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Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale - Premium Bitter/ESB

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 Percentile 
79
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8293.35/5.03.35/5.05%89.1English pint
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Commercial Description:
Bottle: Pastuerised
Captures the soul of beer. It has a maltiness that reminds you that beer is a product of the soil. Balance of malt and hops.
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 danielst (133), Vienna, Austria
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Nov 10, 2009  
Poured from a brown 55cl bottle: Sweet biscuit maltiness and a ripe apple fruitiness pairing with light notes of alcohol and oceanic salinity in the aroma - pretty light though, unfortunately. A ruby red pour with a frothy white head. Nice toasty to slightly roasty malt flavours with subtle leathery/spicy hops, caramel and again a light alcohol presence. Mouthfeel is light to lighter medium, the carbonation is quite lively for a british Bitter. This was somewhat disappointing, need to try it fresh(er) perhaps.


crajun (89), , Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/56/104/513/20
Nov 7, 2009  
nice copper color when poured with small head. Malty sweet with little to no hops. Palate was med-thin. nothing special


 mkel07 (494), Brisbane, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Nov 6, 2009  
500ml bottle. Looks great when poured with a burnt copper colour and a rich dense off white sandy head. Aromas of barley and hops with a robust strong flavour that is easly drank. Well rounded and all together enjoyable.


 phaleslu (428), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Bottle from Keller’s IGA. Pours clear copper with a small off-white head that quickly dissipates. Light aroma of hops, caramel, bread, and sweet malt. Flavor of sweet malt, hops, skunk, caramel, grass, grains, and butter. Light-medium bodied and really smooth. The hops were farily muted and the flavor, while balanced, was nothing special.


 bsp77 (199), Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Poured from bottle into Nonic Imperial Pint. Clear medium amber with moderate off-white head that leaves a decent amount of lacing, especially for an English beer. Aroma of dark sweet fruit, caramel, English hops and a slight earthiness. Fairly malty pale ale with an emphasis on slightly sweet fruit, caramel and an almost buttery quality. The malts are somewhat balanced by a nice Fuggles/Goldings hop taste. Ends with a somewhat metallic bitterness. Relatively low carbonation, very smooth medium body, semi-dry finish. Above average EPA that would be a great session beer. I was expecting more though.


wattersla (11), Los Angeles, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/56/102/511/20
Oct 28, 2009  
smooth and easy to drink. Not very carbonated. Beautiful color and creamy head. Thin on the palate for an ale.


 GG (1613), NorCal, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/511/20
Oct 28, 2009  
Perhaps an older bottle? Not sure, but it had the clear glass which is always a disappointment and the beer suffers for it. The strength of the beer is clearly the appearance, which is a beautiful dark amber/rootbeer brown in color with a thick and creamy tan head. The bready aroma didn’t let much else out of my glass, except for a few random notes of sweet malts. The flavor had a rather muted taste with some light malts, some bread, a bit of caramel but mostly just a vague drinking experience. Is clear glass the culprit? Dunno. The palate seemed very thin too by the way. Kinda like an extract homebrew.


strowlands8 (75), Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/104/515/20
Oct 23, 2009  
Not a very big aroma, with some light bitterness and earthyness. Taste is simple bitter, slightly citrus but not that big flavour.



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