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Brewed by Tadcaster (MolsonCoors)
Style: Bitter
Tadcaster, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 489   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.72   EST. CALORIES: 126   ABV: 4.2%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Pasteurised nitro-keg and nitro-can beer.
"A smooth, creamy ale." Introduced in 1994 as a 4.8% Irish Ale by Bass at Caffrey's Ulster brewery, and promoted strongly with an advertising campaign of "strong words softly spoken". Interbrew took over in 2000, soften the recipe and attempted to catch the lager market, using a new promotion of "a storm brewing". Coors acquired the brand in 2002. Initially contract brewed by Interbrew for Coors at Ulster, the brand eventually moved to Coor's Tower Brewery in Tadcaster.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
fonefan (23588) - VestJylland, DENMARK - MAR 26, 2009
Can 440ml.
[ As Caffreys Cold Serve Ale ]. Clear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee, perfume, moderate yeasty, english top fementatet yeast. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet with a average duration. Very syntetic and perfumed. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft and smooth. [20090101]

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
cab (866) - DENMARK - MAR 14, 2009
Can. 50cl. Nitro-can i love the koncept... not the real thing ......but i like it. nice candy aroma soft and slim. Short burst of hop...very short. Then malt, clean malt flavor.

2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Ljunkan (521) - Drammen, NORWAY - MAR 11, 2009
Can. Sweet, easy-drinking beer which feels very thin. Positive thing? The low ABV, and I also read in my notes it’s ok with some average food.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
JKJ (24) - Herlev, DENMARK - MAR 10, 2009
Tap. Clear golden colour with a Smooth creamy head. Very light taste and low carbonation

2.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
mkel07 (1553) - Brisbane, AUSTRALIA - FEB 26, 2009
500ml can. Thick creamy white head when poured. Light copper in colour witha n aroma of amlts. Very bitter taste that lingers in the mouth. Silky mouthfeel.

1.5
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
joe19612 (1110) - camberley, Surrey, ENGLAND - FEB 14, 2009
Can. A weak very watery beer with not of anything going for it no aroma and no taste.

2.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
trapez (1295) - Hilleroed, DENMARK - JAN 15, 2009
Can. Weak malt and hops aroma. Golden amber with elegant soft and slowly rising white creamy head. Rather mild flavour with slight bitterness but nothing characteristic. Soft mouthfeel. Especially the head is something extraordinary.

1.8
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
beerlady (543) - lucerne, SWITZERLAND - DEC 29, 2008
canned they say to serve it ice-cold but dont drink it ice-cold because even not icecold its not really tasty pale yellow with a slightly coppery hint not much head smells of abit malt and hops tasts a bit malty and a bit hoppy ,has a hint of old damp bread and is watery aftertaste a bit of bitterness
Earlier Rating: 7/17/2006 Total Score: 3
creamy, slightly yellowish head that lets a long lasting thick film on the beer copper color smells malty and a bit flowery,viny,some hops smooth carbonation tasts malty,almoust viny,some hops aftertaste some bitterness, hidden caramel not bad,but the different smells and tasts could be stronger,


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