Ventons Cider

Cidery in Cullompton, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2010

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Willis Cottage, Clyst St. Lawrence, Cullompton, EX15 2NL, England
Description
Mark and Sharon Venton moved to their smallholding in Clyst St Lawrence, East Devon in 2006 and upon clearing the overgrown grounds, uncovered two old apple orchards. Rather than waste the apples, they borrowed a hand-turned crusher and small basket style press to make small batches of Cyder in an old stable.

Although complete novices, they were inspired by the results and in the thrird year Mark found some Victorian press ironwork on a reclamation site, bought a freshly felled oak tree and built a large Oak twin screw press with the green oak, which could hold over 1 tonne of crushed apples per pressing or per 'cheese' as it is called in the trade. Using the traditional Devon method of pressing crushed apples between layers of straw and fermenting the juice in oak barrels with wild yeasts, they filled several barrels and went on to win the 2009 and 2010 Devon County Show first prize for Dry Farmhouse Cyder. It got people interested and asking where they could buy it so the growing hobby became the beginnings of a small business. More prizes have been won year on year since then and the interest in Ventons Devon Cyder has continued to rise in line with that.

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5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Sample courtesy of Cheeseboard, cheers Simon! Golden colour, bubbly white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, sugar, gluey funk. Taste is sweet & tart, appley, with solventy funk, cardboard notes, and some light tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying finish. OK.

Tried on 14 Oct 2025 at 21:06


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

Tried on 25 Aug 2025 at 19:38


6

Magus, õunane, happeline, puuviljane, kerge funk, kuiv. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 06 Aug 2025 at 18:52


6

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 09:36


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

13/4/2024. From BIAB at the 11th Isle of Man Beer & Cider Festival. Pours hazy copper gold with a few small bubbles. Aroma is tart apples, funky, woody, horse blanket, whiskey hint. Light sweetness and moderate tartness. Medium body, light carbonation. Long very dry tart tannic finish.

Tried on 13 Apr 2024 at 13:57


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

500ml bottle from Darts Farm Shop, Exeter. Hazy orange gold colour, white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of apple, earth, straw. Taste is sweet, juicy apple, some skin & core, with earthy funk, and drying tannin. Medium bodied, soft light carbonation, dry tannic finish. OK, quite sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2023 at 19:32


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

4/3/2023. From BIAB at the 46th Loughborough Beer Festival. Pours very slightly hazy pale gold with a minimally bubbly head. Aroma is funky, apple, straw, slightly mucky and solventy with a hint of smoky bacon crisp. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, low carbonation. Drying, slightly acidic citric finish. Nice tasting cider.

Tried on 24 Mar 2023 at 17:56


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at gbbf 2022 day 1. A light hazed greenish gold coloured pour with a loose fading head. Aroma is semi sweet, phenols, rubber, tcp. Harsh. Flavour is composed of semi sweet juicy fruit, harsh medicinal, tcp,. Ok. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, light tang, mellow carbonation. Ok

Tried from Cask on 28 Nov 2022 at 22:11


3.8
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 15

BIAB at Peterborough Beer Festival 2022. Pours clear golden amber with a white cap. Aroma: stewed apple, light funk. Taste: moderate sweet, some tangy tartness, dry finish. Medium body with low carbonation. A lovely drop.

Tried on 06 Sep 2022 at 21:14


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

5/8/2022. From BIAB at GBBF 2022, day 4. Pours clear pale golden amber with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is sweet stewed apple, mucky, horse-blanket. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness and tartness. Medium body, very soft carbonation. Very dry and tannic finish. Enjoyed this.

Tried on 14 Aug 2022 at 16:13