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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5.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4
Tap at The Scrapyard. Mar-mar az ertekelhetetlensegig edesitett, bogyosgyumolcs-szorp. Ehh.
Tried from Draft on 10 Mar 2025 at 09:03

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
I find it hard to rate a cider because I’m generally not a fan of the style. I found this one quite drinkable, though I had hoped for more pronounced cask flavours. For now, this rating will have to do.
Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2025 at 14:18

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
A clear pale golden yellow colour, small white head. Aroma of mid sweet dry and tart apples. Taste of sour apples, dry juicy, a bit watery, easy to drink.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Feb 2025 at 12:51

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
BIAB from Half Moon, Darlington. Red amber colour, thin bubbly head and aroma of mulling spices, fruits, syrup. Taste is sweet, fruit cordial, apple core, slight mulled notes, sugar, syrupy, with some berry notes and alittle tartness. Medium bodied, low carbonation, very sweet finish. OK.
Tried from Draft at Half Moon on 12 Jan 2025 at 17:59

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
BIAB at Half Moon, Darlington. Clear golden colour, thin bubbly head and aroma of apple, rum hints. Taste is sweet, appley, woody, rum barrel notes, sugary, with alittle tartness. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-sweet finish. Quite OK
Tried from Draft at Half Moon on 12 Jan 2025 at 17:52

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Sample courtesy of Grumbo. Cheers! Aroma of white wine, sugar, green apples and strong alcohol. Sweet apple and the whiskey comes through on the taste. Very well done.
Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 11:05

8/10
Lovely
Tried on 10 Jan 2025 at 18:40

6.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from House of Trembling Madness. Clear pale gold with some fizzy white foam. Aroma of sweet apple, skins, pear drops, white sugars; a bit basic. Taste of tangy apple, dry skins, icing sugar, a light bitterness to balance; ok. Light to medium bodied, oily but avoids that syrupiness that some poor ciders have. A bit average but its fine.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:06

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
500ml bottle and my first Scottish cider. Pale clear gold pour with a tangy apple peal aroma, some booze. Tangy apple complimented by more subtle barnyard woody notes, a hint of booze, semi-dry. Quite smooth with nice moderate level of soft fizz. Enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:25

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330ml draft in a bottle from lowcostbeer.com. Pours clear gold, still, no head. Aroma is juicy soft apples, some wood, quite floral. Taste is juicy apples, grape, some zesty apple peel, light boozy note. Medium bodied and smooth. Very nice flavour to this one. Its a thumbs up from me!
Tried from Draft on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:24