Brothers Cider (Brothers Group)
Client Brewer in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴
Established in 1992
Contact
Showerings Cider Mill, Kilver St, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5ND, England
Subsidiaries
Description
Hello and welcome to Brothers Cider, the home of the original festival cider. We are Francis, Jonathan, Matthew and Daniel and for 14 generations, since 1658, when uncle Gabriel first sold his barrels around Wells, Shepton Mallet and Glastonbury, our family has strived to make light, refreshing ciders using a variety of fruit. We are constantly exploring new recipes and love to get your feedback on our latest creations.
We first started selling our Pear Cider at the Glastonbury Festival in 1995 near what was then called the Jazz World Stage. These days it is called The West Holts Stage but our bar is still in the same place. Over the years, festival goers kept asking us if it was possible to get our drink when the festival was over and so we decided to market it to pubs and supermarkets. Now you can get it all over the country and at other festivals besides Glastonbury. See you at the bar!
We first started selling our Pear Cider at the Glastonbury Festival in 1995 near what was then called the Jazz World Stage. These days it is called The West Holts Stage but our bar is still in the same place. Over the years, festival goers kept asking us if it was possible to get our drink when the festival was over and so we decided to market it to pubs and supermarkets. Now you can get it all over the country and at other festivals besides Glastonbury. See you at the bar!
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours dark gold with low carbonation. Aroma is light sour apple juice. Taste has dry apple skins. Woody finish. Very dry mouthfeel. Really drinkable for the strength.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2016
at 14:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Strong aroma. Perfumey, floral apple aroma. Soft carbonation. Flavour starts sweet but there’s enough complexity and dryness to make it interesting.
Tried
on 10 Jan 2016
at 14:39
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Really pale appearance. There a pleasant sweet aroma and flavour. Fairly soft, light carbonation.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2016
at 14:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of juicy apple, woody, barnyard. Taste is fruity apple, woody oak, vanilla, funk, and some earthy drying tannins. Medium bodied, low to medium carbonation, dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2015
at 11:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Tesco Markthalle, Shrewsbury. Pours clear gold. Syrupy sweet aroma. Taste is mushy overripe apple, sweet apple sugar, light brown sugar, toffee, with a crisp alcohol bite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2015
at 15:20
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
from
Beers of the World - Henrietta Road
on 06 Dec 2015
at 01:12
7/10
Tried
on 05 Dec 2015
at 10:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from (I think) Tesco. Pours like irn bru. Vibrant orange, no head, light carbonation. Aromas of cooked apple, marmalade, light sour apples. Taste is bitter Bramleys, light sour, green apple peel. Quite thin. Tannic, but sweet, jammy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2015
at 17:11
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Tesco. Pours cloudy yellow, much like lemonade as others have noted. No head. Strong lemon aromas. Taste is chalky lemon. Sweet finish. Not my thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2015
at 10:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Tesco. Pours like a cloudy cava, fizzy, no head. Very strong coconut aromas, faint lime. Taste is sweet, pear, coconut, lime a bit stronger on the taste. Coconut lingers. Bit odd, but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2015
at 09:18