Thistly Cross Cider

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

Established in 2008

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

Keg at IMBC 2016.. Slyrs cask... Golden amber... Thin apple fruit nose.. Juicy floral apple fruit.. Light floral fruit.. Dont get any whisky Earlier Rating: 12/31/2013 Total Score: 3.5

Tried from Cask on 10 Oct 2016 at 02:36


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

Bottle at home... Golden amber... Thin white lacing... Soft sweet apple... Almist toffee apple pie nose... Light fizzx.... Dry apple up front... Light toffee... Light but very mellow whisky (glen glaussagh) cask at bow... glen moray... Palest Golden amber... Thin white lacing.... Soft dry apple nose... Soft sweet caramelised apple.. Almost cinamon apple pie apple.. Soft easy 3.8

Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2016 at 09:42


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Gold color. Good apple juice flavor. It is sweet, but not cloying. Some yeast in the flavor. Medium sweet.

Tried on 08 Oct 2016 at 20:20


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle ar Whiski Rooms, Edinburgh. Bright pink color. A little apple in the aroma. Very sweet, artificial strawberry, apple, and a sweet fruit finish. It actually tastes good, but too sweet to drink a lot.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2016 at 16:46


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

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Tried on 21 Sep 2016 at 17:18


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Average appearance. Overripe apple aroma with hints of solvents. Flavor isn’t bad. Not too sweet, just solid workaday cider. Good body. Ok finish.

Tried on 03 Sep 2016 at 19:22


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

Keg at the Bootlegger, 29/07/16. Light reddish strains in a pale golden pour with a decent off crimson cap. Nose is light strawberry tang, straw, light floral notes, crisp apple melodies. Taste comprises subdued apple pulp, hint of perfume, strawberry jam pips. Medium body, fine carbonation, drying close. So so ... fruit ... schmoot.

Tried on 29 Jul 2016 at 15:46


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Box @ Leeds Station Wetherspoon, Leeds. Clear yellow coloured cider. Slightly dry, but always crisp, with an interesting spirit-like apple fruitiness.

Tried on 24 Jul 2016 at 08:31


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Elizabeth Station, pours a hazy pale blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out medium sweet apples along with subdued whisky. Flavour is likewise pretty mellow on the whiskey, with medium sweetness from the apples upfront, light apple skins, and fairly high residual sweetness, venturing into cloying territory. Would like more whiskey. Unexciting and lacking complexity, and too cloying, but easy to drink.

Tried from Draft on 22 Jul 2016 at 19:54


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

BIAB at William Stead JDW Darlington. Yellow gold colour, bubbly white foam head and juicy apple aroma. Taste is fruity apple, mellow juicy, sugary sweet with some slight apple skin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dryish and residual sweet at the finish. Quite OK.

Tried on 18 Jul 2016 at 06:43