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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6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Keg at the Bootlegger, High Wycombe, 27/12/15. Clear light golden with a decent off white covering that retains well for a cider. Nose is tangy apple, straw, light smoke, subtle whisky. Taste comprises apple orchard, light sugar, straw, whisky vibes. Medium bodied, light spritzy carbonation, semi drying close. Decent cider, the whisky dumbs down the sweetness. Decent.
Tried on 28 Dec 2015 at 12:00

3.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
BIAB @ JDW Shrewsbury Hotel, Shrewsbury. Pours clear pale gold. Turps aroma, taste follows. Tastes like I should be stripping my paint brushes with it. Couldn’t finish.
Tried on 20 Dec 2015 at 06:53

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
How: Draught.
Where: SBWF 2015.
Appearance: Pale golden colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Apples, citrus, floral.
Body: Medium body and carbonation,
Flavour: Apples, rather sweet, floral.
Tried on 27 Nov 2015 at 12:07

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
How: Draught.
Where: SBWF 2015.
Appearance: Hazy golden colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Sweet apples, some oak and whisky.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Sweet apples, malt, some vanilla and whisky.
Tried on 27 Nov 2015 at 12:05

4.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
How: Draught.
Where: SBWF 2015.
Appearance: Pale golden colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Ginger, apples.
Body: Thin body and carbonation.
Flavour: Ginger, apples.
Tried on 27 Nov 2015 at 12:02

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
How: Draught.
Where: SBWF 2015.
Appearance: Pink colour with a pink head.
Aroma: Strawberries, apples, fruit, sweet.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Strawberries, apples, sugar.
Tried on 27 Nov 2015 at 12:00

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
How: Draught.
Where: SBWF 2015.
Appearance: Dark golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Elderflower, fruit, floral.
Body: Medium body and carbonation,
Flavour: Elderflower, sweet malt, floral.
Tried on 27 Nov 2015 at 11:58

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
How: Draught.
Where: SBWF 2015.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Apples, fruit, some sugar.
Body: Light to medium body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Apples, fruit, sweet.
Tried on 27 Nov 2015 at 11:52

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle, small bubbly head, clear lightish yellow color, aroma of ripe apples, wood and spice, with the whiskey in the back, flavor of stewed apples whiskey and wood, light bitterness,stromg sweetness but certainly not cloying. Good full bodied cider.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2015 at 15:02

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle, no head,clear veey pale red color, aroma of strawberries, mineral notes and some apples, flavor of apples and some strawberries, light sourness, very sweet, almost sticky, still quite fun.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2015 at 00:05