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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.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
larsga (4426) - Oslo, NORWAY - JAN 22, 2006
Off-white milky medium-sized head over clear red-brown body. Weak fruity aroma with notes of apples. Taste is mild, very fruity, and quite bitter, some notes of nuts and marzipan. Aftertaste just fades away. Mouthfeel is milky. Not at all bad. I could drink lots and lots of this.

4.7
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 19/20
CiroFerrara (85) - USA - JAN 14, 2006
Probably the best Irish kind of beer, that I have ever tried. Creamy, tasty... I love it, when I ordered one on draft at a local bar.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Bansidhe (3) - Perth, SCOTLAND - JAN 5, 2006 does not count
I often take a few tinnies of Caffreys down to my band practises. It’s a great beer for drinking over a couple of hours and is probably responsible for some rather fine tunes. If anyone is in Perth then they should fire into Brennans for a fine pint of the stuff.

2.5
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
DuffMan (4240) - the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, CANADA - JAN 1, 2006
(Nitro-can) Orange-amber, compact foamy head. No aroma. Light-bodied and caramel sweet. Not a lot of character, but easy drinking.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
jutuahol (189) - Jyväskylä, FINLAND - DEC 20, 2005
Rated 2004-04-12
Amber, medium, creamy white head. Aroma is slightly sweet, fruity, creamy, flowery, caramelly, notes of rye. Rather light and soft body. Flavor is moderately flowery, fruity, somewhat sweet, light malty and has notes of dry apple aroma.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Papsoe (21781) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - DEC 10, 2005
(Can 50 cl) 4.8% ABV in this version. Bronze coloured with a thick, creamy head - whipped cream style - from the widget’s nitrogen. Very soft and smooth mouthfeel with a flat feeling. Weakly caramelish with a marked bitter finish. Ideal for heavy consumption. 120102

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
BeerMountie (106) - Bonavista, Newfoundland, CANADA - NOV 26, 2005
500ml can. Really good Cream ale. One of the first beers I tryed after I got out of the Molsons Labatts rut in University. Still really enjoy it.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
Dextolen (151) - Michigan, USA - NOV 17, 2005
I think any beer with the draft widget improves it’s score somewhat. An average bitter, not horrible, not wonderful.


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