John Smiths Winners Tipple

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

Bottled. An amber beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweetmalty with strong notes of caramel and toffee as well as a light touch of spices. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, toffee, and spices among them nutmeg. Thanks to fonefan and Brugmansia for sharing.

(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Clear, deep amber golden with a rough, off-white head. Aroma of nuts and burned caramel. Medium body, lightly sweet caramel and a whiff of nuts. Dry and lightly bitter finish. 220808

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden amber/hazzlenut brown with a creamy tan head. Mild spiced and dry caramel malty, slight breadish too. Flavour is mild spiced to a medium dry breadish base flavour and light bitterness coming through. Light tobacco and mild spiced finish.

Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, brown sugar. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (220808)

Bottle, 4.2%. Sweet dark malt aroma. Dark amber colour, small tan head. The flavour is malty and slightly dusty.

Bottled. Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is caramel, grass and some dry wood. Flavour is dry wood, mild notes of dark chocolatelike stuff. Abrupt finish and mainly no aftertaste.

Clear amber with medium white head. Sweet caramellic flavor with fruity and alcohol notes.

From the Bottle at Chris O’s, GBBF Week 09/08/2008 Some spiced aroma. Amber mid brown coloured and crisp on the palate with a little dryness in a full malt finish.