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John Smith’s Cask

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186
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Brewed by John Smiths (Heineken UK)
Style: Bitter
Tadcaster, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 70   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.58   EST. CALORIES: 114   ABV: 3.8%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular.
Production moved to Thomas Hardy Burtonwood in Summer 2007 but subsequently back to Tadcaster. There is some uncertainty as to the current (late 2011) brewing location.


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2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
JefVerstraete (408) - BELGIUM - APR 15, 2013
Dark amber, creamy, low carbonation. Flat beer, weak aroma of caramel, toffee and malt, light bitter finish.

1.9
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 7/20
The_Bish (855) - West Midlands, ENGLAND - MAR 3, 2013
Pat Kavs. Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, sugar, sweet malt notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. Borring and very indusrial.

1.4
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 6/20
jaguarxj6 (22) - chesterfield, Derbyshire, ENGLAND - JAN 10, 2013
Last of the old cloth cap beers,thank God. It looks okay,but after that,any resemblance to beer is purely coincidental. Why anyone would part with 3 quid in exchange for this metallic garbage is beyond me. It has no redeeming features what so ever and the world would be a far better place without it. Simply horrible.

1.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 3/20
Insane0420 (8) - - DEC 12, 2012 does not count
It is very smooth has a bitter after taste one I will skip next time does have a floating device in can kinda weird. Taste almost flat

2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
vipinvelp (1156) - Velp, NETHERLANDS - NOV 15, 2012
From can, so hard to judge color and foam. Weak aroma, but taste is good British bitter. Long aftertaste on tip of tongue. (Barnsley 201208)

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Cunningham (2972) - Halden, NORWAY - NOV 6, 2012
Brownish colour with a creamy white head. Toffe and hoppy nose. Medium body with a creamy texture. Caramel malt, toffee and light hoppy flavour. A bit flat.
[On tap at Lonsdale in Troon, Scotland]

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
McWorta (231) - LUXEMBOURG - SEP 14, 2012
A light fresh bit waterish hop and malt aroma. Full brown like, dark amber colour, unclear liquid with a small white head. A classic bitter. Medium body with a light texture, flat carbonation with a long bitter finish. You get what you buy, easy palatable.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
McTapps (1463) - Ruhrgebiet, GERMANY - SEP 11, 2012
On tap in Kent. Thick, creamy head, extremly nice. Dark brown body. Nice, well-balanced bitterness with flavours of nuts.

3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
MichaelBruch (1463) - Wanne-Eickel, GERMANY - SEP 11, 2012
On tap in Den sole, Kent. Smoothly beer with no real aromas but a decent light sweety taste. Kind of creamy with a light bitterness. Reminding me a German Altbier. Above average.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
stevoj (913) - Ramstein-Miesenbach, GERMANY - SEP 5, 2012
Enjoyed on tap at The King’s Head. Silky, creamy head coated the glass the entire way down. Medium brown color, with smooth, mellow taste. A great pub drink...


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