Brains Bitter Smooth

Bitter Smooth

 

Brains in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
5.68
ABV: 3.7% IBU: - Ticks: 11
Brains Bitter Smooth is a modern classic. A smooth easy-drinking reliable beer with that distinctive Brains flavour. It is available in every type of pub, club and bar across Wales where it’s always a favourite with the regulars.
 

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6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Hand pumped at Malto, Riccione, Italy. Pours loaded gold, clear, with very fine white foam. Aroma is weak but nice, of caramel, earthy. Body is slightly thin, with no carbonation. Taste is very moderate in sweetness and with some toasty bitterness. Final is very dry and very thin.

Tried on 21 Apr 2024 at 16:51


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught. Amber colour with a big white head. Aroma is nutty, some sweet malts, mild herbs. Flavour is nutty, some malty and mild herbal tones with a wee bit of wood too.

Tried on 03 Apr 2023 at 15:44


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Keg @ Antelope Inn, Bangor. Deeper golden with a creamy-smooth head. Refreshing and at an easy strength with a light malty taste.

Tried on 16 Mar 2023 at 15:27


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Three Blackbirds Inn, Cwnbran. Amber colour, white foam head leaving lacing and malty aroma. Taste is sweet malty, bready, fruity and with earthy bitterness. Creamy mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite OK.

Tried from Cask on 27 May 2018 at 18:51


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

16oz pint at an Osteria in Verona pours a clear orange with lots of creamy, white head. Nose of yeast, butterscotch, mild orange a little fresh butter. Flavor follows, malt, caramel, butterscotch, yeast. Creamy finish.

Tried on 06 Jul 2015 at 14:49


4.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Keg at Ton Pentre FC - When in Wales, have a Welsh Beer. Nothing decent on so we had this. More bland nitrokeg nonsense.

Tried on 15 May 2015 at 06:14


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Keg nitro, half pint at the Queens Vaults, Cardiff. Deep golden to copper colour, creamy white (or slightly off-white) head - nitro beer that takes a long time to settle. Very moderate aroma, but at least it is not unpleasant - hints of malts and fruit. Very smooth mouthfeel and flavour (surprise, surprise!), some malts and fruit in the flavour. Clearly drinkable, a crowd pleaser. Did I mention that it is smooth?

Tried on 12 Apr 2015 at 03:54


4.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Keg at the Crown Hotel, Corwen. Pours gold with a large head. Aroma is tea and caramel. Taste is tea and caramel. Cold. Boring.

Tried on 01 Apr 2014 at 12:01


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Draught. Golden color, small white head. Aroma of white pepper, malt. taste is very malty, but decent balance. Very thin body. OK.

Tried on 29 Aug 2010 at 08:20


5.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

[Nitrokeg at BarFive, Fishguard] Smooth & creamy almost to the point of being cloying. But with a decent amount of fruity malt, it’s nicely drinkable. Not bad at all for a nitrokegged bitter.

Tried on 28 Sep 2008 at 09:55