Sheppy’s Cider has been at Bradford-on-Tone since the family moved here in 1917, and the name and location have been a fixed point in the lives of local people and holiday makers ever since. Over the years we have welcomed thousands of visitors to our shop, tea room and museum.#

Although we focus primarily on perfecting our cider, we know that it’s just as important to make sure that people can visit the very place that we produce the cider from. It helps connect our cider and our traditions to our customers.

We ferment our ciders using the naturally occurring wild yeast from the apples. We then mature some of them in oak vats, many of which have been in the family for almost 100 years. David Sheppy, our Master of Cider, has developed his skills over a lifetime blending different varieties of apples to give Sheppy’s its distinctive, high quality taste. In recent times we have created brand new production facilities, freeing our lovely old brick buildings for development. These heritage buildings now house a bigger farm shop and butchery, a café, restaurant and bar which we call the House of Cider.

Master of Cider
For over 200 years the skill and craftsmanship of classic Somerset cider-making has been passed down through six generations of the Sheppy family. Today David Sheppy the incumbent Master of Cider, applies his unrivalled knowledge and expertise from a lifetime of cider making to turn our home-grown apples into some of the finest and award winning ciders.

Pressing and Fermentation
All production takes place at Three Bridges Farm in Taunton.

We believe in letting nature do its own work. After harvesting the apples, we let them ferment using only natural wild yeast found in the apple skins.

All our ciders have a high juice content and are never made from concentrate. Skill and experience allows us to bring the character of each apple variety into our blending to produce high quality well balanced ciders.

Our Orchards
Fifteen of our 90 acres of orchards we planted with tradition standard apple trees. Eight acres of these are certified organic.

The remaining 75 acres contain bush trees planted at between 200 and 300 trees per acre, so about 19,000 trees in total at Sheppy’s.

Our Apples
Sheppy’s ciders are made from our own apples grown here at Three Bridges Farm. We enjoy the support of local traditional apple growers to supplement our own crop of about 1000 tonnes.

We press our apples as a seasonal harvest with no need to concentrate our juice or to press from chill-stored apples. We believe this is the most natural and environmentally sensitive way of producing fine traditional ciders. All our ciders have a high juice content.

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A perfect day out for all the family
Set in 90 acres of orchards, Sheppy’s Cider Farm caters for all the family. At its heart stands a beautiful cider mill which has been sympathetically restored to what is now the House of Cider. Where once you would have found tonnes of apples, now you will find an award-winning Farm Shop, Deli, Butchery, Café, Restaurant and bar selling a variety of local specialities. Should you want to take in some fresh air, we have signed walks around the orchards which will take you past the children’s play ground, duck pond and of course the cider production area.

Contact Us
Tel: 01823 461 233
Email: info@sheppyscider.com
URL: https://www.sheppyscider.com
Three Bridges, Bradford-on-tone, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 1ER