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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 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
ThomasE (5176) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - SEP 6, 2004
Aroma and appearance of this ale is fairly good, but the flavor is not that impressing. Palate is nice and smooth.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
beaconstreet (811) - Washington DC, USA - AUG 24, 2004
Interesting, and tasty. Had in a can from the local mart. The storm indeed... very thick head. A good tasty beer to go down with dinner. Satisfying and filling.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
sayravai (4518) - Helsinki, FINLAND - AUG 23, 2004
(Nitro-canned) Clear amber colored with a medium, silky and lacy, nitro head. Mild, pleasantly aromatic, both sweet and dry, wooden aroma. Sweetish, moderately malty flavor with low bitterness and some aromatic hops. Smooth and creamy, light to medium-bodied palate. Quite pleasant and smooth, but bland and not very interesting brew.

2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 9/20
nickchalk (229) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 23, 2004
Golden amber, creamy off-white head. Nitro-aroma. Flavour is sweetish, very creamy and bland. Draught.

1.8
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
pootzboy (1284) - Hawgville, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 19, 2004
UPDATED: AUG 20, 2004 Bought the draft can...nitrogen in the delivey....poured a creamy amber with a big off white head.....virtually no aroma....taste is watery and non distinct with a quick finish where some hop bitters are slightly detectable.....a very weak ale with a nitrogen can gimmick.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
caesar (3722) - Bunnik/Utrecht, NETHERLANDS - AUG 19, 2004
Clear orange color, medium creamy head. Very light taste, some bitterness. Bit dry palate.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Belly Full O Beer (57) - Nova Scotia, CANADA - AUG 12, 2004
Mmm...smoooth. Tastes like velvet going down. Very nice cascade, lovely amber colour, and the head lasted untill the bitter end. Nice easy drinking beer.

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
MrManning (1942) - London, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 11, 2004
A little disappointing. Light coppercolour with an off white head that was medium sized. Aroma is slightly hoppy, but I was expecting more. Thin bodied and watery. I was expecting a lot more from this one. Especially because some of friends go nuts for this stuff.


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