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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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

April 2018: Shared 500 ml bottle at local tasting, from Aberdeen Country Fair. ABV is 4%. Pale golden colour. Aroma of elderflowers and apples. Sweet and fresh flavour of elderflowers and apples. Score: 3.1 . Rerate today, new label. Purchased at Gulating Ølutsalg, Stavanger.

Tried from Bottle from Gulating Ølutsalg Stavanger on 10 Nov 2022 at 17:53


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Utterly clear golden liquid but sporting a snowwhite foam whilst pouring; still. Pouring already gives a dry, tarry, almost tannine-like nose - rather than alcohol. Sweet, not dry; dried apples from last years' harvest, sweet grain, and in the background the almost smokey whisky. Long-lasting sweetness. Dry-ish impression all the same - short of phenolic. Builds a film on the mucoses. Quite interesting cider. Yet; Glen Moray being a quite discreet, subtle whisky, I cannot help wondering what an Islay cask might have yielded. Thanks to Joren!

Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2022 at 22:18


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Free bottle from Webb Chapel Beer(he thought it was too old) Clear, pale orange brown, very thin head. Iced tea & ginger, bittersweet browned apple skin, malic acid. Sweet, sort of flat, ginger tea, lemon & condensed apple skin flavor, oxidation. Too floral. Too sweet. Thin, sharp, malic acid, flat soda. Okay.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2022 at 22:19


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pale yellow colour. MOderate apple aroma. Light sweet apple flavor. Averge finish. Oily palate.

Tried on 18 Oct 2022 at 11:15


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Gul med noe bobler. Lukter blomster. Søt med smak av søte epler. God cider.😀

Tried on 15 Oct 2022 at 01:15


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Svært lys gul med hvitt skum. Lukter grønne epler, vanilje og noe pære. Lett. Fruktig. Smaker grønne epler, noe vanilje og hylleblomst. Kort.

Tried on 15 Oct 2022 at 00:37


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Handpull at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Reddish purple, clear, a bit thin-looking. Berry and apple skin aroma. Taste is mostly sweet with a gorgeous tangy bite hitting the front of the tongue with last throughout the long finish, giving intensity to the oily mouthfeel. Nil carbonation. Lovely.

Tried from Draft on 13 Sep 2022 at 18:25


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Yellow colour. Powerful apple aroma. Fantastic smoked dry apple flavor. Long great finish. Creamy palate, Fantastic cider.

Tried on 22 Jul 2022 at 06:49


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

This cider has a nice ginger and apple aroma. The ginger is prominent in the sweet flavor.. It’s alright but dial the sweetness back a bit and it could be better.

Tried on 08 Jul 2022 at 05:11


7

Can at the royal highland show. Pours cloudy golden, nose is apple, floral, taste is simialr. --- Beer merged from original tick of Cloudy Scottish Cider on 27 Jun 2022 at 17:57 - Score: 7

Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2022 at 16:57