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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5.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. No head. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet apple juice and that is about it. Hides alcohol very well.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2011 at 13:26


4.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle @ FOneFan. CLear golden with almost no head. Flavour is apples, sweet, juice, no trace of alcohol.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2011 at 13:26


4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. A clear, golden cider with some bubbles on top. Apples and sweetness in the aroma, rather weak. The flavor is a bit on the sweet side, with some sourish notes and of course apples. Medium body. A refreshing cider, but not as sour as I would like it. I would also like it more pronounced in both aroma and flavor. 110416

Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2011 at 13:23


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear golden with no head. Slightly tart apple aroma with a little vanilla. Medium body, completely flat, sweet - very sweet - apple notes with only a very discreet late tartness. Extremely quaffable, this is like apple juice. You’ll never know what hit you! 160411

Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2011 at 13:23


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

From the box. Light golden. Lightly. Tastes like apple juice, with some acidity, some sweetness and light tannins.

Tried on 06 Nov 2010 at 04:14


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

Bottle 500ml. clear glass @ Halloween Tasting by cgarvieuk.Clear light to medium yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate apple, apple peel, dry apple, honey notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20101030]

Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2010 at 15:28


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

Bottle 500ml. clear glass @ Halloween Tasting by cgarvieuk.Clear light to medium yellow color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate apple. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, apple, apple sweet, genuine apples, fresh. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20101030]

Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2010 at 15:28


3.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Bottled, halloween tasting @ cgarvieuk. Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma is sweet fruits, honey, apple. Flavour is sweet apple, honey. Sickly sweet finish. Way too sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2010 at 12:35


3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottled, halloween tasting @ cgarvieuk. Clear golden colour, no head. Aroma is sweet apple. Flavour is sweet apple. Just like regular apple juice.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2010 at 12:34


4.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle at Craigs big Edinburgh tasting, this bottle courtesy of ’Craig’, thanks mate. Shared in company of Craig, Stella, Jan, Charlotte, Fritz and Loz 30.10.10 The aroma is very sweet with this, that’s the first thing that I noticed. Mmmhh.. this is a bit syrupy and with sacchrine sweetness also showing, colour is very yellow. it’s an awful sweet mess, bit like a boiled sweet with sherbert centre which is fine but not how I like my cider’s. A5 A4 T4 P2 Ov9 2.4

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2010 at 23:59