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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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at home picked up from HOTM i think. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a small white fizz that fades to some small bubbles. Aroma is semi sweet, golden apple juice, woody apple pips, apple curd with a slight tart edge, light toffee. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, tart woody apples, pear, bark, drying finish, apple curd, quince. Quite unique, Some lingering complex sugars. Palate is semi sweet, tart, highish carbonation. To drying finish.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2022 at 22:39

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Keg @ Cider House, Borough Market. Unclear misty gold, small white head. Fleshy fruity nose. Nice natural fruitiness to taste, distant pips, blossoming tannins, really nice.
Tried on 30 Nov 2022 at 19:43

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clear gold, minimal bubbly white head, tart apples on the nose, medium dry tart apple taste, bubbly and very refreshing
Tried on 26 Nov 2022 at 15:25

Tried on 26 Nov 2022 at 13:19

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught at Beer Witch, medium stable bubbly head, clear palish orange colour, ripe and baked apples and glue, noticable sweetness, hint of bitterness. Interesting.
Tried on 15 Nov 2022 at 23:56

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle sample courtesy of beersiveknown, thank you! Deep clear ruby color. Aroma of stewed apples, stewed prunes, cherry, port wine. Taste is sweet apple, plum fig. Very tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2022 at 22:20

7.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Clear golden, no head. Aroma of apple and pear, quite sweet, but good fruit body, ripe yellow apples. Bottle shared with eo
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2022 at 20:24

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared with JFE at Knights Tower 02.1.22. Clear dark golden. Some white head. Excellent aroma and taste of sweet red apples, apple peel, dried apricots, raisins and leather.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2022 at 20:20

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5
75cl bottle. Clear gold. Not keeved. Pleasant gently sweet juicy medium aroma. Good juicy light medium cider profile, still. However, the wine-like label, wax seal, cork and wine bottle suggests something more than this - a wine barrel influence perhaps - and, as such, is a little baffling and unnecessary for such a simple mid-strength cider. The pricing similarly doesn't seem justified. Fine cider, with depth and personality is one thing, but simplistic cider packaged and priced as such is a piss take. No option but to mark this down for this reason.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2022 at 17:30