Samuel Smiths India Ale

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Tadcaster, England

Serve in English pint

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Pours clear copper with white head and lots of carbonation. Aroma is pine hops and toffee. taste is floral and pine hops, with caramel and toffee malts. Little bit of spice to it also. A very well balanced good English IPA.

Appearance was clear amber copper with creamy diminishing off white 1 finger head,no lacing. Aromas where sweet biscuity caramel malts upfront then mild piney citrusy spicy hops ,slight figs present.No alcohol present.Taste was sweet caramel malts with mild lemony grassy piney hops that works well. Palate was smooth creamy carbonation with a light medium body an average length slick smooth finish. A beauty of a English IPA...

Light copper with off-white head. Aroma: Biscuity malt with some caramel, fruity esters, floral hops and the unmistakable Sam Smith’s house character (including a little buttery diacetyl). Flavor: rounded malt flavor with some light toffee, an herbal/floral hop flavor, light buttery note. Good classic English IPA.

.5l bottle from Croatia. Pretty brown ale, with foamy head. Balanced full hops with nutty malt character, sweet light caramel. Crisp green hops, nicely bitter and fruity. Not hugely interesting but it is very tasty

From bottle at the Copenhagen Beer Festival: well balanced and with great mouthfeel. A classic example of the best of English IPA. Must get hold of some bottles.

550ml bottle. Copper body with a big nice yellowish head that leaves some attractive lacing. Aroma is sweet and sour, an old cheese sourness, grassy hops, malt. Taste is what you would expect from a IPA: malt, a decent amount of hops, a hint of caramel, not too complex, but good. Liked it.

Bottle. Deep orange with a thin head. Aroma is fruity orange hop. Flavour is watery hop with a guitar base and an ok bitterness to the palate

12 oz bottle. Pours a hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is maple and caramel. Taste is sweet and maple. Good beer.

Pours a red with an off white head. Malty aroma. Consists of caramel, bread, and oak, and has an earthy feel to it. Taste is more caramel and a little bit nutty. Few hops are present, and is quite bitter. Texture is rather thin with medium carbonation. Bitter aftertaste. I would be inclined to move past this one in the future.

Pours a crystal transparent orange with a large head. Sweet citrus, and a little bit of rye on the nose. Flavor is actually pretty decent. This is a far cry from the NW IPAs I’m used to, but it actually has a full, clean flavor and a bitter finish. Entirely pleasant.