Christmas Cracker
Tetley Brewery in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.08
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Tetley's Christmas Cracker is brewed to get you in the mood for Yule. Dark and Contemplative, Christmas Cracker's wintery warmth delivers a complex, rich and satisfying 4.3% ale for the festive season. A subtle suggestion of vanilla and a delicate hop aroma combine to make sure this is one "Cracker" you'll want to see pulled again and again!
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01/01/2017. THREE SWANS HOTEL, 117 High Street, HUNGERFORD, Berkshire, England
Tried
on 06 Nov 2022
at 16:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the foot of the walk. Pours deep amber, nose is toffee, floral, taste is sweet, fruity, toffee, some spices. --- Beer merged from original tick of Christmas Cracker on 24 Dec 2015 at 08:07 - Score: 6. Original review text: Cask at the foot of the walk. Pours deep amber, nose is toffee, floral, taste is sweet, fruity, toffee, some spices.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Dec 2015
at 12:54
8/10
Very Quaffable Tetley...
Tried
on 22 Dec 2015
at 19:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpump at The Fleur-de-lis, JDW, Banbury, Tuesday 8th December 2015. Murky brown in colour with a sticky off-white head, really murky. There is a very slight chemical taint to this, not an awful lot but enough to suggest I have had the first after the pipes were cleaned. Malty, creamy, soft and easy drinking a much better beer than the Vale Raven that I had up the road but a distant second to the Hooky Twelve Days in the Coach and Horses. £1.03p a half which seems an unusual figure to come to? A little tiny bit spicy, it’s ok. A6 A3 T6 P3 Ov12 3.0
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2015
at 12:40
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Tetleys Christmas Cracker Cask @ The Devonshire, Skipton. Darker, clear copper colour with a creamy head. Has a light malty nose, but mainly just a crisp easy drinking texture for its character.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jan 2015
at 17:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear, dark brown colour. A really malty bitter with a background containing a hint of red berry sweetness.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2014
at 04:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the standing order... Copper... Thick.. Tan head... Soft dull caramel toffee malt nose... Soft fruits.. Metalic malts... Soft roast.. Easy but metallic
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Dec 2014
at 10:29
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Standing Order. Pours clear amber, thin white head. Light malt aromas, light stewed apples. Taste is light toffee. Sweet finish. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2014
at 09:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A dark amber beer with a thin head. The aroma is malt and hop while the taste is malt too but with an almost burnt edge. There are hints of fruit too but they’re almost drowned out by the toastiness of the malt. Very drinkable but I think if it’d been slightly sweeter it would have been that bit better. Often, however, these Christmas ales are far too sickly with malt and spice so perhaps they got this one just right.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2013
at 06:33
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Cask at JDW Arthur Robertson; why do I do this to myself another Xmas beer that doesn’t taste like Christmas. Dark pour slightly sour funk. --- Beer merged from original tick of Christmas Cracker on 08 Dec 2012 at 14:10 - Score: 4
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2012
at 06:13