Caffrey's Premium Irish Ale
Molson Coors UK in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.15
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"A smooth, creamy ale." Introduced in 1994 as a 4.8% Irish Ale by Bass at Caffrey’s Ulster brewery, and promoted strongly with an advertising campaign of "strong words softly spoken". Interbrew took over in 2000, soften the recipe and attempted to catch the lager market, using a new promotion of "a storm brewing". Coors acquired the brand in 2002. Initially contract brewed by Interbrew for Coors at Ulster, the brand eventually moved to Coor’s Tower Brewery in Tadcaster.
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5.5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2026
at 14:05
5.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
A draught pint at the airport hotel, LHR. Aroma: grassy. Appearance: very handsome clear copper with one finger of light tan cream, good head retention. Palate: light-bodied and slick, softish carbonation; the finish is pretty abrupt. Taste: lightly sweet, some biscuit, an agreeably nutty flavour. Passable, though ultimately a bit watery.
Tried
on 24 May 2026
at 08:24
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Copper with a light tan head. A touch of sweet malt, dark sugars, biscuit. Medium, smooth body. It’s ok but also boring and sweet.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Apr 2026
at 18:04
5.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap with nitro. Pours deep golden with everlasting head. Very slight fruity-biscuits aroma and some biscuity taste with quite watery mouthfeel. Extremely light bodied and softly carbonated and hence easily drinkable. Mediocre.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Mar 2025
at 05:58
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
another nitro can. pretty boring stuff. i find most of these nitro beers have zero aroma, and the flavour is muted, and bland, but there is a bitterness that comes through. they all seem to taste the same. I wonder if the nitro does something.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2025
at 09:33
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating from 1998 - On tap in Northern Ireland. Pours amber with a dense white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, biscuit, flora & malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Feb 2025
at 01:40
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Can 0,5 ltr: Once from Ulster and now from Yorkshire that will change this amber from its taste and is now more easy drinking.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Used to see this everywhere back in the olden days (nineties), was a go-to when the cask offering was dubious! Cold, creamy and smooth with some fruity malt and a dry, sweetish finish
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Sep 2024
at 13:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(sample, can) Clear amber color. Creamy white head. Toasty, light sweet, caramel. Soft, ok.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2024
at 19:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
18/8/2023. Draught at The Harp, Ipswich, a recently reopened/renamed local Irish themed pub/guest house of many previous guises which I've not stepped into before today. Not much beer selection but did find I'd not rated this one before. Pours clear reddish amber with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma is fruity, caramel, malt, bready, biscuit. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Quite smooth, soft carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2023
at 18:13