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Samuel Smiths Nut Brown Ale

Percentile
87
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Brown Ale

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
13363.49/5.03.49/5.05%93.5Dimpled mug
Commercial Description:
Bottle: Pasteurised.
Walnut-like colour and palate of hazelnuts. Crystal malt and aromatic hops. Long clean finish.
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 DubC5000 (197), San Diego, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/59/104/518/20
Aug 2, 2007  
Light malty and nutty aroma. Quite different from anything I’ve had before (granted, I’ve pretty much been restricted to pale ales and lagers for the last few months). Not too heavy for a beer of this hue, with layers of chocolate, malt, and rye coming up on the tip of the tongue. I imagine it going real well with something like tiramisu.


 BigBen2120 (688), Derry, New Hampshire, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 31, 2007  
550ml clear bottle from Lou’s in Augusta. More-or-less opaque brown bottle with a bit of chill haze and a half inch or so of light tan head. Smells roasty malty just the slightest hint of skunk. Roasty maltiness dominates the flavor as expected, with chocolate, caramel, and other malts playing major roles with just a hint of British hops. Creamy mouthfeel doesn’t really hurt the drinkability. A pretty decent beer, and probably the best English brown I’ve had (apart from the hints of skunk).


 daniele (1678), Italy
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/517/20
Jul 30, 2007  
colore abrato carico al profumo malto tostato e luppolo in bocca prevale la nocciola


 pnista (1008), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Jul 25, 2007  
Clear (like crystal) red brown with a big medium bubbled tan head, thinning rather quickly. Sweet malty hazelnut smell, round sweet, unbalanced, but not out of whack. A little creamy to chocolaty. Creamy full mouthfeel, though not viscous, this is what I generally want in a brown ale. Lightly sweet and creamy. Malt gives more toast than nuttiness, though there’s certainly still some of that hazelnut quality in here. Diacetyl is everywhere, but shows up much more in the butterscotch finish.


 mtoast (290), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Jul 22, 2007  
12oz BROWN bottle, 7/22/07. Ah, that good old Sam Smith smell, reminds me of Colorado and 1996, good times. Holy crap, it’s been way too long since I’ve had this, an utter delight, rich nutty flavor with undertones of butterscotch and, and just damn is this a fine easy to drink enjoyable beer!! The only real flaw I can find (besides the filtration and pasteurization, whole nother rant) is a slight green apple flavor in the finish that is kind of off. All in all, a classic beer. Why do I not drink more of this?


 Styles (1653), Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/512/20
Jul 21, 2007  
Transparent brown with mahogany edges. Thin tan film for head. Great aroma of sweet, buttery, hazelnuts. Has the English yeast, butterscotch thing going on, digging it at the moment. As for flavor, tad of a let down compared to aroma. Slightly nutty up front, fades to a smoky charcetr through the middle and then dissapears. No flavor in the finish. "Long clean finish" hmmmmmm, yeah I guess?


32clowns (19), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 19, 2007  
Hazelnut flavor and malty very hoppy. Smooth and strong, and delicious! recomended


 ketchepillar (478), Viña del Mar, Chile
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 19, 2007    Updated: Nov 1, 2007
Very nutty. Everything from the look to the body of this beer is very precise. It seems that it is exactly as its supposed to be. Anyways, very good and fairly unique tasting beer.



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