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Caffreys 2.76 423

Caffreys

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

Tadcaster, England

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4232.76/5.02.76/5.04.2%18.1English 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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 jfm (1695), Holbæk, Denmark
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/56/20
Jun 25, 2004  
Light amber color with a small but thick white head. The taste is very mild malty with a very light hoppy finish. Watery and boring. This won’t offend anyone.


 bitter (1137), Henderson, Nevada, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/104/511/20
Jun 21, 2004  
draft/can: i had forgotten about this beer. untill a few days ago a buddy of mine pulled a can out and offered it to me. not a very interesting beer but easy to drink. similiar to boddingtons or wexford. not as much flavor as wexford. mosty the nitro thing with some suttle malt hop flavors, very disapointed in robertsreality, you go all the way to london and drink this crap in a pub, havent you heard of cask beer? dont know if this one is around anymore but not much of a loss.


 robertsreality (2460), Minnesota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Jun 14, 2004  
Had on Tap at the Angel & Crown in Covent Garden, London with fish & chips. The lighter side of Guinness?


 Slick (1962), Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 5, 2004  
Another brew that i’ve seen time and time again and never bought.Well i decided to lay down the money this time and try it.Nice copper brown color,small off white head that hung around for a short time then faded to nothingness.Mild malt aroma with a light fruit presence and the hops make a faint showing.The flavor was decent with a nice malty side a little bit of toffee and some what sweet at first changeing to a mild bitter in the end with a slight toffee malt after taste.Not a bad brew at all.Well worth ahving a few around for later this summer.


 caledonian (367), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/515/20
May 19, 2004    Updated: Apr 18, 2005
Canned. Nice copper color, cascading effect that condenses into creamy head. Smooth texture, goes down easy. Not a lot of flavour, but on the other hand it comes off a kind of refreshing as a result. Can is impossible to open without it going everywhere.


 Beer Snob (382), Ontario, Canada
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/53/102/54/20
Apr 1, 2004    Updated: Sep 22, 2004
What's with this "ale"? The only thing ale-like about it is its colour - a nice rust. Flat and flavourless, the only thing it has going for it is it is completely inoffensive - no fake bubbles and no chemical taste. I taste nothing here!


 tupalev (2618), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Feb 17, 2004  
I do have a soft spot for this creamy ale, but that has more to do with the pubs I used to drink it in than the beer itself. Fruitier than other cream ales, it does go down well, but aftertaste is disappointing. Easy to drink, and you could do worse, but this beer is better in my memories than in my current sampling.


theprofessor (3), Missouri, USA
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4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/520/20
Feb 15, 2004  
I would drive hours to find this, and still have memories of sipping on one in a London Pub.



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