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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.
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.
Very sweet
Tried
from Draft
on 30 May 2024
at 12:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
1/5/2024. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours unclear plum pink with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is smoked, woody, plummy, bbq sauce, whiskey, burnt rubber edge. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness, light tartness. Medium body, average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2024
at 07:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Hop Locker London. Clear gold, little head. Sweet honey apple nose. Earthy and sweet. Well blended. 7 3 7 3 13
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Apr 2024
at 14:21
7.5/10
Yum!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2024
at 15:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap oro scarico lieve velato leggera gasatura mela matura tannino leggero medio acidità contenuta lievi astringenze
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Mar 2024
at 17:52
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2024
at 17:01
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2024
at 20:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Panda at home, thanks to Ed Danlo, 04/02/24. Moderately hazed raspberry red with a faded crimson cap that veers edgewards. Nose is plummy, damson, herb, straw, light smoke, grains. Taste comprises red berry fruits, plums, herb, Islay notes, light bonfire edge, tannins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close Solid complex kit ... up there with the very best in the flavoured cider world for me.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2024
at 17:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Panda at home thanks to Ed Danlo. A light hazed dep plummy red coloured pour with a fine off white head. Aroma is big smokey phenols, sugar plum, medicinal, cakey malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, mixed red fruit, plums, birsh smoke, stone, mineral, prune. Palate is semi sweet, chewy, fine carbonation. Excellent , quite unique.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2024
at 00:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle from Pilton. Season 2022. Murky plummy purple-red colour, pink foam head and aroma of islay whisky cask, iodine. Taste is sweet, sourish, funky plum, ripe apple, juicy, fruity, then wood barrel, smoke, whisky cask, drying, phenolic note. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry smoky wood barrel and lingering plum at the finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2024
at 17:36