Tetleys Bitter / Original / Smoothflow (Can)

Tetleys Bitter / Original / Smoothflow (Can)

Canned. Nitro and non-nitro.

Tetley’s Smoothflow (3.8%)Widget Can

A beer in the same style as its draught counterpart, but with a higher alcohol content to meet the needs of the home-based drinker.

Tetley’s Original (3.8%) Non Widget Can

A traditional style canned ale with a full-bodied hoppy flavour and a refreshing crispness on the palate.
2.7
292 reviews
Northampton, England

Community reviews

2.6 440ml can into pint glass. As Tetley's Smooth Flow. Widgety gush leads to a still golden bronze beer with a two finger tightly packed creamy head. Excellent lacing. Smells of caramel lollies being eaten in the next room. Smooth texture, toffee malt taste. Short finish. Standard English lunchtime pub bitter.
2.3 Can. Nose is caramel, musty, fruit. Taste is caramel, berry, slight butterscotch. Smooth Mouthfeel. I?ve had worse. Edit: Smoothflow is a completely different beer, I am not sure why it's under the same listing. It's a muted version of the above with a wert cardboard finish. despicable.
2.3 On tap in Oxford. Pours a golden amber with a solid white head. Aroma: biscuity malt, caramel malt, grass notes. Taste: biscuity malt, caramel malts, very mild citrus flavours. Smooth. Mildly bitter. Medium body. Not much flavour, but still pleasant to drink. Better than I expected this to be.
3.8 29.10.12: Piwo o bursztynowej barwie z fajną, choć trochę nie trwałą w wersji Original i bardzo puszystą w wersji Smooth, pianą. W smaku jest to bardzo dobry klasyczny angielski bitter... nawet nie zbyt goryczkowy... taki w sam raz.
2.9 Helder ambergeel, licht crèmekleurige schuimkraag, mooi foamy zacht schuim door de nitro. Aroma: Karamel, iets metaal, zoetig, broodachtig, moutig en iets geroosterde mout. Smaak: Karamel, zoetig, moutig, licht geroosterde mouten, licht bitter, zacht en romig, geroosterd brood. Body is medium, waterig, afdronk is karamel zoet. Het is zeker Smoothflow door de nitro maar ook erg vlak.
3.0 (can 0,44l) Aroma: Malty. Appearance: Clear dark golden color. Minimal, white head. Taste: Medium sweet, malty, toasty, light caramel, light bitter. Palate: Medium body. Long light bitter finish. Overall: Average Bitter.
2.5 An average ale. I tried the smoothflow version. Appearance = thick creamy head with a dark amber body. Nose = a slight barnyard smell with grass, hay and lemon, as well as a sour cream smell. Taste = slightly metallic, with a bit of caramel, roasted malt, lemon and a bit of grass. The beer is watery and unfulfilling. Price paid = 50p (dented can).
2.6 Can of the "Original" version at a work quiz night, poured repeatedly into a small disposable plastic water cup- not one of my classiest drinking experiences! Was quite surprised to see it’s a separate rate to the keg version- had assumed I’d just be doing a re-rate. It’s a slightly murky amber-brown brew with a thick off-white head. A surprisingly fruity flavour with caramel and tea on the side. Sweetish, smooth and very easy-drinking. Very little hop presence at all. It’s not great, but it’s much better than I expected (although I should stress that my expectations were pretty low). It’s also much better than I remember the keg version being (and I’ve had the keg quite a few times) so maybe it is different enough to warrant the separate entry. Anyhow, it powered our team to winning the quiz, so it can’t be all that bad.
3.0 Dull pour no pulse dead I mean that nice head but nuffin lifeless beer to look at aromas earthy hops malts corn the flavours light alcohol beer but tastes okay rich grain grass toffee a creaminess very smooth a bitter touch nice beer the finish nothing special but for what it is goes down well a nice ale
2.4 Can. 3.6%. Best before 16.06.16. As ’Tetley’s Smooth Flow’. Pours a clear, deep golden/amber, with a light tan, dense creamy head. Citrusy aroma with a light tart milky/yoghurt-like note. Note of grass with hints of melon and tropical fruits. Mild flavour; malty, hoppy, grass. Light metallic overtone. Bit of fruit as it warms. Slightly tart finish with a lingering grassy note. No real bitterness. Palate is so-so; obviously soft, due to the nitrogen, but I think it needs some ’kick’ from carbonation; feels a bit dull really. Overall boring. Looks great, but other than that it’s just boring. 19.03.16.
2.2 Copenhagen 22/1 2016. 50 cl can from Netto. Can with a lot of flowing waves to stress the point hat this beer is "SMOOTH Flow". Pours hazy milky brown. Settles as clear brown with 1,5 cm thick creamy head. Aroma is sweetish with caramel, biscuit and a slight toasty note. Very low carbonation and watery palate. Taste is pretty harmless. A little caramel, biscuit and a pretty sweet aftertaste. But pretty watered down. It certainly has a smooth flow - but not much else.
3.2 Can@bolton brewery. Golden clear. Bready. Caramel. Dry fruity. Nice noble hop feeling and bitterness. Nice.
2.6 Mild, low carb tosaty flavors with mild hop notes. Clear copper color. Light toasty aroma. Pleanty easy to drink and refreshing. Flavors come more to life as beer warms.
2.9 44 cl. can from Netto discounter. Smooth flow can. Fine amber colour with a golden tint. Dense, creamy white, nitro head. Sweet aroma with caramel malts, fruits, grasses, nuts and a slightly toasted note. Taste is lightly bitter. Light to medium body with a creamy texture and a soft carbonation. Finishes drying and slightly bitter with nuts and toasted notes. Okay Bitter. -- rated with beerbasher/winphone
2.9 Can @ Netto. Pours amber with a creamy head. Bread and grass plus toffee. Smooth. Thinnish finish.
2.7 Can Clear amber colour with creamy white head.Aroma is mild and smooth with flavor of hops and caramel,really smooth flavor and light body toasted and crispy taste and short finish.
3.3 Nitro-can at home. Amber, with a thick white head. Light malty aroma with fruity and floral notes. Sweet malty flavour with toffee and bread crust, sweet fruits like ripe plums and pear. Mild bitter finish
2.9 Can - nitro. It pours clear amber with a creamy thick off white head. The aroma is malty and light hoppy. Flavor is sweet and malty. Earthy hoppy and light grassy.
2.4 50 cl can @ home. Pours clear amber with a white head that leaves some lacing. Aroma and flavour are malt, flowers, and nuts - with a slightly bitter finish.
2.1 Can from Netto. Pours amber with a foamy white head. Aroma and taste is malt, hops, hay, hint of caramel. Flat carbonation. Watery. Slightly bitter finish.
2.3 Can, 50cl. Pours amber, light copper with an small airy off-white head. Light malty head with fruits, caramel, hay and weak spices. Watery taste and flavour. Malty, toffee, hops and some bitterness. Not much to report. Aluminium from the can seems to be a real problem here. Thin body. Soft, smooth I guess, mouthfeel. Harmless, boring and waste of money. Find something else.toast,
2.7 Clear amber with thick, creamy offwhite head. Malty aroma and flavour. Some caramel later on. Creamy moutfeel. Harmless.
2.9 Smoothfliw can - pours copper with a dense head. Aroma is fruit, malt, caramel and a bit metallic from the can. Caramel malt dominates the taste, light finish. Palate is thin.
2.4 Can at escape lounge, very smooth white head. Clear light copper, white head. Aroma has watery malts, some fruity notes, caramel. Slightly watery, caramel, malts, low co2.
2.2 Widget Can. Light amber with copper. Aroma: floral hops, malt shades, fruits and hay. Taste: watery, little fruit or jam acidity, caramel, dry finish, drinkable.
3.1 440ml can for £1, BB Nov 2015, 3.6%. Clear dark amber orange, still, massive dense foamy beige head, light lacing. Aroma is musty cupboard, toffee apple, denim. Body is medium, smooth, no carbonation, kinda oily. Taste is light, toffee malts, card, quite watery, background resin, just a touch of hop character. Very drinkable and inoffensive. This one came as a bit of a surprise, as I was expecting not to like it much. But I happily drank the entire tin.
2.5 Can (non-nitro) 3.6% Amber brown, thin shortlived white head and gentle condition. Slight toasted maltiness in the nose, with some caramel sweetness. Soft in the mouth with sweet toffee dominant initially, with a creeping dry bitterness emerging with time, finish has a fine tingle of peppery bitterness and a little more caramel and toffee sweetness lingering.
1.6 The name is hilarious enough. It sounds like a laxative. The side of the can says "... pull the tab, listen to the surge." And surge it did. When I pulled the tab, I was treated to an angry growl, probably the most shocking thing that a beer can has ever done to me. I didn’t know whether to pour the beer or back away slowly. When I finally did pour the beer, I found only disappointment. Brown color with a thin head. Flavor of dirty water. Just a terrible beer. How dare the British make fun of American beer, when crap like this is produced in their country?
2.8 Overall a very standard canned beer. You really do taste the aluminium if your drinking from the can witch kills most of the flavour
3.1 Smooth flow can. Fun gurgling sound when opening. Pours clear dark amber. Head is thick soft with excellent lacing. Aroma of spice and banana bread. Mouthfeel is really thin and watery. Taste is watered down with notes of banana bread and clove-like spices. Disappointed with lack of flavors, yet quite drinkable. The hoppy flavors they’re refering to in their description are not bitter but ONLY adding spice and slight floral. Interesting for a change.