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Title: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: LordEoin on February 04, 2014, 11:55:45 AM
Is this still available? I haven't seen it for a while.
I quite liked it
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: Greg2013 on February 04, 2014, 12:13:45 PM
Quote from: LordEoin on February 04, 2014, 11:55:45 AM
Is this still available? I haven't seen it for a while.
I quite liked it

I am pretty sure thats the beer i have had on tap in the Dome bar in WIT ??? ;D

I shall investigate and get back to you hic! ::)
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: benji on February 04, 2014, 01:01:16 PM
Yeah its been relaunched as a cheaper option beer, I can get in my local in Tullamore for €3.70 or 3 pints for a tenner
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: LordEoin on February 04, 2014, 01:14:19 PM
Last time I saw it was in Tramore last summer, think it was €3.50 a pint or thereabouts.
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: Eoin on February 04, 2014, 01:20:36 PM
I quite liked the stuff compared to how it stacked up to the usual suspects in my local.
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: Greg2013 on February 04, 2014, 01:35:26 PM
i shal be supping it in about an hour once i get done with "Health And Physchosocial Studies"  :o
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: Bazza on February 04, 2014, 01:48:47 PM
Haven't had that stuff in a while. Have they introduced any taste to it yet? Oh wait, I get it now - like Tetleys and John Smiths -  as long as it tastes 'Smooth' it doesn't need any other discernible flavour. Clever.

-Barry
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: Chris on February 04, 2014, 02:22:44 PM
Last time I was there they had it in the Curragower in limerick
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: Greg2013 on February 04, 2014, 02:25:43 PM
Having a pint of this now in your name LordEoin  ;D
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: Eoin on February 04, 2014, 02:26:03 PM
Quote from: Tubomyces on February 04, 2014, 02:11:41 PM
They had it in my local which not renowned for its selection of beer. Gone now and replaced by Rebel Red.

I'd take that trade, but in a local which normally only has the standard "macro" stuff it's certainly an improvement for me.

I am a big fan of English bitter and this one is decent in that respect.
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: Eoin on February 04, 2014, 02:28:06 PM
Quote from: Tubomyces on February 04, 2014, 02:26:31 PM
How much is it a pint?

How much is a pint of Beamish? Last time I was in the Dome it was £1.50!

If it was alongside Beamish at that price I reckon I'd have Beamish......
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: Greg2013 on February 04, 2014, 03:25:11 PM
Quote from: Tubomyces on February 04, 2014, 02:26:31 PM
How much is it a pint?

3.50 euro a pint  ;D
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: LordEoin on February 04, 2014, 10:52:20 PM
good to know its still around.
It's about time bulmers branched out a bit ;)
Was it nice greg?
Title: Re: Caledonia Smooth
Post by: Greg2013 on February 04, 2014, 11:14:16 PM
Quote from: LordEoin on February 04, 2014, 10:52:20 PM
good to know its still around.
It's about time bulmers branched out a bit ;)
Was it nice greg?

It was very creamy smooth but tbh to me it had a very bland taste,nice mild bittering but i felt not much else in the way of flavour, also thought it very thin on the mouthfeel. That being said at 3.50 euro a pint i would drink it again. ;D