Extra Smooth
(Batch of Original)
John Smiths in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.23
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This bestselling ale has a distinct cereal character, combined with malt and caramel. Equal amounts of fruit and bitterness create a balanced tasting ale with a smooth, creamy texture. Reduced in strength to 3.4% abv in February 2024
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4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Can. Pours hazy brown with thin but long lasting head. It has the usual biscuity bitter notes in aroma and taste but is painfully, terribly watery and thin. Meh.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2025
at 05:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint at The Plough - Rotherham. Clear amber pour with a creamy off-white head. Faint malty aroma, barely there. Taste is malty, nutty, sweet. Seems a bit then with an abrupt finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Feb 2025
at 12:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can without the nitrogen: Also know as John Smiths Origibal Bitter,an amber coloured brew with some fruity taste and bitter finish. And now the can version with nitrogen: Draft like pouring and almost the same taste and appearance the original one.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Nagy, örökké tartó ekrü hab, áttetsző, barna szín. Karamelles, malátás, kissé fűszeres illat. A nitrogéntől lágy, karamelles, pörkölt malátás ízek. A Guinnisre hajazó, de annál visszafogottabb ízvilágú sör. Könnyű, nem szénsavas, alig kesernyés. Nagyon jól iható, könnyű, mégis telt sör.
Tried
on 15 Nov 2024
at 18:02
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Creamy white head on a copper coloured body. Malt aroma. Copper coloured body. Malt, toffee, berry & watery tastes. Poor.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2024
at 13:43
6/10
Smooth creamy beginning. Easy to drink, toffee, caramel. Dry. Malty soft and slightly bitter finish. Very easy to drink, malty dry in the aftertaste. Refreshing stuff.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2024
at 22:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap, pours a reddish brown with short foamy head. Aromas caramel, grass and toasted malts. Flavors of bready malts, dry caramel, and grass with a subtle smokiness. Nice enough for a bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2024
at 18:24
6.8/10
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2024
at 12:16
Just horrible.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Apr 2024
at 13:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear, chestnut/brown pour with a stable creamy, white head. Aromas of malt, caramel, a hint of cream. Taste is similar. Not bad, but also not breathtaking.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2024
at 23:44