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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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

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Crowler thanks to Thijs. Dark golden with soft pink hue, no head. Sweet apple, soft raspberry, oak, leather, sweet apple pie, woody, a hint of citrus zest, light rose. Medium sweet, light sour. Medium bodied, under medium dry, flat. Quite OK, not very complex but very drinkeable.
Tried from Crowler on 08 Apr 2025 at 18:38

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500ml bottle. Crystal clear golden. Aroma of fresh red apples. Taste is sweet, fresh red apples. Light-medium bodied. Very simple easy going cider.
Tried from Bottle from Ocado on 15 Feb 2025 at 18:43

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500ml bottle. Slightly cloudy yellow, expected a bit more than that. Aroma of apple juice, ripe apples and skins. Taste is sweet, apple juice, ripe apples, subtle funk. Light-medium bodied. Decent supermarket offering.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2025 at 02:53

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500ml bottle at the 90th Birthday celebrations (Mum and Dad) down in Devon. Decent enough, apples, it tasted of apples.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2025 at 18:00

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Clear 500ml bottle, pale urine colour, white head for a second or two. Semi-sweet pear juice, struggled to finish it and offered it round, but got no takers!
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2025 at 19:00

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Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts of all places. Clear gold, brief white fizz. Aroma of the aged oak wood comes through most strongly. Apples come through quite tangy with dry skin notes. Taste showcases the fruitiness of the apple better, wood and vanilla are there, quite tangy and drying in the finish with a slight alcohol warmth going down. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:06

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Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts! Clear gold, no head. Aroma of sweet slightly funky apple juice, some vanilla, Taste of ripe apple juice, funk, apple skins, vanilla, semi-drying and bitter in the finish. Nice balance to this with reasonable character. Lovely smooth mouthfeel. Nice cider, enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:06

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Bottle from Beers of Europe, online. Pours a pinkish-red, brief fizz. Aroma of fruity if slightly confectionary raspberry and sugars, some background apple skins. Taste of sweet raspberry with sour notes, apple skins, icing sugars. Mouthfeel has a sugar-syrup smoothness. Its ok, just too sugary.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:03

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500ml bottle. Pale cloudy light yellow with no head. Tart apple and light funk aroma. Taste is a tart and sour apple juice with some barnyard woody notes and caramel. Light bodied, oily mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. Its a touch on the sour side for me.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:25