Back to the Beginning

John Smith's Extra Smooth was the first beer I tried here in Bristol, and as I recall it didn't really knock my socks off (despite the Draughtflow widget inside). Well, my Aardman coworker Alan Short maintains that John Smith's Bitter is among his favorites, so I had to give this canned concoction a try. There was no widget in this variety, but it was much better than the Extra Smooth. Alan was right -- this stuff was pretty good. It seems the British beers maintain more of their quality in the cans than the rest of the European beers (Grolsch, Stella, Carlsberg). Now I just need to find this bitter on tap . . .