Thwaites Bitter / Smooth
Thwaites Brewery in Mellor Brook, Lancashire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.73
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Thwaites Bitter is a 3.4% filtered, pasteurised and kegged version of the 3.6% cask Original Bitter. The Smooth is the nitro version of the Bitter.
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5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Not pulling up any trees by any stretch, but a decent enough thirst quencher - pours a clear amber (eventually) with a creamy white head, malty and slightly fruity on the nose, bitingly cold so flavourless to begin with but fruity malts come through with old school floral hop bitterness
Tried
on 12 May 2024
at 12:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Creamy off white head on an amber coloured body. Light malt aroma. Medium bodied, smooth & cloying. Malt, brown sugar & caramel tastes with a lightly hopped finish. Easy going.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2022
at 17:53
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
L’intensità olfattiva è elevata e la persistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello è di schiuma compatta, cremosa, aderente e si conclude con un pizzo sul vetro. La grandezza delle bollicine è finissima. La consistenza del liquido è limpida. La carbonazione è praticamente piatta. Il colore è ambrato carico. Il corpo è medio. Il dolce è medio ad equilibrare l’amaro medio. L’intensità gustativa è normale e la persistenza gustativa è sufficiente. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali sono di facile beva. Il finale è pulito e semplice. Il retrogusto è sfuggente. L’aroma in bocca riporta sentori di caramello, pane, erbe e cereali.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2016
at 12:18
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at Hedlam Hall Hotel. Amber colour, creamy white foam head and malty aroma. Tangy malty flavour with some grassy metallic bitterness. Medium bodied, soft to medium carbonation, tangy bitter finish. OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2016
at 17:14
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Keg @ Swan Inn, Rhyl [031215] Smooth Nitro version
Amber, clear, nitro white head
Aroma of slight bitter cereal
Taste of light sweet malt, grainy bitter, rough grain, not good
Palate - Medium light body. Finish of bitter grain.
Overall - Seemed to be cheap mass produced swill to me...think its worse than John Smith’s
Amber, clear, nitro white head
Aroma of slight bitter cereal
Taste of light sweet malt, grainy bitter, rough grain, not good
Palate - Medium light body. Finish of bitter grain.
Overall - Seemed to be cheap mass produced swill to me...think its worse than John Smith’s
Tried
on 20 Dec 2015
at 13:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
marvellous appearance of clear amber colour, and half inch creamy dense white head, which lasts forever; aroma of toffee, figs, and floral hops; taste of caramel, and some floral hops...very watery
Tried
on 30 Mar 2014
at 13:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On Keg at Padiham FC - Usual nitro look of clear red body, thick foamy white head. It goes down hill after that, a bit bland in the nose and taste and... erm that’s it. Can’t say I’m disappointed because I never expected a lot from this in the first place.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2013
at 05:18
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Smooth tasting, looks nice in the glass maintaining its head, but ordinary bitter in flavour.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2012
at 15:07
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap @ Cumbria Park Hotel, Carlisle. Pours dark amber with nice head. The nose is very faint and only a faint malt note can be detected. The taste is of toffee, caramel malt and some cream. The palate is medium in body and texture then slightly watery which then hides the slightly astringent finish. Overall smacks of big regional mono beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2012
at 08:42
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
ambrata media schiuma buona persistenza non intensa legero tostato buona secchezza non molto amara
Tried
on 04 May 2012
at 15:44