About
We are an award winning artisanal cider maker based in the Vale of Glamorgan just outside Cowbridge and Llanblethian.

Llanblethian Orchards was founded in 2006 with the aim to produce quality cider and perry from traditional fruit varieties using time honoured methods.

Our fruit is sourced from our own orchard opposite the ‘three fields’ between Cowbridge and Llanblethian and from other traditional orchards around Monmouthshire and Brecknockshire.

We make draught ciders and perries, craft carbonated ciders and perries, coveted ice ciders and perries and cider vinegars. Which we sell via stockists throughout south Wales.
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danlo (13924) reviewed
Summer Funshine from Llanblethian Orchards
8 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
BIAB 6.1% at 2018 Welsh Perry & Cider Festival, Caldicot. Golden colour, no head and woody apple aroma. Taste is fruity, juicy apple, woody, oaky, formic acid note, with drying tannin. Slick mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, semi-dry tannic finish. Quite OK.
Tried from Bag in Box on 27 May 2018 at 12:32
saxo (30104) reviewed
Summer Funshine from Llanblethian Orchards
8 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Lamb & Flag, Oxford. No head. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are apples, fruits, herbs and has a nice sour finish.
Tried from Cask on 17 Feb 2018 at 20:31
Rasmus40 (37592) reviewed
Summer Funshine from Llanblethian Orchards
8 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Lamb & Flag, Oxford. Clear amber without head. Aroma is sweet apples, fruity and apple juice. Flavor is quite sweet. Dry finish. 170218
Tried from Cask on 17 Feb 2018 at 20:29
yespr (55614) reviewed
May Day - Medium Sweet Cider from Llanblethian Orchards
11 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow, fully gone head. Aroma is smoked and citric apples. Sweet, juicy and sulphorish. Sweet and smooth sulphorish finish.
Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2015 at 05:02
fonefan (86114) reviewed
May Day - Medium Sweet Cider from Llanblethian Orchards
13 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Polycask @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.Unclear medium yellow orange colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apples, horse blanket, light wood. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light light acidic with a average to long duration, sweet appl, horse blanket. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20120809]
Tried from Cask on 17 May 2013 at 07:45
oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
May Day - Medium Sweet Cider from Llanblethian Orchards
14 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Canister@GBBF2012. Golden colour, no head. Aroma is green apples, vanilla, apple juice sweetness as well as some herbs. Flavour is apple juice, smooth, quite sweat and pleasant. Reminds a lot of the Finnish apple varieties as for the sweetness.
Tried from Can on 21 Aug 2012 at 21:22
fonefan (86114) reviewed
May Day - Dry (Draught) from Llanblethian Orchards
15 years ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ GWBCF2011 - Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival, Cardiff Interantional Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff, Wales.Unclear - hazy medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apples, wood and yeast notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, thin flavor. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat. [20110616]
Tried from Cask on 24 Jul 2011 at 02:24
oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
May Day - Dry (Draught) from Llanblethian Orchards
15 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
@GWBCF2011. Hazy yellowish orange colour with no head. Aroma is sweet apples, some wooden notes, mild fruity and yeasty notes along with some slight alcohol as well. Flavour is wooden, vanillaish, sweet and mild sour apples as well as some yeast and mild spicyness to it. Hides the ABV quite well in the flavour. Mouthdrying palate.
Tried on 18 Jul 2011 at 21:59
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Ice Cider from Llanblethian Orchards
16 years ago
8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cloudy tan. Smells very much like spice (clove) and apples - I grew up on homemade apple sauce and that’s what this is. Some tannins and acidity lend dryness to it. Sweet, spicy, homemade apple sauce brew.
Tried on 10 Sep 2010 at 03:33