Steilhead Cider

Cidery in Auldgirth, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Established in 2017

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1 Steilhead Cottages, Auldgirth, 55.188819, Scotland
Description
Steilhead Cider is situated in beautiful Nithsdale, ten miles north of Dumfries. Since 2013 we have been making cider in the traditional way, from local, naturally grown fruit using wild yeasts and no sweetening or additives. Most of our ciders are still and dry, aged for up to two years before bottling.

From September to December we collect ripe apples from our own orchards. We also criss-cross the Region visiting other growers and gathering a huge range of apple varieties from them. Working in our own Cider Barn, we select, wash, mill and press the fruit at their peak of ripeness before letting a natural fermentation run its course. We then carefully store the cider for many months before final blending and bottling. We use no additives or preservatives and we follow a policy of minimal-intervention with our ciders - we like to let time and terroir work their magic!

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Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:55


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Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:54


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bladder bag at the 33rd Ealing Beer Festival, 12/07/24. Golden blonde with a decent enough white head for a cider. Nose is apple pulp, grass, straw, light funk. Taste comprises apple mulch, hay bale, light funk, farmyard edge. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, drying close. Not bad.

Tried on 17 Aug 2024 at 10:04


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

12/7/2024. From BIAB at the 33rd Ealing Beer Festival. Pours clear gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is tart apple, lightly funky. Moderate sweetness, light tartness. Oily, average to soft carbonation. Very dry tannic finish. Quite enjoyable.

Tried on 13 Jul 2024 at 11:12


7

Bottle THE GOOD SPIRITS CO Glasgow 2023-12-12 Uddingston New shire - 2 to go vs Scotland AR: dry, bitter, wee farmhouse but thin, apples, wry dry finish, elegance AP: hazy pale yellow, no head F: dry, bitter, wee farmhouse but thin, apples, wry dry finish, elegance

Tried from Bottle on 12 Dec 2023 at 19:31


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

28/6/2023. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours just about clear pale golden orange with a minimally bubbly head. Aroma of apple, straw, stable, light herbal leafy edge. Moderate sweetness and light tartness. Moderate body, soft carbonation. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2023 at 16:14


7

Poly pin at 🦒2023 Festival... Amber.. Thin white lacing m Light dry apple., soft dry fruit.. Big apple

Tried on 17 Jun 2023 at 09:38


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bag in a box at graf. Pours clear golden, nose is apple, floral, taste is juicy apple, sweet, floral. --- Beer merged from original tick of Songbird on 17 Jun 2023 at 10:16 - Score: 7

Tried on 17 Jun 2023 at 09:29


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Taster from @danlo. I’m not really a cider drinker as most cider taste like apple juice. This was fairly dry. And crisp.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2023 at 19:46


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

500ml bottle from Rheged. Orangey gold colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of mucky funk, apple. Taste is sweetish, apple, fleshy, fruity, earthy, with some barnyard funk and drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry funky tannic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2023 at 19:16