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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.

1.6
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
boto (1548) - Granby, Connecticut, USA - OCT 12, 2002
Didn’t care for this too much. Trying to add the creaminess and ’settling’ of Guinness to a less than mediocre pale beer just doesn’t work.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
beerguy101 (4825) - Newark, California, USA - OCT 4, 2002
Light brown color, medium head. Rich malt flavor, slightly too sweet. Good balance of hops and malts. Rich smooth taste. Finish is smooth. Aftertaste is malty, slightly bitter.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 7/20
Cian99 (18) - FINLAND - OCT 3, 2002
Much too creamey for me i’m afraid. if ya like’em creamey go for caffreys!

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Prostman (1077) - Pennsylvania, USA - SEP 26, 2002
Tried this once and thought it too be very bland.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
morty99 (371) - Maryland, USA - SEP 19, 2002

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
samustdog (73) - USA - SEP 2, 2002
Interesting Irish stout. Not my favorite, not my least favorite. Bitter taste that may appeal to some more than others.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
wienerherb99 (21) - Wien, AUSTRIA - AUG 28, 2002
smooth and creamy, vanilla - caramel tast, yet too thin. I don’t like the bitter aftertaste.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
DougShoemaker (3149) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 27, 2002
Had this draught from a can. Mildly sweet aroma, copper colour, creamy vanilla head. Lace for the entire beer. Very subtle malt flavour, touch of bitterness. Creamy and smooth, nice aftertaste too. Quite good.


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Beer: Caffreys Rating Avg: 2.72 No. of Ratings: 489
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