Pilton Cider

Cidery in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2012

Contact
Anglo Trading Estate, AG4, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5BY, England
Description
We are artisan producers at the heart of Somerset’s cider-land making whole juice sparkling cider by the old English method of keeving.

Apples are collected from traditional cider orchards in and around the parish of Pilton and slowly fermented for six months in our cool Victorian cellar before bottling.

Pilton is available as a selection of bottles and also draught in kegs, see our full range here.

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle on the 1348 Kings Cross - Paragon, thanks to Fergus, 20/02/20. Clear golden orange with an off white cap. Nose is funk, apple skins, orchard wood, funk. Taste comprises funky apple, light pork scratchings, vinous, farmyard funk, damp straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent funky cider.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2020 at 09:53

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle sourced from sourced market. A clear golden deep orange coloured pour with a fading fizz. Aroma is nice sweet condensed apple, caramel, brown sugars. Flavour is composed of medium sweet golden apples, sticky apple juice, light tang and fizz in the finish.. Palate is nice rounded, highish carbonation, semi dry in the finish. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2020 at 13:59

7/10
Tried on 20 Feb 2020 at 13:56

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Schilling - PDX, pours a clear pale golden blonde, no head. Aroma brings out gentle funk, rustic notes and sweet apples. Flavour is full of rustic notes, gentle funk, and champagne-like effervescence. Rustic and crisp. Good stuff.
Tried from Draft on 20 Feb 2020 at 07:41

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2020 at 23:04

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2020 at 17:45

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
From keg at Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 24.01.20. Shniny clear golden. Not much head. Excellent aroma and taste of apple peel, perry peel, wild apples, yellow apples and so on. Good and complex!
Tried on 24 Jan 2020 at 16:45

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Left Handed Giant, Bristol. Clear golden, short lasting white head. Sweet apples, some fruity tartness, notes of wood, soft texture. Dry. Light to medium bodied.
Tried from Draft at Left Handed Giant Brewpub on 14 Jan 2020 at 21:47

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle pour at IMBC '19, session 2, 04/10/19. Clear golden with an off white cap. Nose is sweet apple glaze, vanilla, tannins, light smoke. Taste comprises apple skins, less sweet than the aroma suggested, rustic bite, gentle orchard wood, funk, hay bale. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Another solid offering from Pilton.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2019 at 17:47

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at IMBC '19, session 2, 04/10/19. Clear pale yellow with a good size white cap for a cider that dissipates in due course. Nose is funk, hay bale, apple core, light wood. Taste comprises soured apples, hay bale, barnyard, grass, grains, orchard wood. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a tangy climax. Solid funk laden cider.
Tried on 31 Dec 2019 at 17:34