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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.

2.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
charlotte (3123) - rødovre, DENMARK - OCT 10, 2008
Dark golden colour with white creamy head.Aroma is bitter and grainy,feels thin with low carbonation soft mouth feels and hoppy finish.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
madquacker (854) - Canberra ACT, AUSTRALIA - SEP 29, 2008
The much maligned widget goes off and pours a lovely but synthetic looking head and gold body. Pretty to look at. No real aroma and a bland cold cardboard taste. Quite watery.

1
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 2/20
MrAleman (111) - Wiltshire, ENGLAND - SEP 27, 2008
UPDATED: SEP 28, 2008 Brought 4 cans from the chav shop. Shame they did not bother to keep it in the fridge.. Anyway! - Very watered down, strange white fuzzy smooth head, slight bitterness comes on. But really its too watery to be a great beer. Bitter aftertaste. Also causes crap hangover despite being watered down, Not good.

2.3
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
matt7215 (1564) - Cambridge, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 18, 2008
440 ml can from my dad. pours golden with abig nitro head. i dont know why but i love the look of nitro brews. almost no aroma but i could tell when my nose was in the glass and when it wasnt, but only slightly. nice light maltiness with no off flavours or unplesantness. watery and bland. i wouldnt buy this.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Pinball (7771) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - AUG 16, 2008
UPDATED: AUG 8, 2009 can 44cl, bought supermarket magaluf spain 14.08.08, best bf 14.05.07 tasted 16.08.08 flavor is still smooth tasting english style bitter. some benzene to the flavor, but otherwise close to the other of its style. not much bitterness, aftertaste just a toned down version of general taste. it tastes almost entirely as the draft i tasted earlier in the week, so nice work, making a beer that can age so far beyond production without problems. tap at the red lion , rhodos. dark orange, thick smooth white head 4. aroma of some kind of spices, benzene, faint booze, ginger, nelliker. 6 flavor is ginger, sweet dry, ends ginger bitter. 5, pal 3 ov 11

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
MiP (11254) - Sønderborg, DENMARK - AUG 12, 2008
Can, 4.0%. Clear golden colour. Creamy head. Low carbonation. The flavour is quite thin. Slightly rough bitterness. A bit of grain. Seems they have tried their best to make an ale taste like a lager.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
chops (60) - Brantford, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 9, 2008
Kind of drunk already but this was ok. I dont see any reason to buy it again unless im overseas. I heard it was great on tap in ireland!

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
NoiZe (2325) - Amersfoort, NETHERLANDS - AUG 5, 2008
Orange colored brew. Malty aroma. Creamy, smooth and very drinkable. Avarage though.


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