Caffrey's Premium Irish Ale
Molson Coors UK in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.16
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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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5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
440ml can with nitro widget. Pours clear amber with a creamy white head. Aroma is biscuity malt. Taste is faint caramel, malt, watery. Creamy mouthfeel. Bearable.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2019
at 11:31
4/10
Tried
on 10 Jun 2019
at 16:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
440ml can from Stonemanor, The British Store near Brussels. F: medium, tan, avalanche effect, good retention. C: coppery, clear. A: soft caramel malty, bit biscuits, fruity. T: malty, some caramel, bit grassy and fruity, decent bitterness, medium body and carbonation, ok, drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2019
at 18:06
5.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
440ml can into pint glass. From ALDI, Riverwood. Nitro-can! So it looks a treat, copper coloured beer with a creamy crown on top. Solid lacing down the whole glass. No carbonation. Nose is mild malt with a hint of grain. Mild and malty with some sour grain and a touch of liquorice right at the end. Bog standard bitter designed to be drunk quickly and often.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2019
at 03:37
4/10
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jan 2019
at 22:16
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Copper color with huge foamy head. Malt aroma. Mild, watered down flavor, easy to drink.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2018
at 17:51
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
440ml can from Epicurean Supermarket in Antigua on vacation. Pours a clear orange-gold with a thin, creamy, short lived, off-white head that leaves spotty lacing. Mild aroma of toasted malt, bread and caramel. Light flavour of toasted malt, bread, caramel and fruit with a dry, bitter finish. Light body with a watery texture and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2018
at 13:38
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at White Lion, Aldershot. This used to be what i drank at college and uni but can't have had it for maybe 17 years. Caramel sweet malty aroma. Light chestnut. Thick creamy head. Sweet with a light bitterness that gets more noticable intonthe finish. Slightly chemical. Light boied. Thin. Soft carbonation. Abrupt finish. A macro bitter. Drinkable. Preferable to lager. Not too sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2017
at 07:34
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Victoria Hotel, Robin Hood's Bay. Amber colour, creamy white foam head and grainy aroma. Taste is sweet malty, toffee, boiled sweets, biscuit with light bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonation, semi-dry light bitter finish. OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Sep 2017
at 09:25
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear golden beer. Dense white head. Floral hops on aroma. Addotional yeast. Light body. Biscuit, fruity. Light bitterness.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2017
at 13:20