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Caffreys

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

Tadcaster, England

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 larsniclas (3390), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
May 4, 2003  
A brown-read body with a steady head. An aroma and flavour from raspberry(?). A bit sweet.


 LoveCaissa (873), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/56/103/514/20
Apr 16, 2003    Updated: Jul 23, 2003
Sampled a new canned "easier drinking" version that didn't impress me. However, the Irish nitrogen ales are beautiful: amber colour with a white, creamy head. The flavour was quite pleasantly malty, but too watery and forgetable. Maybe Oakes has a point regarding the smoothness. This is obviously relatively smooth but no way near a beer like Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout. 23/07/03: The draught version is fruitier and better. Rating adjusted.


 SilkTork (4189), Rochester, Kent, England
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/103/58/20
Mar 30, 2003    Updated: Mar 15, 2005
Sept, 2002:Canned rat’s piss with a dubious teenage ejaculation. [0.9]
March, 2003: Dead beer pumped with nitro, served in a cinema bar while waiting for the film to start. I wasn’t being critical - I just drank it for what it was. It served a purpose and I finished the whole pint. It was mostly devoid of flavour and character and quality, but it was wet and smooth. Upped a few points, just for not being seriously nasty. [1.2]
Nov, 2003: Nitro-keg, Le Meridian Hotel, Heathrow. Acceptable if you don’t think about it. Not to be drunk slowly or in big gulps otherwise you’ll catch the tang of bad hops. This is all about smoothness and blandness and little thought. [1.3]
March, 2005: Nitro-can. Softly hopped and apple sweet beer pumped with nitro. Nothing like an Irish Ale. Mostly inoffensive with some plus and some minus points. [2.1]


 gws57 (1148), Saint Charles, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/105/515/20
Mar 27, 2003  
Dances like Guiness, smooth and drinkable like Guiness, lacks the nose and the rich color of Guiness. I would imagine that a drinker of Guiness would like this. Perhaps a non-drinker would like it more. Thick head, nose of white chocolate. Delicious and drinkable.


 jerohen (1615), Bussum, Netherlands
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 23, 2003  
Enormous head like in the picture. Perhaps the fact that i had been drinking beer for 12 hours had something to do with it, but i practically couldn't detect any flavors in this one. Nevertheless, it goes down very easy, i could drink it all evening. So i guess smooth is the right word indeed for this brew.


 ConiseurofBeer (241), Downingtown, Pennsylvania, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/55/102/510/20
Mar 22, 2003  
I had this on tap in Dublin and I like it. It's missing some complexity, but none the less decent. It has a nice amber color with a nitro head.


mindtheft (28), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/102/516/20
Mar 8, 2003  
One of the lesser of the commerical Irish beers. I say this because it is not as strong tasting as the others. Very nice appearence and aroma, however I would not go out of my way to drink this beer.


Chevboy (37), Millgrove, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Mar 7, 2003  
beautiful looking brew. Creamy head that leaves a nice lace on the glass. Slightly bitter. You can easily drink this all night long.



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