Caffreys

Brewed by Tadcaster (MolsonCoors)
Style: Bitter
Tadcaster, England

Serve in English pint

Draught. After it settles it’s a light golden colour. Sweet smelling. Bitter sweet taste and so smooth it encourages you to drink it down in larger then normal gulps. Flavours a little to close to water. Therefore not for me but have had it on occasion when there’s no ale on.

A brown-read body with a steady head. An aroma and flavour from raspberry(?). A bit sweet.

UPDATED: JUL 23, 2003 Sampled a new canned "easier drinking" version that didn't impress me. However, the Irish nitrogen ales are beautiful: amber colour with a white, creamy head. The flavour was quite pleasantly malty, but too watery and forgetable. Maybe Oakes has a point regarding the smoothness. This is obviously relatively smooth but no way near a beer like Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout. 23/07/03: The draught version is fruitier and better. Rating adjusted.

UPDATED: MAR 15, 2005 Sept, 2002:Canned rat’s piss with a dubious teenage ejaculation. [0.9]
March, 2003: Dead beer pumped with nitro, served in a cinema bar while waiting for the film to start. I wasn’t being critical - I just drank it for what it was. It served a purpose and I finished the whole pint. It was mostly devoid of flavour and character and quality, but it was wet and smooth. Upped a few points, just for not being seriously nasty. [1.2]
Nov, 2003: Nitro-keg, Le Meridian Hotel, Heathrow. Acceptable if you don’t think about it. Not to be drunk slowly or in big gulps otherwise you’ll catch the tang of bad hops. This is all about smoothness and blandness and little thought. [1.3]
March, 2005: Nitro-can. Softly hopped and apple sweet beer pumped with nitro. Nothing like an Irish Ale. Mostly inoffensive with some plus and some minus points. [2.1]

Dances like Guiness, smooth and drinkable like Guiness, lacks the nose and the rich color of Guiness. I would imagine that a drinker of Guiness would like this. Perhaps a non-drinker would like it more. Thick head, nose of white chocolate. Delicious and drinkable.

Enormous head like in the picture. Perhaps the fact that i had been drinking beer for 12 hours had something to do with it, but i practically couldn't detect any flavors in this one. Nevertheless, it goes down very easy, i could drink it all evening. So i guess smooth is the right word indeed for this brew.

I had this on tap in Dublin and I like it. It's missing some complexity, but none the less decent. It has a nice amber color with a nitro head.

One of the lesser of the commerical Irish beers. I say this because it is not as strong tasting as the others. Very nice appearence and aroma, however I would not go out of my way to drink this beer.