Samuel Smiths Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Brown Ale
Tadcaster, England

De mémoire. Brune avec un col léger. Parfum de houblon, de noix et d’amande. Le goût de noix est renversant, on le dirait ajouté... Mais le mariage est excellent, l’amertume de la bière et celle du goût de noix. Il y a le lait de noisettes. C’est une bière originale et très bien faite.

Disappointed at the nose of the beer, I was hoping for a nice nutty aroma to get me into the beer. A good amount of beige colored head on the pour that is absolutely delicious. It is a bit watery, as others have said, but aside from that the flavor is really good. Heavy, nutty flavor that gets stronger as the beer warms a bit- in the future I will let this brew warm a bit before drinking it. Roasted, nutty flavor finishes well and stays for a bit. Enjoyable brew that is easy to drink.

This beer has a great aroma, good taste but a bit of an alcoholic finish. Overall very good and enjoyable. Easy to enjoy!

ABV: 5% RateBeer rating: 84 Calories: estimated at 220 C Volume: 18.7 Glass: Dimpled Mug Purchased at: West Trenton Wine and Liquor Price: $3.25 Consumed at: home First Impression: Not a fantastic beer - rather light, not watery, but simple. Aroma is leather, earth, and serious hay — like a day at the farm. Visuals are a nice clear ruby brown with a sustained off white head. Taste is maybe the weakest feature, and a shame at that. Thin, muted, and a bit shallow. No discernible complexities of flavor, like ones you might expect in a brown ale, as from roasted or chocolate malts. Palate is crisp, dry, with a soda mouthfeel. Taste does not linger for long after, and doesn’t do much during a taste. Second Impression - it’s very sad that the same brewer that makes the Oatmeal stout does such a poor job of this. Thin, weak, sad. Aroma: 4 out of 10 Visuals: 3 out of 5 Taste: 4 out of 10 Palate: 2 out of 5 Overall: 12 out of 20 Address : <http://beercritic.wordpress.com/>

Smagt 10/5 2008 hos Lars. Nøddebrun farve meget lidt smag men dog alligevel yderst behagelig og lige til at hælde ned.

Bottle, 5%. Weak roasted aroma. Clear dark brown colour. Nice stable tan head. Roasted flavour, quite vinous, almost oxidized-tasting. Not too old, but also not bad.

Aroma: A whole lot of caramel. Appearance: Pretty mahogany color, dark-red orange with a shade of deep plum. Overall, reminds me of autumn leaves. The head is less attractive: big, volatile bubbles that coalesce into a lumpy, off-white cloud, similar to stucco. Flavor: More caramel, with a nice hoppy bitterness that didn’t come through in the nose. In a way, it’s more like an amber ale than a typical brown ale. Finished with a rush of walnut, followed by a long, dry aftertaste. Palate: Although the bubbles are on the large side, the beer is fairly creamy. Overall: Goes down easy, but sits pretty heavy in your stomach. For something that fills me up like this, I would have preferred it to be a bit more flavorful. This is absolutely divine with gruyere.

Bouteille 550 ml, acheté le 2/5/08 au LCBO de Rideau et King Edward (Ottawa). Brune nousette claire, petit collet. Arome de noisette malté doux, un peu de cassonade. Gout de noisette et de malte légèrement torrifier, une touche houblon amère. Une brunne très plaisante!