TDA (6957) reviewed Extra Smooth from John Smiths 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draught, clear copper colour with some brownish taints, small head that dissapears quite quickly with no impact. Aromas of malt and caramel, though not to strong, with some yeastines. Mild sweet fruity taste with some bitterness lingering to a bitter sour aftertaste. Extremly drinkable but not really complex. hoping to try some better and more complex v versions of this style.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from WFM Charlottesville. Pours reddish brown with almost no head. Powerfully skunky aroma with a sweet malt background. Grainy, skunky taste. Some notes of brown sugar and fruit.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Original (Cask) from John Smiths 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Lord Russell in Bloomsbury. Light fruity, near cola, aroma. Dark amber with an off-white head. Medium body with light carbonation. Fresh fruit with darkish roasted malt. Slightly harsh like a brown can be. Somewhat watery - flavor washes over all. Pleasant.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
(Draught at Gastropub Soho, Tampere, on 2008-03-07) Dark brown, some red. Hardly any head. Sweel malty nose. Some roasted malt bitterness in taste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
bottle, part of a gift-set. watery.. boring.. but not bad. just sort of a non-event. brown probably refers to the color, cause not much taste.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed John Courage from John Smiths 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Medium caramel aroma. Coppery amber color with a white head that didn’t persist. Medium body with near creamy carbonation. It’s caramel, but there’s almost enough floral bitter to balance. Maybe a tad too malty for an ESB, or not. Finishes with a decent amount of bitter. Pretty much fits the style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Nice head with medium duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are sweet caramel and some lightly roasted malt.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Winners Tipple from John Smiths 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
500ml bottle from Sainsbury. Ruby/chestnut colour with lasting beige head. Bit of yeast, bit of fruit, bit of dryish malt on the aroma. Some yeast, acidic nature in mouth. Decent yeasty character, some hop sting on end, helped by metallic carbonation. Yes the yeast is good, some ok fruit, malts could be firmer. Hops are a little understated. Malts a bit syrupy, but got good fruit. Didn’t expect much, but the yeast is decent. Still not great.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Winners Tipple from John Smiths 17 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s Local, Oxford. Huge rocky and dense beige head over a deep, dark body (very nice!). Perfumed malty aroma. Sweet and smooth malty flavour with a short bitter ending. Good looking with a dull content (16.03.2008).
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Winners Tipple from John Smiths 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
500ml bottle from Sainsburys, Bracknell. Slightly sour toffee malt aroma; metallic bitterness to start, then developing a caramel body, leading to a dry biscuity cardboard finish.