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

Bottle shared thanks to sjogro, served warm in a coffee cup. Clear deep golden. Lots of cinnamon and nutmed, swrrt and sour apple, apple pie, soft cloves. Medium swert, light sour. Over light bodied. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle from Free Beer Co. Duinoord on 10 Jan 2026 at 21:28


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared thanks to Alexander. Almost clear golden. Dry apple peel, a touch of oak, dry leathery tannins, sweet juicy apple compote, vanilla, soft melon and whisky. Under medium sweet, barely any sourness or bitterness. Over medium bodoed, medium dry. Quite nice.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2025 at 18:15


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


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

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


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


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


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