Bulmers (Magners Original Irish) Cider
Bulmers Ireland in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland 🇮🇪
Cider Regular|
Score
5.30
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When William Magner set out to make Ireland’s greatest cider in 1935, this is what he came up with. We’ve barely changed it since then, but why would we? Made with 17 different varieties of fallen apple, pressed and then kept in the dark to mature for a couple of years, it is the crispest way to celebrate any moment.
Sold as Bulmers in the
Republic of Ireland.
Sold as Bulmers in the
Republic of Ireland.
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5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5
10/8/2026. Bottle bought I think from Tesco (or similar). Found lurking at the back of the beer fridge behind some big bottle ciders and had been somehow overlooked (bb 03/2022). But no harm done. My first Bulmers rating surprisingly. Maybe 20 or so years ago this had been something I really enjoyed, over ice of course, before I started to explore ciders more. Now it’s just an obviously mass produced and quite sugary cider, but cold and wet on a hot day (no ice - ice maker on the fridge is playing up it was I guess okay.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Tesco Supermarket (Various locations)
on 10 Aug 2026
at 14:39
5.3/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Sample from 50 cl can. Clear golden colour with a few white bubbles on top. Sweet aroma with apples, lively carbonated, which adds a slight mineralic note. Taste is sweet. Medium body. Slightly drying finish. Fair.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jun 2026
at 16:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Festival pint draft at the Royal Mile Tavern in Edinburgh, Scotland. Has a very dry apple aroma. And the taste matches the aroma. Very dry cider, which I'm not a fan of. Thin body, like all ciders. Low carbonation. No bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
at
Royal Mile Whiskies
on 30 Aug 2025
at 13:29
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
500ml can.
Pours a bright yellow color, with a very small white head. Aroma is apples, and some vegetal corny aromas, and a touch of honey.. Flavour is actually pretty nice. Good amount of apples in there, with a slight corn finish. Its slightly wattery in the finish, but it does finish very clean,and dry. Not bad at all, i was expecting much worse.
Pours a bright yellow color, with a very small white head. Aroma is apples, and some vegetal corny aromas, and a touch of honey.. Flavour is actually pretty nice. Good amount of apples in there, with a slight corn finish. Its slightly wattery in the finish, but it does finish very clean,and dry. Not bad at all, i was expecting much worse.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2025
at 12:11
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pours a clear golden colour with hardly a head to speak of. Aroma of apples, more apples, and apple juice. Now I generally like apple juice just fine, so alcoholic apple juice is even better. But I’m in this for the beer, and as a beer, this leaves much to be desired. I shall try some other ciders to see if the style just doesn’t appeal to me.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2025
at 05:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Аромат легкий и приятный, немного яблочка как в соке от зеленых яблок. Цвет как у густого яблочного сока. Пенки нету, сильно шипит. Вкус неплохой, ощущаются яблочки, намеки на грушу и крыжовник. Послевкусие с легкой вязкостью, имеется кислинка, хотя и сидр сладкий по большой части.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2025
at 11:32
4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 3
Overall 4
Color dorado limpio y trasparente, forma una corona de espuma que se reduce a anillo en alrededor de un minuto. Aroma muy débil y lejano a lagar y manzana. En boca se siente bastante la carbonatacion en la lengua, burbuja fina y puntiaguda, sabor plano y algo insulso, ligera sensación acidulante y fondo tenuemente afrutado. Refrescante, aunque bastante flojita
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2024
at 15:07