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Slake your thirst and take your pack
Review of John Smith's Bitter by JOHNV

Advantages: Refreshing, especially in hot weather
Disadvantages: Nothing exceptional

...pint or a can of John Smiths Bitter. Sorry if I'm beginning to sound like a television ad, but there we go. You want the facts - well, I've got some of 'em. Here we go. John Smith's Bitter goes back over 250 years. It originates from Tadcaster, where it was established in 1758, and tradition has it that whatever shortcomings Yorkshire might have, a lack of beer wasn't one of them. In fact, until then, Tadcaster's greatest claim ... Read review

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12.08.2002
Heaven comes in pints
Review of John Smith's Bitter by bonjo

Advantages: Taste
Disadvantages: No disadvantages

...cam to me...my favourite brew John Smiths , the can that always feels cool even in a heatwave.. I cast my mind back to those exotic holidays I've taken these past few years and the one thing that was missing was my beloved can of smoothflow, yes I know it doesn't look too cool in the Bahamas, or in Florida ( where you can buy some John Smith brands), however..... .....I drift off into my dream world, I am in my hammock on a dusky Bahamian ... Read review

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17.06.2002
John Smith's SMOOTH - not cask. Got it? SMOOTH.
Review of John Smith's Bitter by robbo2000

Advantages: Smooth, cold, consistent
Disadvantages: Not conducive to chats about beer

JOHN SMITH'S SMOOTH - WHAT'S ALL THAT ABOUT? Picture the scene: Robbo2000 is sat in some old man's pub in some town that he is way too cool to be in, with two men who will be politely referred to as "Real Ale Aficionados" (because I'm not sure if I'm allowed to refer to them as "sad, beardy gimps"). The Real Ale Aficionados are each clutching a half pint of "Old Vicar's Country Badger" (or something equally nonsensical, which is really gone-off ... Read review

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10.02.2006
No Longer Yorkshire's Own
Review of John Smith's Bitter by ashford

Advantages: Reliable Easy to Find Not Too Expensive
Disadvantages: Not the Best

...know anything at all about John Smith's bitter until I moved to Yorkshire in 1969. It was there that I came across countless pubs,especially in East and South Yorkshire,that stocked this particular brew from Tadcaster. John Smith's Bitter has been brewed at Tadcaster since 1847 and the Smith's knew a thing or two about the science-or is it the art of brewing ?I was always told by Yorkshireman that value for money was important,neigh,very important ... Read review

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12.02.2002
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John Smith's Bitter
Review of John Smith's Bitter by Martinscholes

Advantages: A good basic pint
Disadvantages: Perhaps a little too basic?

...is innately special about John Smith's Bitter. Don’t get me wrong. I am not being critical of this beer. Because I am not saying that there's anything wrong with it. Far from it, it is a perfectly acceptable pint, but if you are looking for a more complicated depth of flavour of –for example- Hobgoblin, or Timothy Taylor’s Landlord, then you might be disappointed. However, John Smith’s Bitter is a nice, clear pint with a good, acceptable colour. ... Read review

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20.09.2004
Joey knocks spots off John Smith
Review of John Smith's Bitter by bundook

Advantages: It ain't lager . . .
Disadvantages: . . . but it ain't proper bitter either

I first encountered John Smith's bitter in the late Seventies, when it was a decent, middle of the road pint at a reasonable price. That same beer (or something reasonably similar to it) can still be found in some, more traditional, boozers where it is now sold as John Smith's Cask Bitter. Sadly more and more pubs seem to be dropping the cask version and promoting its illegitimate offspring, John Smith's Smooth Bitter. Don't get me wrong. I don't ... Read review

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06.09.2005
There is far better
Review of John Smith's Bitter by fujisan_uk

Advantages: Cheap, consistant
Disadvantages: consistanly bland, super chilled, you get what you pay for

...it that draws people to John Smiths? I myself used to be a drinker; I put it down to the availablilty, price and marketing. There is nothing else that sells the beer. It is a nitrogen assisted keg beer, which means that after brewing the beer is pasturised, killing off all the yeast and stopping it from being a live product. The landlord benefits from lower wastage from off beer, the drinker suffers from loss of taste and mouth feel. The nitrogen ... Read review

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18.05.2002
Mmmm, beer....
Review of John Smith's Bitter by AndrewDalton

Advantages: Funny ads, good beer, and far better than lager
Disadvantages: No great taste

This'll focus more on the beer than the ads, I reckon. John Smith's is a pleasing drink. It is certainly very smooth, to the point of being sanitised, you might say. Compared to the likes of Marstons, Adnams, Theakstons, Banks, IPA and Flower it certainly is. However, for a mainstream beer, it ranks very highly, and has the advantage of being on sale in most pubs across the country. The taste is rather faded, with no fullness or aftertaste. ... Read review

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