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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5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

On tap @ SRAF. Golden. Glue and wood on the nose. The taste has more of the same, though some apple notes. The finish is cloying and boozy.

Tried from Draft on 16 Jul 2017 at 11:46


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

Bag in Box in The Milan Bar. It pours clear very pale greenish with no head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, oak, vanilla, apple pie, slightly medicinal and damp hay. The taste is rather sweet, oily, sticky, dessert apple, apple pie, calvados, oak and tannin with a slick, syrupy finish. Medium body, no carbonation and oily mouth - feel. Too sweet and syrupy for me. Sits heavy on the palate.

Tried on 12 Jul 2017 at 12:08


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

Bag in box at the foot of the walk. Pours clear golden, nose is earthy, apple, taste is sweet, crisp apple.

Tried on 12 Jul 2017 at 11:26


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

Bottle @ Albion. Clear golden color, sweet taste, very strong floral aroma, very tasty but too strong on flavor.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2017 at 15:04


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Box @ JDW Montgomery’s Tower. Pours clear pale yellow, floral sweet aroma. Taste is medicinal, floral, typically over-sweet with rich apple fruit.

Tried on 09 Jul 2017 at 15:04


4

Alien

Tried on 08 Jul 2017 at 17:25


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

Cask at the jolly judge. Pours clear pale golden, nose is apple juice, toffee, taste is sweet, juicy apple.

Tried from Cask on 08 Jul 2017 at 03:50


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

Poly pin at jolly judge... Light yellow... No head... Dry apple front.. Tiniest tanin nose.. Soft dry apple front... Long Sweet apple finish....Juicy apple finish

Tried on 04 Jul 2017 at 13:51


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Golden yellow.. Thin white lacing.. Soft dry apple fruit nose.. Long dry apple..Light sulphur.. Long apple

Tried on 25 Jun 2017 at 05:35


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bag in box at graf 2017. Pours clear golden, nose is tart apple, funk, taste is apple crumble.

Tried on 24 Jun 2017 at 03:23