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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.


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.

5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
CiderTramp (7) - Kent, ENGLAND - MAR 16, 2005 does not count
All I can say is WOW!! I thought Diamond was good but Lightning is even better. Sweet and refreshing, chem flavor but lacking in the rotten meat taste I love. I’ll forgive it that because the price cant be beat. I’m stocking up on it!

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.

1.7
   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!

1.6
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 12/20
GarethYoung (1109) - Glasgow, SCOTLAND - MAR 14, 2005
UPDATED: SEP 19, 2006 smells absolutly foul, tastes just as bad and has a damned unpleasant metallic quality, makes it into the cider category on a technicality i think, since it does have a squirt of apple flavouring somewhere. But at £2 for 2 litres, it does posses a certain ’face-mashery’ that more expensive brews lack when you only have a tenner.

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
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
greg5783 (10) - Turvey, ENGLAND - DEC 5, 2005
Bought for its alcohol content and price tag. Gets you drunk quick although it’s not nice getting there.. Tastes like watered down apple drops (sweets).

0.9
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 2/20
alfmaester (8) - godalming, ENGLAND - JAN 12, 2007 does not count
The only good thing about this beer is the price tag! Gets you hammered quick, but tasted like hell!


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