Olut (21769) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Keg @ White Lady, Edinburgh. Straw blonde coloured cider. Has a very good albeit very sweet apple aroma and taste
Tinus (5080) reviewed Whisky Cask from Thistly Cross Cider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Clear pale golden colour. Light funky aroma, apple, light wood, sweet vanilla. Bit sweet flavour, apple, caramel. Finish apple, wood, caramel.
(from draught @ the CiderCider wheeled cart, Fenix Food Factory, Rotterdam)
superspak (10160) ticked Whisky Cask from Thistly Cross Cider 10 years ago
Awesome cider. Great smooth apple complexity, light tartness, light vanilla/toffee/oak. Medium-high sweetness. Very drinkable/balanced.
TDA (6957) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
At a tasting as "thistly cross traditional", thanks, clear straw pale yellow color, aroma of apple with some light sulphur notes, apple flavor, medium sweetness, light but piercing sourness. Simple but qutie nice.
DSG (25977) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared at a tasting at Ariel’s place. As Thistly Cross Traditional. 4.4%. Clear pale yellow. Aroma of apples and lots of sulphur. Sweet and slightly tart flavor with apples and a sulphury note.
DSG (25977) reviewed Original from Thistly Cross Cider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle shared at a tasting at Max’s place. As Thistly Cross Original. 6.2%. Clear pale golden. Aroma of apples, a bit of sulphur and a citric note. Sweet and slightly tart flavor with apples and sugar.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Keg at Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh Airport. It pours clear pale greenish gold with a tiny white head. The nose is.soft, juicy, sweet apple, pear, melon, apple pie, caramelized sugars and fruit pie. The taste is sweet apple, light tartness, melon, honey, mild sugary, acidity, touch of mouth-pucker with a short, sweet apple finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. It’s a bit sweet for the likes of me, but a getting through a half was no bother.
77ships (14506) reviewed Whisky Cask from Thistly Cross Cider 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sampled draft @ “Kaapse Brouwers 1st Anniversary Beer Festival”. Pale golden. Nose is far sweeter than I anticipated, sweet vanilla & oak mixed with sweet apples, making it bit of a one-noted combination. Taste is sweet apples, white sugar, lots of candy & light vanilla / sweet oak. Okay but expected more, others seemed to love it more than I did. I know nothing about cider.
77ships (14506) reviewed Real Elderflower from Thistly Cross Cider 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
500 ml. bottle sampled @ “Kaapse Brouwers 1st Anniversary Beer Festival”. Golden. Nose is sweet elderflower, rather sweetish, jam & sugar elderflowers but lovely still, candy with a rustic quality, nice,… Taste is same light candy elderflowers, big, light jam, light rustic, elderflowers, light jam covers all, rich boy, great stuff,…
77ships (14506) reviewed Real Ginger from Thistly Cross Cider 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
500 ml. bottle sampled @ “Kaapse Brouwers 1st Anniversary Beer Festival”. Pale golden. Nose is huge on ginger but with a nice balance of med. sweet apples, light residual sugar. Taste is big on ginger with a good mix of sweet apple, sugar, light candy,… Score is awful but I quite loved it, great mix of sweet apple & ginger, heavy ginger but not extreme. Quite loved it.