Crafty Brands (SXOLLIE Xider)

Cidery in Grabouw, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦

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Grabouw, South Africa
Description
Not quite sure where this brewery is actually based.

A now merged brewery came in as being from Nederburg, South Africa but the 'Crafty Brands' located there is permanently closed, according to Google Maps, whereas the website seems quite alive.

Another address that I found is "Wildepaardejacht, Klein Drakenstein, Nederburg", but that's on a different location.

Both locations are in the city of Paarl, but the one I merged into is in Grabouw, where it currently is residing for BV.

The website claims the company to be based in London ( SXOLLIE, 15 Spring Bridge Mews, Ealing, W5 2AB )

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5.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pale yellow pour with no head. Aroma is sweet apple, some grass/hay. Taste is indeed golden delicious: sweet apple, smooth finish. OK overall.

Tried on 04 Feb 2024 at 21:09


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

# 4031; 1/2024. Light apple and spicy aroma. Brilliant straw body; no head. Minerally, spicy, soursweet apple; little bit empty. Good table-apple cider. 0,5 l, bottle, supermarket, somewhere in England.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2024 at 19:43


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

# 4029; 1/2024. As Sxollie Cripps Pink Apple. Apple, spicy aroma. Brilliant straw body, no head. Crispy, sweet apple, spicy, juicy, refreshing. Very good table apples cider. 0,5 l, bottle, supermarket, somewhere in England.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2024 at 18:07


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Morrisons. Pours clear pale yellow with a thin white head. Aromas of light sweet apple. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2023 at 13:12


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Fra fat på The King's Head, Crouch End: klar, nesten fargeløs strågul med fint bruseskum. Deilig eplearoma og -smak med passe sødme. Fin pitstop (og høyst nødvendig tissepause) på spaserturen fra Crouch Hill til Muswell Hill.

Tried on 02 Aug 2023 at 19:09


7

Keg at Fierce... Light Golden... No head.. Soft dry light is tanin apple nose. Juicy front.. Light pithy peel apple... Sweetie finish

Tried on 20 Jul 2023 at 14:55


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from You’ll Never Walk Alone, Kolding. Clear pale yellow with a tiny white head. Aroma is sweet, green apples and earthy. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. 150623

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jun 2023 at 15:47


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

Bottle from You’ll Never Walk Alone, Kolding. Clear pale yellow with a tiny white head. Aroma is sweet, pear and grapes. Flavor is medium sweet. Light dry finish. 130623

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2023 at 16:19


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

500ml bottle: BBE November 2025. Drank while BBQing in my garden on 3rd June 2023. Golden and Delicious, it's apples all the way.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2023 at 10:03