Sheppy's Cider

Cidery in Taunton, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Sheppys House of Cider

Established in 1816

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Three Bridges, Bradford-on-Tone, Taunton, TA4 1ER, England
Description
Through more than 200 years of making real premium craft cider, six generations of the Sheppy family have weathered the ups and downs of combining farming with cider-making by embracing change and opportunity.

Today David Sheppy the incumbent Master of Cider, applies his unrivalled knowledge and expertise from a lifetime of cider making to turn our home-grown apples into some of the finest and award winning ciders.

Fifteen of our 90 acres of orchards we planted with tradition standard apple trees. Eight acres of these are certified organic. The remaining 75 acres contain bush trees planted at between 200 and 300 trees per acre, so about 19,000 trees in total at Sheppy's.

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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle sample courtesy of Cheeseboard, cheers Simon! Pale golden colour, thin white foam head and aroma of pear, baked, caramel. Taste is sweet, perry peary, fruity, baked caramel, with some citric acidity and tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium sweet peary finish. Quite drinkable

Tried on 13 Oct 2025 at 20:40


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tried on 25 Aug 2025 at 19:42


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried at Peterborough Beer Festival (CAMRA) on 25 Aug 2025 at 12:34


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

Tried at Peterborough Beer Festival (CAMRA) on 25 Aug 2025 at 12:34


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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7

22/8/2025. From BIAB at the 46th Peterborough Beer Festival. Nice blackberry aroma, hardly a hint of elderflower, which made it better for me. Nicely balanced. Some tartness to finish. Enjoyable.

Tried on 23 Aug 2025 at 11:26


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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

20/8/2025. From BIAB at the 46th Peterborough Beer Festival. Sweet raspberry, touch herbal aroma. Drying finish. Okay.

Tried on 20 Aug 2025 at 15:41


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

On tap at Sheffield FC - clear yellow, no head. Crisp apple concoction, easy dry tanine background. Refreshing.

Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2025 at 13:41


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

Time Capsule beer with today's events as I drink this pale golden cider including the UK taking steps to reduce immigration, White settlers from South Africa arrive in the US, and China and the USA de-escalate their trade tariff war. Very healthy taste for a low alcohol cider, almost the real thing in depth and flavour.

Tried from Bottle from Booths Supermarket (Various Locations) on 12 May 2025 at 16:56


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5.3
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Sparkling, golden colour with reddish tinge, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of raspberry, musky. Taste is sweet, raspberry, tart, with juicy apple, musk notes and some drying acidity. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry sweet & acidic raspberry finish. OK

Tried from Bottle from Beers Of Europe on 04 May 2025 at 20:43


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

500ml bottle from Tesco, Billingham. Sparkling, golden colour, bubbly white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, caramel, sulphur hint. Taste is sweetish and tangy, appley, fleshy, some core, with a caramel note, alittle tartness and bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying tannic finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle from Tesco Supermarket (Various locations) on 11 Apr 2025 at 21:04


Cidery Stats
Score 6.52
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