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Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale 3.35 862

Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

Percentile
79
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8623.35/5.03.35/5.05%90English pint
Commercial Description:
Bottle: Pastuerised
Captures the soul of beer. It has a maltiness that reminds you that beer is a product of the soil. Balance of malt and hops.
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 stubby (330), Santee, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/514/20
May 17, 2004  
Great pale ale. Nice, smoothness for a pale ale. Too bad I had to drink it out of a plastic cup. I’ll get more soon. It might be my favorite of the English pales.


 jcc83 (137), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Nov 20, 2004  
Pours a pretty amber with a thin white head. Sweet malty caramel aroma foreshadows rich malty flavors of caramel, nuttiness, and a nice toasted character. Hoppiness is fairly light, but nicely manifested in the slightly biting finish. Good mouthfeel. An all-around great beer, refreshing but with plenty of substance and character.


 Wheatsheaf (104), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 1, 2004  
Bottle. A copper ale with an earthy hop and malt aroma. Some caramel makes an appearance up front before becoming increasingly dry and minerally. A crisp, biscuity maltiness and moderate hop bitterness lead into the dry finish. A solid, flavourful, English pale ale (which is what you would expect from this brewery). If you can get a bottle that hasn’t been in the light, great; if you can get a fresh bottle, even better.


 Alcoholist (570), Peoria, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Apr 24, 2004  
This is about the best English pale I've ever had. Fruity, malty, smooth as silk with a slightly bitter finish.


 yngwie (5290), Kristiansand, Norway
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/515/20
Nov 30, 2005  
Bottled. Amber beer with small beige head. Sweet malty aroma with hints of cellar or Belgian Brune. Rich flavor with hoppy finish. (BB-date jan.05) (051104)


 slang (426), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Nov 17, 2005  
This beer pours out looking very nice; great amber hue. The aroma is predominatly malts w/ some hops in there. The taste is more balanced, and close to being perfectly so. The Golding and Fuggles hops bite nice, but don’t stick around too long. Regardless, very enjoyable and a little under-rated.


 RCL (1581), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
Jan 14, 2007  
It’s actually kinda nice to just have a beer that isn’t super hopped or smoked or funky. It’s just a beer. A well made, pleasant to drink beer that won’t tax your brain or palate and goes nice with fish and chips. Damn tasty, and you could drink a boat of it.


 thornecb (1915), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/515/20
Jan 3, 2007  
Pours a deep blood orange into a shaker. Fluffy tan micro head does not recede. Flat with light malt flavors and a back of the mouth bitter finish.



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