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White Lightning

 (RETIRED)

Score
12
OVERALLStyle
Formerly brewed at Bulmers Cider (Heineken UK)
Style: Cider
Hereford, England
Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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RATINGS: 15   MEAN: 1.34/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 1.5   EST. CALORIES: 225   ABV: 7.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
ABV reduced from 7.5% to 5.5% in April 2009. Discontinued in December 2009.


0.7
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
leaparsons (6082) - Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - DEC 5, 2004
Like many "industrial ciders" this is very pale and anaemic. Aromas are sour "almost apples" with chemicals. Flavours are sweet iniitially followed by chemicals and liver failure. One for the massochist. I feel sick. Diamond White used to be trendy but this is has always been for alcoholics.

5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
CraigSheffer (12) - York, Pennsylvania, USA - SEP 11, 2004
I’ve only had this once, when i was in london. This is the best apple cider in the world no doubt, gets you hammered and is better than most beer.

0.8
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 2/20
imdownthepub (7171) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - APR 27, 2004
Can. Virtually no colour, looks like lemonade. Very little apple flavour, mostly chemicals. Another Tramps special although I noticed underage drinkers buying it too. Awful

0.7
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 1/20
gluedupcow (10) - london, ENGLAND - APR 15, 2004
Worse cider than this one simply doesn't exist,strong smell of chemicals,horrible aftertaste and toxic hangover

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
JagerQueen (123) - Shoreline, Washington, USA - NOV 24, 2003
Cheap can cider, flavor average. Not something I would drink on a normal basis, the taste is too sharp and not sweet at all.

1.3
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 4/20
Eirikur (313) - hafnarfjordur, ICELAND - MAY 18, 2003
I bought this one often when I lived in Edinburgh. I know it is not something to be proud of, Scrumpy Jack is better, just didnt know it then.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
ferox (84) - Newcastle, ENGLAND - FEB 1, 2003
Probably the best of the cheap strong white cider's in Britian, but still awful!


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