Perry's Cider

Cidery in Ilminster, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1920

Contact
Dowlish Wake, Ilminster, TA19 0NY, England
Description
We're a free-thinking craft cider company that doesn't like being constrained. In fact we only like making craft ciders as naturally and as simply as possible - using the very best fresh apples, small batch techniques, wild yeasts and 100% juice. The resulting ciders are full of depth, character and as near to perfection as we can get them

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught, 4.8% at Bishop Auckland food festival. Pale gold colour, no head and aroma of apple, apple skin, funk. Taste is tangy apple, woody, barnyard, bittersweet with some tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, woody finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried on 19 Apr 2015 at 08:33


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught. Orangeish golden colour with no head. Aroma is rather sweet apples, some slight yeast, a bit bacony with some sour wood as well. Flavour is sweet apples, some wood, vanilla and sour/tart notes. Overall sweet, but stilldifferent from the "sodapop ciders" in Scandinavia.

Tried from Can on 08 Feb 2015 at 12:25


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

Bottle shared at chriso’s pre-GBBF shindig 2013 - London. Pours clear gold with some white bubbles forming a head. Syrupy ripe apples dominate, accented by light spices. Hugely sweet with light musty apple character. Medium bodied, mostly soft. Sugary finish with some odd grassy bitterness, more ripe and syrupy apple character. Ho hum.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2015 at 19:37


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Corks of North Street, Bristol. Slightly hazy gold in colour, with decent carbonation. Ripe, yeasty barnyard aroma with a slight fruity edge. Surprisingly easy and inoffensive flavour, with sweetish apple fruit, a slight flinty edge, and boozy finish. A mixed bag, but drinkable overall.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2014 at 15:28


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from Drinkswell, Ripon. Clear deep orange golden colour, fizzy white foam head that diminishes and aroma of juicy apple, oak, barnyard. Taste is tangy apple, hint of caramel, woody, oak, vanilla notes, bittersweet, dry with some tannins. Slightly oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, medium carbonation, dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2014 at 11:36


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle. Yellow-orange golden colour, white foam head and aroma of tart juicy apple, wood, vanilla. Taste is tangy apple, fruity, woody, vanilla, bittersweet with some lingering barnyard notes. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, sweetish dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2014 at 11:35


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

500ml bottle from Chez Sophie, Shrewsbury. Drunk on the train. Golden brown appearance. Aroma of caramelised apple. Taste is full-flavoured deep vintage apple flavours with woody vanilla notes. Lovely stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Aug 2014 at 14:00


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle labelled as Perry's Somerset Redstreak Cider. Orange-gold colour with no head. Fruity aroma. Fizzy. Enjoyable cider.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2014 at 12:47


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

500ml bottle from Chez Sophie, Shrewsbury. Pours slightly hazy yellow, big freshly-juiced apple aroma. Taste is quite vibrant & fruity for a ’farmhouse’ cider with furry yeast, bright apple taste and raw flesh tannins. Hugely drinkable and enjoyable cider.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2014 at 03:24


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

500ml bottle @ Chez Sophie, Shrewsbury. Pours cloudy yellow, spritzy carbonation. Vibrant apple juice aroma, beautiful crisp fruity taste, mushy apples and fresh juice with a tart tang and dry fuzzy finish. Another great cider to add to Perry’s arsenal.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2014 at 12:54