Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Tadcaster, England

Serve in English pint

Bottled: Some caramel aroma. Flavor is malty, light caramelic, not to intensive bodied. Toffee and hops. Light bitter finish.

550ml bottle. Pours clear copper in color with a thin tan head. Smells of caramel and something tart I can’t quite place. The taste is malty with notes of caramel and bread, with mild hop bitterness. This is a relatively light beer and feels slightly under-carbonated. This is a balanced beer and very sessionable.

Dark, clear copper with a fluffy, resilient, eggshell colored head that deposits thick layers of lacing all the way down the glass. Mild aroma of caramel, milk and bread. The taste is bready and slightly sweet malt with a mild but tasty bitter hop character. Medium bodied and slightly dry with lighter than average carbonation. Bitter is definitely not one of my favorite styles, but this is a solid brew.

An interesting ale brewed using the original Samuel Smith Brewery well water, drawn from 85 feet underground. It lacks slightly in the aroma (caramel hints) and taste departments( lightly sour). Not bad by any means, but also not one I’m likely to go back to.

Had this beer some time ago, transferring data from database before Januar I was using to rate beer. As I drink this again I will add a complete review.

bottle - brown beer with a beige head. Aroma has some very faint caramel notes. Flavour is quite malty with a low bitterness, some toffee hints. Medium carbonation.

Very well rounded beer. Nice mix of maltiness and well rounded hop character.

This one is quite enjoyable. From the bottle pours a robust golden body full of small bubbles. The scent is a tad hoppy with some sweet toffee undertones. Tasted light and malty with some dried citrus notes, and finishing fairly bitter to cleanse the palate. As noted, this brew is well-rounded indeed.