Biruski (5052) reviewed Original from Thistly Cross Cider 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear golden with minimal head. Aroma is sweet apples, apple juice, light tartness. Thin body with medium carbonation. Sweet apples, apple juice, light champagne notes, and a hint of tart apple. Easy drinking with little complexity. Decent.
Sledutah (12396) reviewed Whisky Cask from Thistly Cross Cider 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle share by Dallas, thanks
Appearance: Clear straw yellow with a small white head and light lacing
Aroma: Apple’s, some light smokiness and sugar
Taste: Apple’s, sugar and woody
Nice and tasty, easy drinking
Douglas88 (7984) reviewed Whisky Cask from Thistly Cross Cider 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared by Dallas. What a find in Alaska! Pours a clear golden color. A nice nose of rich apples, some light smoke. The flavor was initially just a excellent apple flavor, some tart apples, but then the smokiness grew on me, some wood as well. Very solid. Excellent.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Original from Thistly Cross Cider 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours with a crystal clear, medium yellow hued body with a medium sized white head that fades. Aromas are of dry apple, honey, mild sulfur, stewed/overripe fruit, champagne, toast. Lightly grassy. Flavors are medium to slightly fuller sweet, a bit flabby, low sulfur, a bit musty. Balance is not quite to my liking: acid is a touch sweet and lacking quite a bit of tannin to balance the acidity. Missing brightness. Nothing off otherwise. Tastes a bit old. Medium body and carbonation. Nothing too special.
ericsc (2955) ticked Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 13 years ago
Nice blend of sweet and sour - 4 capper
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Whisky Cask from Thistly Cross Cider 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours with a clear bright yellow hued body with some alcohol legs and a few rising bubbles that settle for a foamy ring. Aromas are mossy, a little bit musty, peat, very light scotch, vibrant apple, light campfire, medium acidity, dry with some earthy complexities and light sulfur. Flavors are Medium sweet, some bright juicy notes, dry and earthy notes with a rounded, light smokiness. Good acid balance for a medium sweet cider, lower tannins than I would have expected and thankfully less Scotch than I was expecting. Good body, lower carbonation. Smooth. Pretty nice stuff.
Weihenweizen (7417) reviewed Original from Thistly Cross Cider 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Refrigerated 0.5 cl brown bottle poured into a white wine glass. Pours clear pale golden with very small white head. Very little lacing, medium body, syrupy texture, light carbonation, and dry apple aroma. Taste is semi-sweet apple, hint of alcohol, and finishes dry. Pretty simple, pretty good, but the dry finish doesn’t work for me.
yespr (55573) reviewed Traditional from Thistly Cross Cider 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
From cask at Caley Sample Room. Pours hazy to murky yellow with a small white head. Aroma is light cinnamon like spiced, herbal and citric apples. Sweet, citric and crisp fruity. Nice, mellow and yet with an edge, light sweetness and nice small notes of something hard to pinpoint, yet giving some complexity. Smooth fruity, sweet and light citric finish.
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Jaggy Thistle from Thistly Cross Cider 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Canister. Sightly hazy golden colour, not much head. Aroma is apples, some wood, vanilla, cheesy notes as well as mild berries. Flavour is apple juice, cinegar, acidic notes and mild alcohol. Too acidic.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From a cider box at the Railway pub, Blackheath. Pours a clear yellow. Quite a smooth, crisp texture. Burst of baked apple in the flavour. Quite nice.