About
Three brothers making cider from apples in our neck of the woods. Less that a mile from where the River Alt meets the River Mersey as they flow into Liverpool Bay, lies Alt Cottage, a disused farm building on Altcar Training Camp, the home of Brennan’s Cider. Here, we produce our exclusive, small batch, whole juice, handcrafted cider.
Brennan’s Cider use traditional craft cider methods to produce small, handcrafted batches of dry cider, made predominantly from locally sourced culinary and dessert apples donated by the local community or picked growing wild by the brothers themselves. These apples produce an acid led cider that is naturally carbonated with citrus overtones. They also use cider apple varieties sourced locally and from Herefordshire, to blend with the locally sourced fruit to create a cider that is more tannin led with a richer taste.
The brothers have now expanded their cider making operation into the barn alongside their cider house and hope to increase production this season and in anticipation of this they have invested in a larger hydro press and a commercial fruit mill which they hope will enable them to achieve this goal.
Brennan’s Cider use traditional craft cider methods to produce small, handcrafted batches of dry cider, made predominantly from locally sourced culinary and dessert apples donated by the local community or picked growing wild by the brothers themselves. These apples produce an acid led cider that is naturally carbonated with citrus overtones. They also use cider apple varieties sourced locally and from Herefordshire, to blend with the locally sourced fruit to create a cider that is more tannin led with a richer taste.
The brothers have now expanded their cider making operation into the barn alongside their cider house and hope to increase production this season and in anticipation of this they have invested in a larger hydro press and a commercial fruit mill which they hope will enable them to achieve this goal.
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Brennan's. Hazed yellow gold colour, bubbly white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of apple, straw, funk. Taste is sweetish, tangy, appley, pineapple fruit hint, with some funk and mellow acidity. Medium bodied, low soft carbonation drying fruity funky acidic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2025
at 19:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Brennan's. Slightly hazed golden colour, short-lived foamy white head and aroma of apple, flesh, funk. Taste is tart, tangy, appley, wityh meaty funk, orchardy notes, some acidity and earthy tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2025
at 18:42
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle. Yellow gold colour, foamy white head and aroma of apple, iodine note, funk. Taste is tart, tangy, appley, citrusy, with meaty funk and drying acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tart finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2025
at 19:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle from Brennan's. Golden colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, earthy funk. Taste is tangy, tart, orchardy funk, with leathery earthy tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry funky tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2025
at 19:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle. Pale yellow golden colour, no head and aroma of apple, juicy fruit, mucky funk hint. Taste is tart, appley, fleshy, funky, with some citric notes and bittersweet tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying light tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2025
at 18:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
750ml bottle. Hazed golden colour, thin bubbly rim and aroma of apple, fruit, earthy funk. Taste is tart, appley, tangy, fruity, with leathery funk, and bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying funky tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2025
at 21:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Misty golden yellow complexion. Natural wild air, musty sour, some moderate funk with a crisp bite, though does come across exceedingly dry. Decent overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2023
at 16:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Gusher on opening. Pale yellow gold colour with lots of floaters, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of pear, woody, citric. Taste is sweetish, pear, fleshy, floral, woody, with some citric acidity and tannin. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry peary finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2022
at 19:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample thanks to Danlo: Poured a golden with a white colored head. Aroma is semi-sweet, apple, tannins, woodsy. Taste is crisp ripe apples, tannin, very dry finish.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2021
at 14:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Golden colour, short-lived bubbly white head and aroma of apple, light fruity, funk. Taste is tangy, apple, some tartness, orchardy funk hints, with bittersweet earthy tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2021
at 19:24