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Caffreys

Percentile
25
overall
Brewed by Tadcaster (MolsonCoors)
Style: Bitter

Tadcaster, England

bottled
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4242.76/5.02.76/5.04.2%18.2English pint
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.
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 TEJA (294), Stockholm, Sweden
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/105/53/102/57/20
Dec 27, 2009  
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.


Frothmeister (20), Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/55/102/511/20
Dec 13, 2009  
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.


 Nisse666 (474), Göteborg, Sweden
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 5, 2009  
On can, much better asa tapp (no suprise) weaker head and weaker in flavors!


 Hermod (306), Vantaa, Finland
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/58/20
Oct 20, 2009  
Can, local store. Nice copper color, strong beige head. Malty aroma, very smooth, mild taste, weak flavor.


 sound67 (215), Offenbach, Germany
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/510/20
Oct 20, 2009  
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.


 heavy (869), Split, Croatia
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/510/20
Oct 18, 2009  
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.


 HenrikSoegaard (4399), Randers, Denmark
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Sep 18, 2009  
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.


 Cole (314), , Alberta, Canada
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/54/102/511/20
Sep 11, 2009  
on tap. Poury golden amber with a thin whhite head. Light hoppy aroma. Very malty bitter, a bit flat and chewy. Kind of a crummy English ale.



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