Caffreys

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

Serve in English pint

On tap at the Holiday Inn Mississauga or Toronto West. Was surprised to find something outside of the usual Molson lineup available. Somewhat cloudy amber pour with a creamy, lasting white foam reminiscent of the Irish Ale and Bitter styles. Aroma is faint maltiness, slight sweetness of caramel. Low carbonation, creamy mouthfeel. Taste is fairly subdued maltiness with a faint, near indistinguishable hoppy kick that dries out the finish of a creamy, dry, refreshing beer.

On tap at Old Tom, Kovoula. Big lasting white foam over an amber colored ale. Malty taste with almost no bitterness. Litle citrus taste and very easy too drink. Served way too cold.

440ml can. Pours a red amber colour, with a creamy off white nitro head. A little caramel on the nose. Bread. A bit of spice. Apple. Overall, not much aroma. As for taste, weak caramel. Dried fruit. Again, a little apple. Bitter metallic hops to finish. All but the hops are thin. Not as full bodied as one might expect with a nitro. I remember this having much more flavour.

On can, much better asa tapp (no suprise) weaker head and weaker in flavors!

Can, local store. Nice copper color, strong beige head. Malty aroma, very smooth, mild taste, weak flavor.

440ml, 4.0 % abv (it does say ’’Cold Serve Ale’’ on the greenish silver can, which is different from the one pictured here). Pours a perfect clear copper with a small, creamy off-white head and some lacing. Aroma of malt and a wee whiff of fruit. Thanks to the nitro can, there’s no carbonation whatsoever, resulting in a smooth, creamy, cask-like mouthfeel. Flavour is mildly sweet, of biscuit and malt, bitterness is very modest, the finale and aftertaste also a bit sweet. Not a very characterful bitter, but for a mainstream ale, it’s actually quite drinkable. Not dissimilar from Boddington’s and John Smith Extra Smooth. Quite refreshing, but more than a tad bland.

13/10 A 0.44 l nitro can from the English store in Antibes. It poured almost copper body with typical nitro cascade yellow head. Fine malty biscuity aroma. Weak flavor with some biscuit, caramel and vanilla. Would be nice actually if not so thin bodied. Finish was short and watery, without much here for real. Nothing unpleasant, at contrary. But this brew, as it’s now, it’s ultimately boring.

Can. Creamy white good mostly lasting nitro head. Dark yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. MOderate bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. Watery palate. Boring but not bad.