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle from Sydney Cidery bar. Pale golden colour, short-lived white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, fruit. Taste is sweet, ripe appley, fleshy, sugary, with some tartness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, drying sweet apple flesh finish. Quite OK, quite sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2026 at 03:24


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7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

750ml bottle from the Apple Thief. Golden colour, no head and aroma of apple, caramel, funk hint. Taste is sweetish, appley, ripe fruit, mellow, caramel, fleshy, vanilla, wood, with some tartness and bittersharp tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium sweet tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2025 at 09:47


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml can from Plonk. Clear very pale yellow colour, white bubbly head that dissipates away and aroma of pear, vegetal note. Taste is sweet and tangy, pear, fruity, with some drying tartness. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium sweet peary finish. Quite OK

Tried from Can on 28 Dec 2023 at 08:03


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml can from Plonk. Clear very pale yellow colour with greenish tinge, short-lived white foam head and aroma of apple, musty, fruity. Taste is sweet, apple, skin and core, some melon, wood, oak & vanilla notes, with mellow acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium-sweet finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Can on 26 Dec 2023 at 08:04


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330ml can from Plonk. Clear with very pale yellow tinge, white foam head that dissipates to a thin layer and aroma of apple flesh, cooking apple. Taste is sweet, fleshy apple, tart, with berry-like and sulphury hints, plus some crisp citric acidity. Slick mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft foamy carbonation, tart acidic finish. Quite OK

Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2023 at 06:26


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

17/11/2022. Bottle at Sydney Airport T1 whilst in transit between New Caledonia and return flight to UK. Pours clear very pale gold, spritzy but with minimal head. Aroma is sharp, green apple, citrus, slight funky earthy edge. Quite tart and crisp, moderately sweet. Lively carbonation. Drying finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2022 at 02:30


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Tried on 13 Feb 2018 at 04:20


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml can from Craft Beer Market. Pale yellow colour with a greenish tinge, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of cheesy apple. Taste is apple, fruity, some light apple skin and woody notes, with slight tartness. Light bodied, medium carbonation, dry finish. Quite OK.

Tried from Can on 16 Apr 2017 at 02:41


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught on October 16, 2015, at The Australian 11th Annual Beer Festival.Clear pear mixed with apple color, white fizzy head. Apple, light tart taste. Apple, tart aftertaste. Medium to fizzy mouthfeel, light tart finish. Apple, light tart scent.

Tried on 16 Oct 2015 at 19:39


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

330 ml bottle on October 16, 2015, at The Australian 11th Annual Beer Festival.Clear apple color, small fizzy white head. Pear, slight buttery scent. Buttery, light sweet taste. Sweet, pear skin aftertaste. Medium to fizzy mouthfeel, very light to not at all tart finish.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2015 at 19:36