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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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 eboats (901), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/102/54/20
Aug 6, 2006  
Pours bright orange with a white head. Aroma has a strange maltiness to it. Flavor is dry and somewhat hoppy. Kind of flat and flavorless.


 grimreeser (797), Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 4, 2006  
Pours amber, I didn’t get much of a head. Malty aroma. Tasted some caramel, a little bitterness at the end. Goes down alright. I can see why this isn’t considered an IPA.


 fonefan (11944), VestJylland, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 3, 2006  
Bottle. Very nice clear copper color with a medium off-white head. Aroma is mostly malt; Not much notice of hops in there. Flavor is well-balanced, woody, dry, and of course, malty and hoppy.


 Scubatrip (388), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Jul 30, 2006  
From the bottle, this one has the distinct aroma of bourbon, which I found quite unusual for a beer....The taste was lightly but surely of eggnog, but not in a bad way. Really interesting beer, and I do wonder if it or the glass was tainted. But until I get to try it again, I’ll call this a mediocre beer.


 radagast83 (1317), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Jul 25, 2006  
Bottle. Not as crisp and hoppy as I expected. Very malty and not very much like as I assumed with the name "India" in there.


 jrohn92 (105), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/105/515/20
Jul 17, 2006  
When I saw that this was an India Ale I expected more hops in the taste. This had a thicker body and a more malty taste than most IPAs so I guess that is why it is considered a English Pale Ale.


 shrubber85 (3016), Wallhalben, Germany
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jul 14, 2006  
Bottle. Slightly sour malt aroma. Dark amber color with small head. Slightly sour malt flavor with a moderate hops finish. Nice, smooth and drinkable - a bit light though.


 slimweebs (144), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/513/20
Jul 14, 2006    Updated: Aug 10, 2006
This is a below average IPA to me. It has a very one-dimensional flavor that I find in too many IPA’s: Hops and only hops. I can barely taste any good malt flavor. The mouthfeel is just average at best... nearing more to watery than thick, but I didn’t have the heart to give it a 2. With much better IPA’s out there, I will not be buying this again.



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