Bulmers (Magners Original Irish) Cider

Brewed by Bulmers Ireland (C&C Group)
Style: Cider
Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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Bottle as Magners Original Irish. Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate apple, tart, wine a like. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft / flat. (291207)

An orange cider with no head. The aroma is sweet apples and the flavor is a dry sweet apple flavor.

(Bottle 33 cl) Comes as "Magners Original Vintage Cider" - but only at 4,5% ABV. What a strange colour indeed, this is sort of orangey pink! Some sort of medicinal, chemical tang in both aroma and flavours - not so pleasant. Those off flavours dominate and owerpowers the apples. Pity. 240705

56.8 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden with a fully disappearing white head. Mild yeasty and light phenol apple aroma. Flavour is initial sweet followed by a light woody phenol apple flavour. Light wooden dry finish.

Draught. Clear golden colour, small white head. Aroma is cardboard, apple, some mild vegetables as well. Flavour is apple, sour wood and some slight acidicness too. Watery, but refreshing.

Bottle at Københavns Ølfestival 2010. Clear yellow coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma of apples, oak and apple core. Fruity flavour of apples and oak with some sweetness. Sweet finish.

Golden color, fizzy, no head retention. Light aroma of ripe apples. Dry mouthfeel, taste of watery unfiltered apple juice. The flavor is very simple, some residual sweetness. Just a notch above the poor mass ciders.

Golden with no head. Sweet aroma with stong apple note. Flavor is very sweet with apples. Finishes dry.

Bottle @ Odense Tasting, May 2012. Pours clear golden with bubbles on top. Nose is tart and fruity. Sweet sugary apples. Lively carbonation. Short dry finish.

It’s time to set the record straight: sweetish, golden, and bland. Inferior to Strongbow. Notes of vanilla, tannin, and vague wood hints. Finishes far too sweet for non-francophone cider, like apples coated with icing sugar. All this praise for industrial cider? Get off it.