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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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
750ml bottle. Orange gold colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of fruity apple, woody barrel, whisky. Taste is juicy apple, drying, bittersweet, withn woody oak, whisky barrel and some tannin. Medium bodied, fine spiky carbonation, very dry woody tannic finish. Very drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2018 at 19:22

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle pours out crisp golden topped with a fizzy white head. Nose is super funky horse blanked goat cheese apple spice. Taste is more of the nice funky notes crazy goat wow.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2018 at 21:11

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
75cl bottle. Pours a deep clear orange. Aroma has pleasant caramelised apple, stewed apple. Taste is vibrantly fruity, good stewed apple with soft gripping dusty tannins. Exceptionally drinkable with a light natural carbonation. Another excellent keeved cider from Pilton.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2018 at 19:58

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Bottle shared@pre GBBF Shindig, London (04/08/2018) - clear golden yellow pour with small white bubbly head. Prominent sweet apple, sweet fruity, apple skin, sweet apple finish.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2018 at 21:31

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75cl bottle shared with Soph on my birthday. From Scrattings. Pours clear gold, persistent white ring atop. Light stewed apple aroma. Taste is extremely woody with a lick of caramel and cassonade brown sugar. Rich keeved apple that perhaps appears woody due to the four years aging. Fuzzy carbonation mingles with gentle dusty tannins. Some crisp apple skins coming through. Interesting, complex, woody with a nice natural keeved sweetness.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2018 at 18:48

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared at Chris and Ruth shindig 04/08/2018. A clear orange coloured pour with a sticky white head. Aroma is nice fresh sweet apple, floral notes, light bark, pear. Flavour is composed of sweet, fresh apple, drying bark, pithy finish. Palate is semi sweet, pithy, moderate carbonation. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2018 at 19:58

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle split at the pre GBBF Shindig '18, thanks to the Paul, 04/08/14. Lightly hazed golden blonde with a decent off white cap. Nose is straw, apple skins, light funk, oak. Taste carries a funky apple bite, light smoke, bitter sweet apple, tannins, grains, oak. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, bitter sweet apple in a drying close. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2018 at 08:19

6.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5

Bottle 750ml. clear glass & corked @ [ chriso & Boudicca's pre- GBBF Shindig 2018 ] - Chris and Ruth's House, 🇬🇧 London.

[ As Pilton Tamoshanta ].
ABV: 4.7%. Cloudy medium orange yellow colour with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate apple, apples, sweet apple, apple core, vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, vanilla, apples, light wood, smoked notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180804]
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Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2018 at 14:39

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Bottle at Pre GBBF Shindig 2018. Hazy gold colour lasting cream head. Sweet apple juice aroma. Sweet apple juice in mouth. A little fleshy juice on the swallow decent.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2018 at 14:32

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Chriso. It pours clear pale orange with a tiny bubbly white head. The aroma is sweet, oily, earthy, ripe apple, oak, vanilla custard, apple crumble, butterscotch, dried apricot and candy. The taste is crisp, dry, tangy apple, dried apricot, peachy, nectarine, zingy, candied stuff, oak, vanilla, pal, tannin, refreshers and a hint of whisky with a drying and tannic finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Never gets too sweet. Nice dry vibe and very fruity.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2018 at 13:01