Samuel Smiths Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Brown Ale
Tadcaster, England

Purchased the gift set and this was one of 3 beers in it. It has a nice taste but I cant see myself purchasing this ever again.

Bottle in a gift set from Market Street in McKinney, TX. Pours a nice deep brown with tan head. Aroma is nutty, toasted grains, some fruit notes, caramel, hops. Flavor is very much the same, caramel toasted grains, light sweetness, hops, nice small bitter. Mouthfeel is medium body, high carbonation. Overall, a very enjoyable, easy to drink brown ale.....good stuff!

12 oz bottle. Pretty mellow aroma, but there is a nice light butternut caramel malt, and a very minor hop presence. Very fizzy, bubbly tan white head on the pour that leaves entirely, fairly light looking with a maple syrup like color, not incredibly appealing appearance. The beer seemed a little off balanced toward the malty side, but this discrepancy improves as the beer warms and a couple subtle flavors come out, light, yet some buttery nut, cookie and caramel malt, and a tingling piny leafy bitterness in the end and finish. This one grew on me slightly as i continued drinking it, still not enamored by it though.

Pours a rich brown and fluffy tan head. Smells a wonderful roasts almonds and coffee. Tastes of light hops with roasted malts that hold a nutty, sweet aftertaste.

Pours dark, burnt orange with a tall chunky beige head, good retention, spots of lacing. Aroma of hazelnut, buttered toast, date nut bread, herbal hops. Flavor is a lot roastier, and hoppy than the nose would suggest, I probably should be drinking this a little warmer. Nutty malt and subtle herbal hops give way to roast, caramel, malted milk, and bitter hops in the middle. The finish Is indeed long and clean as the description states, a hint of roast malt covered in sticky toffee fade quickly and leave you with a nice bitter hop note. Body is medium thick, and a little sticky, carbonation is spot on.

I’d like to thank Uncle Muck for the timely drop-off of this beer when he visited last week--a pleasant surprise and a classy choice... browns seldom look impressive out of the bottle--that said, Samuel Smith’s NBA pours an opaque reddish-brown body with zero head (!?)... stands a solid, almost black-and-tan balance in THE Samuel Smith 12 oz. Nonick glass...warm, subtle notes of hazel nut and hops... 31 IBUs seems undertstated... balanced with a hint of sweetness... medium-bodied, with a solid presence massaging the tongue... mellow and drinkable... on par with the better in the genre... nuts! or at least a malty basis that enables the other characteristics--butter nut, molasses (!), burnt toffee--to soften and please.... tops Newcastle (sorry, brother Gil) slightly, and the few other studs in the style with a slightly stoutish lean...

35,5cl bottle from Vinmonopolet. It poured a dark orange colour with a big creamy head that settled down fast in the glass leaving a thin roof. The aroma smells of almond nuts, caramel and roasted malts. The flavour is bitter-sweet and tastes of caramels, roasted malts and almonds. It has a medium long aftertaste.

tingly/spicy finish, dark brown/red color, cinnamon and nutty flavor, very clean finish, i don’t know what makes me say this, but i think Santa Clause would love this beer a lot!