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Brewed by St. James’s Gate (Diageo)
Style: Bitter
Dublin, Ireland
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 37   MEAN: 2.52/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.56   EST. CALORIES: 132   ABV: 4.4%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Available in the U.K. Sold in the widget-type can.


2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
CamdenD (771) - Madrid, SPAIN - JUL 31, 2005
Really strange beer. A bit tinny and canny, but still interesting. Reminded me of a smooth-flow cream ale.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fiulijn (10000) - Como, ITALY - APR 4, 2005
Widget Can
Beautiful dark amber color; yoghurt-like head. Nice aroma, malty and a bit fruity. Smooth, a bit malty, caramel, correct bitterness. Easy to drink, quite simple.

1.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
Garrat (1247) - Suffolk, ENGLAND - JAN 17, 2005
From a Can.Light brown in colour,thick head,chemical,water,small amount of malt.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
SilkTork (4691) - Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom, WALES - NOV 9, 2004
UPDATED: MAR 15, 2005 Nov, 2004:Wet cotton wool. Like drinking a bri-nylon shirt. There’s nothing really bad about this beer. It’s wet, tasteless, bland, smooth and slips down like the proverbial whippet under the bedclothes. [2.2]
March, 2005:Nitro-can. Initially seems like Caffrey’s, but this has some hop bite. It’s a cleaner, more noticably Bitter beer. It doesn’t have that soft apple character. I prefer this to that - but not by much. [2.3]

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
ExtraLength (1) - ENGLAND - NOV 2, 2004 does not count
UPDATED: NOV 9, 2004 Beer in a green can for drinking. Slightly metallic.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Boystout (1000) - Chisinau, MOLDOVA - AUG 13, 2004
The most bizarre combination of words "Guinness" and "Bitter". Widget "menthol" can. Not bad at all, though everytime I take it quality and taste differ. Deep amber colour, high (of course) creamy head. Fruity and hoppy notes. Dry metallic aftertaste.

1
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 4/20
imdownthepub (7171) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - APR 14, 2004
Tinned, widget thingy, pasteurised. Brown beer with nitrogen flush through, cream false head. Watery thin tasteless beer except for a sharp tinnt background. Pitiful.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
leaparsons (6082) - Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - JAN 25, 2004
In the tin. Golden with a dense foam taht never disappears. Aroma is creamy and slightly metallic. Flavours are watery, smooth with some metallic hops. Because of the smoothness it is possible to drink a can in one go.


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