Samuel Smiths Nut Brown Ale

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Brown Ale
Tadcaster, England

550mL bottle, shared by General66; thanks! Gushed a little bit when the bottle was opened. Transparent brown pour with a small tannish head. Strong metallic aroma that faded into more pleasant sugary malts as it warmed. Flavor was nutty, caramel, just a hint of hops. Slightly metallic finish as well. Not sure if this was infected or what was wrong, but something was just a little off with this one. Good, but I’ll stick with GI Nut Brown when I want a brown ale.

550 ml bottle. Pours a deep brown with some amber with a medium to small tan head. Nose of sugar and caramel. Taste similar to aroma, caramel, nuts, malt. Pretty good.

This smooth, dark brew pours with a small head that quickly expires. It offers the bittersweet combination of caramel/raisen along side a hoppy/nutty bite. Very solid.

I quite liked this one. Pours a dark brown into the glass with no head to speak of. Aroma is sweet of Crystal malt, caramel, and sugar. Flavor is very smooth with hints of caramel, nuts, a little hops, and quite malty. Great mouthfeel. 12 oz. bottle.

Good beer overall. Aroma is yeasty, with notes of hazelnut, slight alcohol. It has a nice brown color, with a strong white head. Beer is sweet, yeasty, and nutty. Slight hop bite, especially on the palate. Medium thick mouthfeel.

I like drinking this beer. It’s pretty basic but has a rich aromatic flavor and decent hops. Nothing to scream about but nothing to sneeze at either. What a horrible write-up.

355ml bottle. Clear deep brown body with a medium beige head. Aroma is roasted caramel and brown sugar. Flavor is rather sweet, balanced bitter, caramel, roasted malt, dry fruit and a hint of alcohol. Medium body. A clean, nice well balanced brown ale, not outstanding – just nice.

Ironically enough I picked this 550mL beer up in Michigan and brought it back to Europe to enjoy. Pours a nice amber brown and when held up to the light there are some light red hints coming through. Small 1/2 finger slightly off-white head that dissipates to a light foam that stays with the beer. The aroma is very pleasant-sweet and nutty with hints of yeast/bread that give a pretty good idea of what the beer is going to taste like later. Sweetness is the first thing about this beer and it is nice and pleasant, right on the edge of where you would want it to be I think. There are also some nutty flavors in the finish. There is some light carbonation and overall the beer is very light-not really too complex so it goes down nice and smooth. I could drink another if I could get my hands on one. I had heard good things about Samuel Smith’s so the I was expecting something nice and it delivered, nothing spectacular, but very nice.