John Smiths Bitter / Extra Smooth

Brewed by John Smiths (S&N, Heineken)
Style: Bitter
Tadcaster, England

(can) clean copper colour, frothy white head. aroma of light bread and herbal hops. flavour of strong roasted malts, bread, herbal hops and a peachy fruitiness, seems unbalanced. light to medium body, medium carbonation, light roasted-bitter finish.

Smooth is exactly hte word I would use for this beer, almost as thin as water but very tasty, medium malts with a touch of caramel, drink away.

Dark amber colour, foamy-offwhite head. Aroma has some fruity hops and malts. Flavour has caramel malts, some bitter hops. Forgettable.

Brown coloured beer with no carbonation and a creamy off white head. Slightly hoppy fruity roasted aroma. Medium to full creamy caramel palate. Finish is bitter caramel smooth. Not too bad.

Medium largely creamy lasting head settles slowly out of the body, like Guinness. Red-brown body. Light nutty caramelly aroma with roasty notes. Dry-sweet roasty nutty caramelly taste with metallic minty notes. Mild mouthfeel. Slightly artificial perfumy tinge to it. Dry papery caramelly aftertaste. Decent. (0.5l can bought in the shop on the Oslo-Copenhagen ferry.)

can - dark amber beer with thick white head. Weak malt aroma. Little bit of caramel flavour.

Draught. Clear dark amber colour. Nice creamy white head. Low carbonation. The flavour is mostly grainy, though not too unpleasant. I should stop rating this shit.

Used to be available on cask but now seems to be purely nitrokeg. Either way, it’s no great loss to the Real Ale community. I’d love to be able to contribute meaningful comments as to this beer’s aroma, ’flavor’ and palate but there’s no point. Brown water with no character whatsoever. Avoid at all costs.