Stones Cider

Cidery in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2009

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Shepton Mallet, England
Description
Stones Cider is a small, artisan cider producer ran by father and son, Alan and Richard Stone from their garden shed in Shepton Mallet, Somerset since 2009.

The feature of Stones cider is the taste of the apples it is made of. Our years of experience has shown the real value of identifying and selecting the best apples for our cider. All our ciders are made from freshly crushed apples harvested in central Somerset from known orchards and specific varieties where the fresh juice comes to us less than 24 hours after harvesting and crushing.

We focus on soft Tannins to make smooth drinkable ciders. Our main apple varieties include Dabinett, Yarlington Mill, Morgan Sweet, Stembridge Clusters, Browns, Kingston Black and a selection of the 14 traditional varieties grown in the historic Glastonbury Abbey Orchard. We allow the selection of the selected apples to determine the taste of the cider.

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Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 09:34


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

7/5/2022. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours slightly hazy pale orange gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is fleshy apple, citric, touch apple pie. Medium sweetness, touch tart. Moderate body, oily watery, average carbonation. Slightly dry and twiggy finish. Decent,

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2022 at 13:36


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

500ml bottle, courtesty of Gabe Cook, from Assessing Cider Course. Hazy orange colour, short-lived bubbly white head and aroma of juicy apple, alittle funk. Taste is sweetish, tangy, apple, orange juicy, with orchardy funk, and bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium-dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2022 at 19:50


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

330ml bottle – Pours a hazy orange gold colour with no head. Aroma is apple peel, damp straw and light farmyard. A sweet fruity taste, juicy sweet apple flavours with some light woody tannins and light dryness in the finish. Low carbonation and bitterness but very drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2021 at 15:20


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle from Crafty Nectar. Yellow gold colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of tangy apple, fruity, alittle funk. Taste is fruity, mellow apple, then a caramel hint, citric and tangy, woody, with lots drying earthy tannin. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jul 2020 at 18:53