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Samuel Smiths India Ale 3.39 980

Samuel Smiths India Ale

Percentile
82
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9803.4/5.03.39/5.05%92English pint
Commercial Description:
Pasteurised bottles only.
"Samuel Smith's India Ale is characterized by the colour of a golden sunset, a refined maltiness and an emphasis on the aroma and flavour from Britain's best hop gardens."
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 SuperDave70 (1160), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Clear amber color with a small foamy head. Aroma of fruit, sweet malt, and a bit of hops. Flavor is much the same, starting out sweet and fruity, and adding a bit of an unoverwhelming hop bite on the finish. Nicely carbonated. Not bad.


 rcweir (122), Massachusetts, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Pours bright clear amber with think white head. Fruity aroma & taste with some hops bitterness. Medium bitter finish, rounded by note of malt sweetness..


 gam (1128), brisbane, Australia
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Thick head frothy, misty amber pour,carbonation medioum,aroma fruity hoppy.Flavour sweet nice bitter hops,peach and pear notes to a fair ale,malt is decent,a mellow touch of caramel,finish bitter dry.


 blipp (1773), Newark, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 11, 2008  
Bottle. Pours orange amber with a beige head. Sweet caramel aroma with some floral notes. Medium body. Flavor is rather light, with sweeter malt, floral, and light citric notes. Pretty nice.


 ucusty (1923), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/510/20
Jul 9, 2008  
Dark gold pour pillow white head, and a medium amount of lace. Fruity aroma. Dry malts , and hops. Slightly bitter finish


 gnoff (3579), Göteborg, Sweden
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/511/20
Jul 6, 2008    Updated: Mar 17, 2009
(Bottle at a beer tasting in Göteborg on July 4, 2008)
Clear dark golden color, white head. Moist hay loft with lingonberryy scent. Dry, malty, a bit fruity taste. Rather plain, but still different. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.
5/3/5/3/10=2.6

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550 ml bottle at 3 Små Rum, Göteborg
On March 16, 2009
BB DEC 09
Clear copper color, lasting medium off-white head. Faint hoppy scent. Malty, caramel, dry taste. Medium mouthfeel, dry medium bitterness.
5/4/5/3/11=2.8


 weaselkenievil (738), Cheshire, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Bottle from The Bottle Stop in Bramhall. Not the best IPA but if I could get this in my local I would much rather have this than the shite bitters usually on offer. If I was after a pale ale, I wouldn’t choose this but as a ESB, very nice. A little mild and watery but downable. Not bad at all.


enginaaron (73), San Diego, California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/56/103/510/20
Jul 3, 2008  
Amber color with minimal head. English bitter taste with low alcohol. Much more malty and sweet than expected for IPA. Very mild with no noticeable hoppiness. Sort of disappointing. Nothing there. I CAN’T TASTE MY BEER!!!



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