Sheppy's Cider
Cidery
in
Taunton,
Somerset,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Sheppys House of Cider
Established in 1816
Contact
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.
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.
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours a clear gold, brief white bubbled head. Aroma is quite a fruity and floral apple, sugars, leather. Taste is ripe fruity apples, semi-dry, semi-sweet, a slight bittersweet apple peel tang in the finish, smooth body, moderate carbonation. Its good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Beers of Europe. Cloudy gold with small frothy to fizzy head. Lasted quite long for a cider. Aroma of bittersweet fruity apples, peel, orchard funk. Starts dry, bittersweet apples, nice tang and funk combining well. A very good cider for the strength. If only they did 4 packs of this in my local conveniences and not blasted Strongbow or Frosty Jacks. Certainly wouldn't mind paying more.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pale light gold, very brief fizzy head. Aroma of elderflower, quite floral and slightly earthy. Taste is sweet but tart apple juice, floral and tangy. Light bodied, refreshing. Its ok, very much a summer drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle as part of a delivery from Chiltern Brewery and drunk at home. Light gold, clear. Apples, light vinaigrette in the aroma. Sweet taste with a fruity sourness coming in almost immediately. Gentle body with carbonation on the heavy side. A bit confused but nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 20:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle bought as part of a delivery from Chiltern Brewery and drunk at home. Bright light gold, clear, no head. Light apple aroma with an almost plastic note. Sweet taste, too sweet for my liking but not sickly. Drinks like a soft drink, sweet without any biteback. Light body with light to medium carbonation. A little insipid but still enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2024
at 18:36
6/10
Apples, sweet, fizzy, juicy, caramel
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2024
at 15:01
7/10
Õunane, hapukas, puuviljane, magus, alks. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2024
at 03:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml bottle. Clear golden. Apple juice, young sweet white wine, funk, basement notes, apple peel, some lemon. Fruity sweetness, some dry sourness. Full to medium bodied, oily texture, low carbonated, dry fruity sweet finish. Very good cider indeed, not the biggest fan of sweet ciders, but this one is very well made.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2024
at 19:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
0.5 l bottle from 'Bierwinkelier.nl', as 'Sheppy's 2021 Vintage Reserve Cider (Oak Aged). Clear, golden with a few white bubbles on top of it. Sweetish, slightly sourish, gently fruity and a little funky aroma of ripe apple, walnut, some oak and traces of sulfur. Quite sweet, minimally sourish, gently woody and rather fruity taste of ripe apple, oak, some walnut and hints of honey, followed by a short, gently woody-dry finish. Medium body, minimally astringent and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Pleasant cider, refreshing and moreish at the same time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2024
at 17:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Brown 500ml bottle shared with Mike (my cider drinking friend from Somerset) at my place on 4th October 2024. Thought this was fine, good strength and thirst quenching.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2024
at 07:08