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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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 Jonte (831), Gothenburg, Sweden
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/57/20
Jul 28, 2008    Updated: Oct 2, 2008
Nitro-can. Orange/brown color with a creamy lasting off-white head. Light aroma of fruit, caramel and floral notes. Taste of sweet and lightly toasted malt, caramel, flowers, grain, light citrus. Mild hop bitterness in the finish. Creamy and smooth, way too watery.


 EHSRanders (1122), Randers C, Denmark
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Can. Clear amber colour with large creamy off-white mostly diminishing head. Malty aroma. Sweet fruity flavor.


 AWS9 (232), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/53/102/58/20
Jul 6, 2008  
440 mL can. Light, golden colour. Pours a nice, thick creamy head. Simple hops and malt aroma. Taste is very smooth and creamy, though also very light. The aftertaste is a little bitter, but comes off as more sour... I had a Moosehead before this (I know, not an exceptional beer), and it kind of felt like switching from a coffee to a tea. If a beer has a lot of creaminess to it, it needs some more substance behind it. I was floating on a tube on a lake when drinking this though, so how could I not enjoy it?


 liinis (722), Helsinki, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/512/20
Jun 30, 2008  
Dark gold amber with creamy head. very smooth (nitro) and too flat. nicely honeyish caramel malts. just a bit hoppy and I don’t understand the classification "Bitter" but OK beer.


 GRM (1283), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/102/510/20
Jun 19, 2008  
Can, 440 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on June 19 2008; eye: after the nice show where the nitrogen rises to the head, bronzed copper, clear, no effervescence, superb creamy tan head, a bit of lacing; nose: faint odours as a result of the thick head, malt, caramel, light hops, lightly stale; mouth: watery, light malt, a bit of hops, light pepper, light diluted caramel, finale in malt with a tiny presence of hops, thin, not much carbonation, lightly sweet, slightly bitter, texture is a bit creamy; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Canette, 440 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 19 juin 2008; œil : après le joli spectacle où le nitrogène s’élève vers la mousse, cuivre bronzé, claire, pas d’effervescence, superbe mousse crémeuse fauve, un peu de dentelle; nez : odeurs percent difficilement l’épaisse mousse, malt, caramel, léger houblon, légèrement éventée; bouche : aqueuse, léger malt, un peu de houblon, léger poivre, léger caramel dilué, finale en malt avec une petite présence de houblon, mince, peu carbonatée, légèrement sucrée, très légèrement amère, texture un peu crémeuse; en résumé : correct


 mikkopen (270), Oulu, Finland
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/58/20
Jun 12, 2008  
440 ml can. Clear orange, with a thick and creamy white head. Mild and simple aroma of malts and some bitterness. Flavour is mild, slightly sweet and fruity, with some hoppy bitterness in the finish. Watery. Yet another beer that looks better than tastes.


RWWP (18), Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/53/102/58/20
May 14, 2008  
Pours milky with a persistent soaplike foaminess. No discernible aroma - but at least not offensive. Weak, vaguely beery taste. Thin mouth feel. Very short finish. Maybe I got a bad can, but this was much worse than a macro-brewed Canadian ale! Will not try again.


 KimJohansen (7149), Copenhagen V, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/511/20
May 12, 2008  
Clear amber with medium creamy white head. Sweet fruity aroma with caramel notes. Flavor likewise with a sweet end.



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