Good taste, always in style

Timeless simplicity

Well-styled Somerset and Kent craft ciders, both with thoroughly modern, and seriously crafty flavours. All apple, no kidding. Our cider is driven by a committed belief in simplicity and classic, timeless style.

Freshly-pressed, refined cider, made with care, quality and in small batches. We devoutly believe that what goes in really matters, which is why we only use the best of British from our Somerset and Kent family-owned orchards. With a flavour-first focus, our apples are lovingly tended and harvested at just the perfect point.

Proper cider

from family orchards

Made using freshly pressed juice, blending 17 varieties of the highest quality apples harvested from our very own cider orchards. A wonderful complex combination of flavour, Kicking Goat is discerning in both taste and style. Complex in creation, simple in enjoyment.

Kicking in Kent

Our new range

Like our Somerset ciders, our new Kicking Goat Kent range uses hand-selected and carefully blended apples grown on our well-established 130 acre family orchard, overlooking the Weald of Kent. A premium quality blend of apple varieties of Kentish Gala, Cox, Bramley, Red Windsor, Lilibet, Russett, Smitten and Greensleeves create a fresh, light, and sweetly flavoured artisan cider. Whereas our highly quaffable Somerset cider is a marriage of moreish taste derived from varieties including Yarlington Mill, Michelin, Bulmers Norman, Stoke Red, Somerset Redstreak, Dabinett and Stembridge Jersey; rich in flavour and character alike.

Got our goat

can you kick it?

So… our curious name. Villagers remember a goat on the farm that would kick the fence down during harvesting to gorge on the apples. The Kicking Goat brand was born; a cider that expresses that same attitude, determination and love of fun in exactly the same way as our old goat had all those years ago. Everyone needs a cider with attitude. 

We have 17 of the best cider apple varieties in our ‘romantic orchard’ which all crop at a different time, making harvesting tricky but creating the most intriguing and complex blend. For beautifully consistent liquid, we quality check at regular intervals over seven months, ensuring a moreishly delicious, balanced and distinctive cider.

Kicking Goat is a premium quality, independent alternative, a craft cider with character that tastes every bit as good as it looks.