Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at The White Hart, Eltham. Brown pour with a beige head. Nose is caramel, lots of sweet malts. Taste is caramel, dried fruits, toffee, raisin. Malty sweet aftertaste. Went down rather well (personally) surprisingly.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Extra Smooth from John Smiths 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
7/12/2025. Can at the Squid & Anchor, on board Marella Discovery 2. Best beer available on the all inclusive package. Only ale on premium is Old Speckled Hen, so I’ll stick with John Smith’s Extra Smooth. It’s a drinkable drop, quite smooth and inoffensive.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Die Optik erscheint rötlich kupfer- bis leicht kastanienfarben und klar. Die beigefarbene, feinporige Schaumkrone wirkt beinahe cremig, flaumig und gut haltbar. In der Nase nimmt man brotige bis leicht karamellige Malznoten, sowie leichte reife Fruchtnoten, die an Beeren wie Cassis oder Brombeere, aber auch Herzkirsche erinnern. Der Antrunk kommt frisch, schön rezent, leicht karamellig malzig bis fruchtig/beerig und fruchtig-kräuterig hopfenaromatisch. Im Mund zeigt sich ein relativ schlanker Körper mit feiner bis mäßig grober Rezenz, leicht seidiger Textur und leichter Trockenheit. Auf Zunge und Gaumen zeigt sich eine relativ einfache, brotige bis karamellige Malzbasis mit leicht fruchtigem Einschlag von reifen roten Beeren und einer trockenen, fruchtig-kräuterigen, zart bitteren Hopfenaromatik. So wird ein überschaubares, sicher massentaugliches, aber sehr harmonisches und rundes Profil gezeichnet. Ein Bier, welches man gerne mal trinkt, da es nicht überfordert und einfach bleibt, sich aber doch von Pils, Hellem & Co. abhebt. Im Nachtrunk fällt die Malzcharakeristik langsam ab. Dem folgen die leicht fruchtigen Noten und letztendlich bleibt eine leicht trockene, heuige bis leicht kräuterige und sanft bittere Hopfenaromatik hängen.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Extra Smooth from John Smiths 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Macro pale ale (or bitter) and one of the most popular in the U.K., yet one I oddly never had before – so glad I ticked one at last, at Slains in Aberdeen, a pub housed in an old church (formerly goth- and vampire-themed apparently, but this charming aspect of it has meanwhile been wiped away by new ownership). Very densely creamy ‘nitro’ head, membrane-like lacing, ecru-coloured and very long-lived; chill-hazed but actually clear, deep amber robe with even deeper bronze-ish glow. Aroma of soggy toast, peanuts, dry cookies, dried prune somehow, even fig jam, (over)ripe apple, clove and unexpected ‘Christmassy’ notes of vanilla, clove and gingerbread playing at the back. Cleanly fruity onset, a bit sweet with hints of apple, vague medlar and faint apricot, very ‘finely’ carbonated with utterly creamy body thanks to the nitro tap; slick peanutty, toasty, cookie-ish amber maltiness combining neatly with a soft floral hoppiness and a bitterness-enhancing minerality in an otherwise smooth, primarily malt sweet finish. Those subtle Christmassy notes I mentioned above did not really return in the flavour (luckily perhaps), but this one does feel smoother, simpler and, above all, sweeter than the average ‘real ale’ equivalent in the same segment. Hugely drinkable and quenching, though, so I do not even care that this product is now (since 2008) under Heineken: I absolutely enjoyed it. The setting and the company of my girlfriend may have helped, though.
CBarley (1462) reviewed Extra Smooth from John Smiths 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can, thanks Dave! Clear chestnut brown. Caramel toffee, woods, sweet cough syrup mint. Creamy but rather flat, buttery sweet, malty, syrup, pines. Not totally undrinkable.
one51 (2463) reviewed Extra Smooth from John Smiths 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
3.4%, drunk in Tenerife. Very smooth. Mild bitterness, a bit thin but flavorful enough for this kind of climate. Light grain notes but more complex than the local lagers.
Cthulhu (1555) reviewed Extra Smooth from John Smiths 8 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
50 cl can- Extra smooth
Aroma- (...)
App- Clear copper with medium creamy head.
Taste- Caramel.
Palate-Low carbonation and light body.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Overpriced pint in an Irish pub in Nuremberg. No head. Caramel aroma.Thin body and caramel flavour. Holistic beer that doesn’t score high in any criterion but overall is enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Damn I’ve never rated this. Honestly this was a decent "bridge" beer for me back in the early 2000s as I traded up from yellow crappy.
reidyboy (3578) reviewed Extra Smooth from John Smiths 9 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Amber with a chill haze and a creamy white head. No major aroma, just a hint of floral hops and yeast. Smooth and creamy but somehow light bodied, taste is a blend of sweet caramel and floral bitterness which somehow balances out to an almost meh tastelessness.
Prince of Wales, Starbeck