Original (Cask)
(Batch of Original)
John Smiths in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.69
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ITFCfan (3577) reviewed Original (Cask) from John Smiths 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask at the Cricketers. Aroma of roasted malts and hints of toffee. Taste is malty but quite weak. Decent enough taste and it is what it is.
Goozen (5556) reviewed Original (Cask) from John Smiths 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at the bar of Hotel Ibis, Birmingham: Clear dark amber coloured brew with smooth sweet bitter taste.
Franclh (7477) reviewed Original (Cask) from John Smiths 3 years ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Van tap bij Foresters' Arms in Saint Peter Port. Bitters, wat roasted malts, caramel, nutty, vrij droog. (10-9-2022).
reidyboy (3578) reviewed Original (Cask) from John Smiths 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Very nice looking beer, deep amber brown with a lovely, creamy off-white head and a nutty, malty aroma. Smooth and creamy with that same nutty, malty flavour, and an old-school bitterness
Deanso (15673) reviewed Original (Cask) from John Smiths 4 years ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Pint on cask at the Yorkshire Grey on a sunny bank holiday Monday
medium creamy white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Original (Cask) from John Smiths 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the Fox & Hounds, West Burton. I've always detested this in keg and can so was interested to see what it was like in cask. Lookswise, it's much the same -amber-brown with a white head and a light sparkle (it was served in very good condition). The taste though is massively better - a decent malty flavour with sweet toffee, nuts and a dry woodiness, followed by a pleasant balancing bitterness. It is, admittedly, rather thin and watery, but that almost makes it more drinkable, and thus more suited to it's role as a session bitter. I was pleasantly surprised by this (especially the woodiness); it's such a shame that its reputation has been so badly tarnished by the godawful keg version.
lore (7878) reviewed Original (Cask) from John Smiths 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Dark amber to chestnut colour, moderate sized slightly amberish white head; aroma of toasted rye bread, some floral, toasted nutty and butterscotch notes; taste of dried fruity, roasted nutty, butterscotch and floral notes; surprisingly good ale...or maybe it is just because of the atmosphere ( tasted in a pub in England during the semi-final of Englad vs. Croatia at 1:0) :)
ShivanDragon (10851) reviewed Original (Cask) from John Smiths 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 2
Liverpool 2018, light brown, white head. aroma of caramel, toffee, creamy head, thin, dry, malts, ok-ish
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Original (Cask) from John Smiths 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
I was really surprised to find I had never reviewed/rated this beer having drank it thinking I have over a number of years. Anyway I had two hand-pulled pints in two different pubs while in Filey, Yorkshire on 21st Aug 2016. Bog standard, but decent UK Bitter, brown bodied, full off-white head. More maltys notes in both the nose and taste than whatever hops are used, easy drinking session Bitter than looked after correctly can (and was on the 21st Aug) be well worth trying.