Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Bitter (Cask)

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Bitter
Tadcaster, England

Medium creamy offwhite lasting shiny head. Chestnut brown body settles slowly. Faint wooden aroma. Soft delicate wooden floral taste with nutty metallic notes. Soft, smooth, clean mouthfeel. Dry wooden metallic aftertaste. Very nice. (0.5pt on cask at Cittie of Yorke.)

1. Cask Handpump at the Malt Shovels, Altrincham 09/06/2001 Smooth on the palate and creamy. Malt finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Whipping Stocks Inn, Over Peover 14/09/2001 Mid brown coloured and smooth on the palate. Malt finish. 3. Cask Handpump at the Boot Inn, Chester 17/04/2004 Golden amber coloured with some sour fruit flavour. Smooth slightly bitter lasting malt finish. 4. Cask Handpump at the Queens Head, Stockport 09/06/2007 Fruit and hop aromas. Copper amber fruity and slightly sour with some bitterness in a crisp full malt finish. 5. Cask Handpump at Sinclairs Oyster Bar, Manchester 21/12/2007 Amber coloured smooth on the palate and malty with a crisp and slightly dry bitter finish. 6. Cask Handpump at the York Arms, York 20/02/2008 White head. Fruity aroma. Amber coloured and fruity with a crisp and slightly bitter malt finish. 7. Cask Handpump at the Golden Lion, Frodsham 11/04/2008 Floral aroma. Thick white head. Bronze coloured and fruity with some alcohol present. Hints of dryness and bitterness in a crisp full malt finish. 8. Cask Handpump at the Britannia Inn, Tadcaster 06/02/2009 Hop aroma. Golden coloured smooth on the palate and hoppy with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish. 9. Cask Handpump at the Golden Ball, Scarborough 08/02/2009 Floral aroma. White head. Golden coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with a little bitterness in a crisp full malt finish. 10. Cask Handpump at the Golden Ball, Scarborough 06/12/2009 Hoppy aroma. White head. Amber coloured smooth on the palate and floral with a crisp and slightly bitter malt finish.

Cask at Angel & White Horse in Tadcaster, England. Orange amberish pour. Rich malt aroma with oaky presence. Beautiful white head. Fuller bodied. Mildly bitter with nice subtle oakiness

Cask (Cittie of Yorke, London) Dark red. Slightly woody malty aroma. Huge malty taste with massive mellow oak accompaniament. Buttery, woody, smooth and mellow. Wonderful, and I’m sure sessionable.

Handpulled cask at THe Princess Louise, London. Orange with creamy white head. Good balance of malt and fruit with a very slightly lactic yeastiness. Dry bitter finish. Not a great beer but an excellent session drink which still tastes much as it did 30 years ago, Brilliant value at £1.88 a pint in central London!

Tried on cask at the cittie of yorke. Dispensed via sparkler of course! One of the cheapest pints in london i reckon at 1.88 a pint! bloody good drinking for the price, Light fruity aroma on the nose, nice mouth feel with a dry bitter finish, great lunchtime pint!

Cask at some sidestreet pub in Sheffield. Cheap stuff, decent enough light malts, thick collar head.

(Cittie of York) Dark coppery colored, medium sized yellow head. Soft aroma with sweet fruits and mild bitterness, lemon also present. Thin to medium bodied. Flavor starts with fruits and apple, ending turns to slightly bitter and fruity. Good beer, still could have richer flavor.