Brothers Cider is the brainchild of the Showring brothers Matthew, Jonathan, Francis and Daniel. For cider historians, that name is very familiar. Gabriel Showring started making cider in Somerset in 1658 (according to the Brothers website), and the Showerings family have been brewers and cider makers at Shepton Mallet for over 200 years. They became a national brand when they launched Babycham in 1953. Showrings merged with various other cider producers including Gaymers and Coates Ciders becoming the Taunton-Coates-Gaymer Ltd, Matthew Clark of Taunton before finally being absorbed into the Constellation Group.

The new generation of Showring brothers have gone back to their roots and set up a new company producing a new range of bottled sparkling perries (or pear ciders as they call them) and ciders very much in the Babycham tradition, but marketted to the youth of today. They put the top quality of their produce down to the ley lines that run under the pear orchards around Glastonbury!

Brothers Ciders are rather at odds with this website's vews on what a 'proper' perry or ciders is - but they are still worthy of a mention. They produce a range of sparking bottled drinks - perhaps more alcopops than farmhouse ciders - including Pear Cider (not 'perry'!), Pear Cider - Festival Strength (first sold at the Glastonbury Festival), Original Cider (pear cider made from apples?), Strawberry & Pear Cider and their new product Toffee Apple Cider.

Brothers Drinks Co. Limited, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 5BY