Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

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

Pours a slightly hazy copper from the 12oz. bottle: Ripened banana-esce nose. Lightly bitter and earthy, with some slight citrus and fruits. Drinkability: Light, light bodied. Rebuy: Will rerate in the future. #198 on 14112009. DG.

Deep amber with a cream colored head. Bitter malts and light hops for the aroma. Good on the palate with a definite bitter malt flavor and a light fruit finish.

aroma is strong malt with typical nearly acrid samuel smith character. appearance is a score past pale into darker territory. flavor is chewy caramel, good general bitterness with subtle pine.

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.

nice copper color when poured with small head. Malty sweet with little to no hops. Palate was med-thin. nothing special

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.

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.

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.