What to drink instead of Caffrey's Irish Ale
Caffrey's Irish Ale is sold as Irish and brewed in Britain, at Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, at 3.8%. If you were buying it for an Irish ale, these are the beers on the same shelves that are brewed in the country on their label, or are British and say so, within a point of its strength.
Where Caffrey's Irish Ale is really brewed, with the pack wording and the sources.
From the country on the label
- Smithwick'sImported from Ireland · 3.8% · sold as IrishGenuine import Verified
Brewed at Newbridge, Co Kildare in Ireland. 3.8% here, the same as at home.
British, and honest about it
- John Smith's Extra SmoothTadcaster · 3.6% · sold as BritishHonest British Verified
British, brewed at Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. 3.6% here.
- Greene King IPABury St Edmunds · 3.4% · sold as EnglishVerified
British, brewed at Westgate Brewery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. 3.4% here.
- Boddingtons Draught BitterSamlesbury · 3.4% · sold as BritishHonest British Verified
British, brewed at Samlesbury, Lancashire and Magor, Monmouthshire, South Wales. 3.4% here.
- Hobgoblin RubyBurton upon Trent · 4.5% · sold as BritishHonest British Verified
British, brewed at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. 4.5% here.
- Black Sheep Best BitterMasham · 3.8% · sold as EnglishVerified
British, brewed at Masham, North Yorkshire. 3.8% here.
How this list is made. Nobody here has tasted these side by side, and no beer pays to appear. A beer is listed when the record says it is the same kind of beer, is either imported from the country on its label or British and sold as British, is not itself brewed under licence in Britain, has at least one source we trust, and sits within a point of the strength of Caffrey's Irish Ale. Beers from the country on the label come first, then the same style from elsewhere, then British beers. Where an import is weaker in Britain than at home, the card says so.
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