John Smiths Extra Smooth

This was the other beer I picked up for 'British night' and again its a cheap bitter that comes in a nitro widgit can. Its a nice looking beer. It's got that nice golden colour that the great bitters have. The head cascades nicely, clinging to the sides of the glass all the way down. Just enough for me to get my hopes up. It was good. It goes down incredibly smooth. You could drink this fast and you could definitely drink plenty in one sitting. And you might as well drink it quickly because there isn't anything tastewise to keep it from being boring. Slightly bitter, not malty enough. It doesn't suck, but I expected more when I saw it in the glass. The beer falls into the 'Yorkshire' bitter category and is remarkably similar to the Finchley Bitter pilot brew I reviewed not long ago. The brewery is owned by UK giant Scottish and Newcastle. What is interesting and often overlooked trivia is that John Smith was actually Sam Smith's brother and they were once the same brewery until a family fued saw them demutualise and resulting in two breweries in Tadcaster (there may have been more). While Sam Smith's has gone onto bigger things and into the Pub landlord game, John Smith's has gone on to make cheap canned bitters which you can get in just about every pub in England. The brewery has a website here: http://www.johnsmiths.co.uk/ where you can find out some more info. I found this ad which I didn't even bother watching, but you may as well!