Tetley's Smooth Ale Beer, 12 x 440ml

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Mouth feel: medium in feel with a lower to moderate carbonation. Very, very English, and I still don't quite get it. Makes the beer feel a bit flat in flavour, though maybe that is due to differences in climate between England and Queensland Australia. It is very smooth though. Dzinzi, Mellissa (4 August 2020). "Leeds to get a huge new bridge over River Aire and UK's biggest city centre park". Leeds Live . Retrieved 25 August 2020.

In 1993 Allied Lyons sold a 50 per cent stake in the company to Carlsberg. The brewery opened a museum on 19 March 1994. [13] The attraction proved popular; however, redevelopment of the land surrounding the brewery led to the attraction's closure on 7 April 2000. The building is now bars and restaurants. [14] By 1996, sales of Tetley Bitter were overtaken by sales of John Smith's, and the product has retained the number two ale position ever since. [15] This is largely attributed to Tetley's ineffective marketing campaigns. [12] In 1998 Tetley's was fully taken over by Carlsberg. In 2004 Tetley was dropped from the Carlsberg-Tetley name. [16] The company is now called Carlsberg UK Limited and is a part of Carlsberg AS group. In 2006, Tetley's sold 185million pints of beer in pubs. In the same year, the brewery's dray horses, which had made beer deliveries to pubs around Leeds, were retired. [16] A takeover of the nearby Melbourne Brewery in 1960 secured Tetley's position as the largest brewer in Leeds. [1] That same year they merged with Walkers of Warrington to form Tetley Walker. Tetley Walker had an estate of over 1,000 tied houses in Yorkshire alone and a further 2,000 outside the county. [2] In 1961 Tetley merged with Ind Coope of Burton upon Trent and Ansells of Birmingham to form Allied Breweries, then the world's largest brewing conglomerate. [1] At its height in the 1960s, the Leeds Brewery employed a thousand people. [3] In 1978 Allied merged with J. Lyons to form Allied Lyons. The brewery became the world's largest producer of cask ale during the 1980s. In 1998 Tetley was taken over by Carlsberg Group. Baker, Andrew (20 August 1995). "100 years of rugby league: From the great divide to the Super era". Independent, The. London: independent.co.uk . Retrieved 25 September 2009. Tetley sponsored rugby league's longest running competition, the Challenge Cup for the 2013–2014 seasons. [40] Other forms of advertising [ edit ] Tetley's Bitter advertised on a Bradford Trolleybus in 1970. The Tetley stand at Northampton RFC Tetley's sponsor the South stand at the Headingley Rugby Stadium in Leeds. Aftertaste: the flavours drop away slowly without much in the way of bitterness. Still that lingering sweetness from the malts - not cloying, still quite pleasant but also light.The brewery's closure was announced in 2008. A Carlsberg spokesman said, "It is an old brewery and the one in Northampton is bigger and modern." [ citation needed] In December 2010, production of Tetley's cask products was transferred to Banks's brewery in Wolverhampton. Tetley Smoothflow will be brewed by Coors in Tadcaster and Tetley keg Dark Mild, Mild and Imperial will be brewed by Cameron's of Hartlepool. [17] The final brew took place on 22 February 2011. [7] Lager production was transferred to Northampton. Despite protests that Tetley Cask brewed in Wolverhampton would taste different, the new beer has been greeted with a warm reception. [18] [19] Brewery [ edit ]

Tetley's Cask (3.7% ABV) is the original cask conditioned version of the product. [26] Carlsberg recommend always using a sparkler when serving the product. [27] It is brewed under contract for Tetley by Marston's Park Brewery in Wolverhampton, using the Yorkshire square method, and a dual-strain yeast. [28] Another cask beer, Tetley's Gold, was introduced in 2012. [29] The most obvious comparisons to Tetley’s would be other creamy bitters such as John Smith’s, Boddingtons, Worthingtons, or the other beers in the Tetley range. Alternatively, you could start to look at some ales that are a little more flavourful than Tetley’s. The highest selling Tetley product is Smoothflow, a nitrogenated 3.6% ABV ale served at 8°C (46°F). It is available in kegs and cans with a widget. It is sold overseas as Tetley's English Ale. [24] The same beer, but not nitrogenated and without the widget in the can, is sold as Tetley's Original. [25]The Leeds Brewery was closed in 2011, and demolished in 2012, with production contracted out by Carlsberg to breweries in Wolverhampton, Tadcaster and Hartlepool. Tetley still sponsors Leeds Rhinos Rugby League club. Brown, Mark (28 November 2013). "Tetley brewery in Leeds reopens as modern art gallery". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 December 2013.

Mutch, Alistair (6 December 2005). Strategic and Organizational Change: From Production to Retailing in UK Brewing 1950–1990. Taylor & Francis. p.97. ISBN 978-0-203-00824-9.In 2012, Tetley's was the eleventh highest selling beer brand in the United Kingdom. [4] It is the second highest selling ale brand in the world after John Smith's, with volumes of 700,000 hectolitres. [4] Its main products are Tetley's Cask and Tetley's Smoothflow.