Original
(has 3 batches)
John Smiths in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.28
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John Smith’s Original is a malty, bitter sweet ale with a slight fruitiness and a bitter aftertaste.
3.6% ABV in Can & Keg, 3.8% ABV in Cask
3.6% ABV in Can & Keg, 3.8% ABV in Cask
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap, pours a reddish brown with short foamy head. Aromas caramel, grass and toasted malts. Flavors of bready malts, dry caramel, and grass with a subtle smokiness. Nice enough for a bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2024
at 18:24
6.8/10
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2024
at 12:16
Just horrible.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Apr 2024
at 13:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear, chestnut/brown pour with a stable creamy, white head. Aromas of malt, caramel, a hint of cream. Taste is similar. Not bad, but also not breathtaking.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2024
at 23:44
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2023
at 16:11
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Dose 0,5l: Kupfer, Kastanienbraun, wenig mittelporiger Schaum; frische + kräftig malzige Nase, malzige Süße, florale Hopfenaromen, kräftig Malz, dunkles Karamell, Toffee, würzig-malzige Bitterkeit; kräftig malziger Körper, eher trockene florale Hopfennoten, leichte Röstaromen, kräftig Malz, Getreide, dunkles Karamell, Toffee, cremig, moderate Kohlensäure, recht dünn, langweilig; malzig-trockener Nachgang
Tried
on 26 Sep 2023
at 08:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cl can @ hotel pool, Fuengirola, BBE 30.04.2024 Aroma is mild with sweet maltiness and toffee. Flavour has sweet malty tones, toffee and nuts. Easy-going and nothing offensive here, better than I expected.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2023
at 14:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
440ml can on the Island Princess. Nose is a caramelly, malty lager with a hint of grassy hops. Rusty orange with a big, heavy lacing, off white head. Flavor is malty caramel with a little bitterness. Smooth and creamy with an awesome nitro pour.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2023
at 18:12
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Servida en pinta, bonita cortina nitro, color dorado cobrizo, espuma blanca compacta, extremadamente cremosa de gran duración y residuo. En nariz es muy discreta, algo de malta y caramelo. En boca es de naturaleza sencilla pero muy agradable, notas dulces de malta, melaza y caramelo lanzan destellos al paladar, pese a ser acuosa la magnifica cremosidad de la espuma aporta una textura al trago harto agradable, el final no es nada largo, yo diría medio, dejando recuerdos de notas dulces y lupuladas. Debo reconocer que esta cerveza me da un buen rollo impresionante, no me canso de ella, me gusta, me resulta placentera, me mola su "extra smoothiness".
Tried
from Can
on 06 Aug 2023
at 22:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours dark. Clear copper. Small Nitro head. Scent is mild caramel malts, fairly weak. Taste is even more mild, touch of caramel, bread, point of metallic like sharpness. Easley forgettable , not great by any standards - but in a selection of industrial pale lagers , this pops out as different , at least.
Tried
on 07 Jul 2023
at 17:08