Captain Smiths
Titanic Brewery (UK) in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.60
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Captain Smith’s is a strong, traditional ruby ale named after one of the most famous sea captains of all time. Captain Edward Smith skippered the Titanic and was born in Stoke on Trent.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught (@Three Legged Mare, York): Deep golden, very stable and lacy off-white head; sweet - a bit sherry-loke - woody nose, raisins included; moderate to solid sweet-bitter flavour, almost medium-bodied; increasing and lingering bitterness in the warming fruity-malty finish. Very good.....
Tried
on 01 Aug 2010
at 05:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, Tesco, Warndon, Worcester, 14-05-10 Pours chestnut with off-white head. Fruity and earthy with good big toffee and malt flavours. Tangy and fruity and far better than I had anticipated, plenty to this, its a good beer. A7 A4 F7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2010
at 13:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml. @ home.Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, caramel, malt dusty, moderate to light light heavy hoppy, grass, citrus - orange, dusty. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft. [20100317]
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2010
at 13:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, Ship and Mitre, Liverpool. Mid brown sorta colour with a thin off white head. Restrained sweet malt aroma, with a slight fruitiness. Similar yarn flavour wise. Quite fresh, with some hops kicking in towards the dryish bitter finish. All in all fairly drinkable, not sure if it was Smithy’s fault about the iceberg thing though ?
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Mar 2010
at 10:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki, on 2009-06-05) Dark amber and clear. Long lastin, lightly tan coloured and medium sized head. Molasses and fresh malts in aroma. Medium bodied palate with little carbonation. Malts, molasses, grass, fresh malts, bit of roastedness, bitterness and sea water in taste. Malts and bitterness in aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jun 2009
at 04:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask@Angleterre, Helsinki. Rubyish amber colour, longglasting mediumsized beiige foamy head. Aroma is sweet fruits, som sap, wood and some nectary. Flavour is wooden, a bit nutty, fruity and a bit yeasty. Aftertaste is a bit grassy.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jun 2009
at 08:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask, half at The White Star. Deep dark amber with a russet tint topped by a film-type, off-white head and with solid laceworks on the glass. Dry and dark malty aroma. The flavour brings dark fruits mixed with caramel malts. Finish with bitter dark fruits. Well-bodied and pleasant (Stoke on Trent, 02.05.2009).
Tried
from Cask
on 08 May 2009
at 04:12
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at Kolding ølmesse, 2009. Pours amber with a small white head. Sweetness, Vinous, smooth, caramel and fruit. Ashy, earthy, flat and bready taste. Medium bodied. Average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2009
at 15:36
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle, 5.2%. OK bready aroma. Hazy copper colour. No head. The flavour is slightly old bread, a bit of paper. Not unpleasant, but a bit strange. High carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2009
at 17:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy deep orange with a fully gone head. Light sweet malty aroma. Light sweet caramel malty flavoured initially. Medium bitter and slight sweet malt base following. Refreshing hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2009
at 04:14