Caffrey's Premium Irish Ale
Molson Coors UK in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.17
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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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7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
My can (bought in Norway, ABV 4,8%) says 'Premium Irish Beer', but surely this must be more or less the same thing?? An easily drinkable ale, perhaps not all that much character, but good, GOOD (not great). I don't hate nitro cans, but would like to sample this one on tap. (Maybe I have, without noticing....) Rerate: ABV 4.2% version, 440 ml can says "Premium beer" but this is clearly the same stuff, just a little more watery version. Very smooth.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2002
at 09:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Excellent pour that started out butterscotch-colored then settled into the more typical Ale hue. Creamy almost to a fault, as there was not much of a beer flavor to it at all. Slightly tannic, and overall the flavor does not live up to the looks.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2002
at 00:53
3.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 4
I can't believe what I'm reading. You could pump nitrogen through tap water and make it smooth. So what? Real smoothness should be attained with lagering, yeast selection, mashing, etc. You want smooth - try Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout, or Gale's Festival Mild off the cask. Now that's smooth the way it should be.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Nov 2000
at 18:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
I usually don't like these nitro injected beers (aside from Guinness of course). This is an exception - instead of being overly creamy, with the milkiness masking any beer flavor, this one has a good hoppiness that cuts through, similar to Yards Brawler...but better.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2000
at 02:44