Caledonian Cider Co

Cidery in Conon Bridge, Highland, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Established in 2014

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Clover Cottage, Burnside Lane, Conon Bridge, IV7 8EX, Scotland
Description
We’re a small independent cidery founded in 2014 in Conon Bridge on the Black Isle just north of Inverness. This is our exploration of cider at its northern frontier. The aim for our cider is to reflect as far as possible our local Highland terroir.

We use every locally grown apple we can get our hands on whether they’re grown in gardens or orchards, sharp cookers, juicy eaters or bitter wee cider apples, we find a use for them all. Our cider apple orchards are among the most northerly in Europe and provide us the perfect starting point for all our blends.

We only ever ferment freshly pressed juice using wild yeast found naturally on the apples and in the cidery itself. We both ferment and mature in oak barrels at ambient temperature. This ensures a cold, slow fermentation which tracks the natural weather fluctuations as we head through the winter and into spring, it’s not uncommon during the depths of winter for the juice to freeze solid for a few days at a time. With Every vintage bringing it’s own unique character the barrels are blended by taste to produce our individual ciders or are set aside for one of our single cask bottlings.

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750ml bottle from Oban Beer Seller. Golden colour, thin white rim and aroma of apple, islay cask, phenol, peat, iodine. Taste is tart, tangy, appley, fruity, oak cask, peaty, phenolic, with drying tannin and salty notes. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry peaty islay cask finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2026 at 21:21

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Oban Beer Seller. Hazed orange colour, bubbly white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, fruit, oak & funk hints. Taste is sweetish, ripe appley, juicy, fruity, with some woody oak, and mellow tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying appley tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2026 at 19:30

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
440ml can from Oban Beer Seller. 3.5%. Orangey gold colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, caramel, funk. Taste is sweet, ripe appley, juicy, caramel, with orchardy funk and earthy bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, light soft carbonation, sweer & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Can on 19 Jun 2026 at 18:56

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can from the Oban Beer Seller. Pours clear pale gold with a thin white head. Aromas of tangy apple, light spice. Taste is sharp apple, slightly funky. Dry finish.
Tried on 23 Mar 2026 at 17:20

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
500ml can from Oban Beer Seller. It pours clear gold with a limited head. The aroma is musty, funky, barnyard, crunchy, intoxicating apple, apple skin, white grape, goose and sherbet. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, puckering, zingy, bright, apple sherbet, crunchy, apple skin, nip of alcohol, wood, tannin, some funk and drying oak. Medium body and slight prickly carbonation. Works well. Bright and quenching.
Tried from Can on 13 Mar 2026 at 14:03

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Oban Beer Seller. It pours clear pale gold with a bubbly white head. The aroma is bright, musty, juicy, tangy, bright apple character, apple, some barnyard funk and apple pie. The taste is crispy, dry, tart, crunchy, puckering, juicy, lovely crunchy apple character, white grape, apple skin, sherbet, muted tannin and funk. Drying finish. Average body and fine, prickly carbonation..super bright and approachable. Quenching.
Tried from Can on 08 Mar 2026 at 12:13

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
16/8/2025. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Aroma is waxy, vanilla, fruity, woody. Taste is semi-sweet, drying, citrusy. Good body. Liked it.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2025 at 16:55

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tried on 16 Aug 2025 at 16:53

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
13/8/2025. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Aroma is woody, apple, vanilla. Lightly acidic, tannic, sulphur edge. Drying, tart, woody, slightly vinegary finish. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2025 at 14:35

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 5 Overall 7
Shiggy share on the morning I left Chapel Hill.

Translucent, oily orange pour, soft & quick head.
Earthy, approachable barnyard, orange wine.
Salty, earthy, moderately bittersweet leaning sharp, lemon, old wood, really thin, popsicle stick dryness.

Good.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2025 at 17:27