Thistly Cross Cider

Cidery in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Established in 2008

Contact
The Works, Implement Rd, West Barns, Dunbar, EH42 1UN, Scotland
Description
Hello, we’re Thistly Cross, Scotland’s award winning farmhouse ciders, born out of a passion for making cider in the best possible way, combined with belief in the quality of Scottish produce, and asking ‘why not?’. Established as a collaboration between farmer, Ian Rennie, and artist-turned-cidermaker, Peter Stuart, in 2008, Thistly Cross has gained a reputation for making ciders that people rave about.

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

Bottle at home. Clear dark pink to red with small dull pink head. Very hammy strawberries, soft raspberry and a bit if cherry. There's some crisp apple underneath, light leather, dry oak. Medium sweet and under medium sour, very light bitter. Medium bodied with sparkly carbonation and light dryness. Not too shabby, though the jam is a bit too much.

Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2020 at 20:14


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

Bottle, pale blonde. Just a hint of Apple in the aroma but also hints of oak and whisky. Sweet Apple flavor with hints of vanilla, floral notes, oak and whisky. Quite pleasant.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2020 at 18:57


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Kentish Belle, Bexleyheath. Yellow/gold pour. Apple core,light nutty nose. Taste is apple strudel, lots of sweet apple in the close.

Tried from Cask on 15 Mar 2020 at 20:50


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Beer Emporium, Bristol. Clear golden, small white head. Apples, sweet, some medium barrel. Soft texture. Medium bodied.

Tried from Cask at Beer Emporium on 13 Jan 2020 at 20:00


8

Sweet sweet slightly whiskey noted cider. Daily dose of vitamin c

Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2019 at 21:14


7

Tried from Draft at Monterey Bar on 18 Sep 2019 at 17:32


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft: Poured a golden with bubble white head. Aroma is strong apple with whiskey wood hint. Taste is sweet apples that the whiskey has latched onto.

Tried from Draft on 25 Aug 2019 at 11:26


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

330ml bottle from Belhaven Fruit Farm shop, Dunbar. Cloudy yellow gold colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of juicy apple with sulphury hint. Taste is sweet, juicy, apple, alittle tartness, citric and a sulphury note. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, medium sweet finish. Quite OK

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2019 at 20:40


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

33cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours clear canary yellow with no foam. Aroma is apple and melon. A little artificial. Body is average, fairly sticky, with good carbonation. Taste is pretty sweet. Finish is residual sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2019 at 20:26


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

At home. Can, shared. Clear watery golden with some bubbles on top. Mild sweet apples, light applesauce, some faint woodiness, hint of barnyard. Moderate sweet and bitter, light tart. Medium body and soft carbonation. Quite nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Straight From the Cidershed on 04 Jun 2019 at 17:00 - Score: 7

Tried from Can on 01 Jun 2019 at 20:39