Smooth Ale / Smoothflow / Extra Cold
Tetley Brewery in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.41
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Tetley's Smooth Flow is an extremely smooth ale with a nutty roasted full-bodied flavour, creamy caramel bittersweetness, balanced with a pleasant hoppiness and a soft caramel finish.
The Extra Cold is the same beer, drawn from the same keg, but passing through a chiller 1 degree colder than the regular Smoothflow.
The Extra Cold is the same beer, drawn from the same keg, but passing through a chiller 1 degree colder than the regular Smoothflow.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
That nitro-ball thing screamed upon flipping the tab on the can and poured a mound of creamy white head, which is now slowly converting itself into a golden body. Fine aroma of malts and sweetness. Flavour is a light malt mix with many hoppy notes and a smooooth palate, as the namesake may suggest. This is quite nice, and in Hong Kong it’s a huuuge relief to find something decent after dozens of seriously awful pale lagers.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2012
at 07:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Copper colour. Not much in the aroma as it is a nitro keg beer but I do get a hint of metal. It’s obviously very smooth and easy to drink but also has a decent level of maltiness and a pleasant, easy level of bitterness.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2011
at 13:04
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Draught@O’malleys (As Tetleys Original Bitter). Pale amber colour, mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is rotten vegetables, mild wood and crap. Flavour is harsh grains, rubbery and harsh hoppyness.
Tried
on 17 Apr 2011
at 05:46
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Draught @ Manchester Airport.Clear medium amber color with a large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, earth. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, earty, and green potatoes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090720]
Tried
on 05 Oct 2009
at 12:08
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
(Draught at Manchester Airport, 26 July 2009) Dark amber colour with creamy, beige head. Malty nose with notes of dark fruit, apricots, wort and toffee. Slightly toasty and rather tired. Malty, nutty taste with caramel, wort, dried fruit and no evident traces of hops. Medium body, smooth mouthfeel. Rather sweet. Quite industrial but not too bad.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2009
at 10:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Refreshing and smooth like hell, sweet flavor, nice mouthfeel. If you like this "kind" of beer, it is really great.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2008
at 13:22
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
[Smoothflow version on Nitrokeg at Mash and Barrel Bar, Haven’s Caister-on-Sea Holiday Centre] 2nd attempt at drinking this after my 20-month old daughter levelled my first pint, fortunately missing my dinner with it! A dead brown colour with large, creamy, lasting nitro head. More flavour than some nitro bitters - a little dusty hop bitterness well balanced against a little honey sweetness. However, over-riding impression was as weak, watery and unsatisfying as I’d expected.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2008
at 18:17
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draught "Extra Cold"@Manchester Airport
Clear amber color, steady creamy off-white head. Leafy and nutty hoppy aroma. Smooth mouthfeel (no suprises here). Watery, mildly nutty hoppy flavor. Boring and thin, but at least slightly hoppy.
Clear amber color, steady creamy off-white head. Leafy and nutty hoppy aroma. Smooth mouthfeel (no suprises here). Watery, mildly nutty hoppy flavor. Boring and thin, but at least slightly hoppy.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2007
at 02:50
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Tetley bitter on tap at Beehive Liverpool. Basically this is brown water in a glass with the merest hint of hops. Eventually had to buy a bottle of Mann’s brown ale just to liven it up a bit
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Sep 2005
at 14:49