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Brewed by Tadcaster (MolsonCoors)
Style: Bitter
Tadcaster, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 501   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.72   EST. CALORIES: 114   ABV: 3.8%
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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.
The ABV was reduced from 4.8% to 4.2% in 2001 and, in March 2010, was further reduced to 3.8%. ABV may very in export markets.


4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
JMerritt (1590) - Macomb, Illinois, USA - APR 28, 2001
UPDATED: FEB 18, 2003 A damn fine beer.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
dolemike1 (1288) - Jeannette, Pennsylvania, USA - APR 16, 2001

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
MikeF (538) - Cleveland, Ohio, USA - APR 12, 2001
Good Beer. Very smooth.

4.4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Brianroz99 (123) - Mullica Hill, New Jersey, USA - APR 10, 2001

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Shazbat (100) - USA - FEB 5, 2001
I enjoy this beer immensely, very good head, not offensive, goes down like silk.

4.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
Strange Brew (156) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - FEB 5, 2001
Creamy and smooth. Very good in the U.K. and Ireland, but does not travel well.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
bipolar1 (268) - Hancock, Michigan, USA - JAN 25, 2001
I hear a lot of complaints about nitrogen ’widget’ beer, but it has a creamy, silky head and pleasant flavor

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
k2 (146) - USA - JAN 21, 2001
Very smooth beer. One of the better nitro beers out there.

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
opiate (199) - Sandy, Utah, USA - NOV 29, 2000
One of my absolute favorite canned beers. This stuff was like butter! Very good beer.

1.7
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 8/20
Oakes (10184) - Gibsons, British Columbia, CANADA - NOV 22, 2000
I can’t believe what I’m reading. You could pump nitrogen through tap water and make it smooth. So what? Real smoothness should be attained with lagering, yeast selection, mashing, etc. You want smooth - try Sam Smith’s Oatmeal Stout, or Gale’s Festival Mild off the cask. Now that’s smooth the way it should be.


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