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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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mcsquint (93), , Missouri, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/518/20
Feb 8, 2009  
Poured from 550ml bottle into dimpled mug. Aroma - Amber malt with some dried fruit and caramel faint grassy hops. Appearance - Copper-red in color. Large, creamy, off-white head with excellent retension. Flavor - Predominant malt taste with dried light fruit. Just the right amount of hop bitterness. Palate - A bit slick at first but cleans up well on the finish. Overall - This, like all the other Samuel Smith products, is spot on. Nothing big or adventurous, but true to the original style and reasonably priced.


 KnN (714), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/103/511/20
Feb 7, 2009  
Pours a really nice looking copper color with a decent tan head. Aroma is malt and nail polish remover. Maybe some biter hops. Flavor is more nail polish remover. This one sits on the back of your tongue for awhile and dries your whole mouth out. Ok, but not great.


Monkeypower (83), Odense C, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Feb 5, 2009  
Clear copper with a nice, tanned head. Bitter hoppy aroma with caramel and a slightly bitter flavor with notes of iodine, caramel and nuts.


 PaulHegedus (458), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Feb 3, 2009  
550ml bottle, served at cellar temperature. This beer is amber with a relatively thick one inch head and low carbonation, though not low for the style. I smell biscuit, caramel and brown bread. The flavour has plenty of molasses and a strong, wonderful amount of black licorice. Wow. I could come back to this for the licorice alone. There is some subtle pine in the slightly distant hops, and I taste what can only be described as square soft caramel chews. There’s some orange zest, grass and raisin in there too. Cold temperatures would spoil this.


 graham515 (420), Houston, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/103/511/20
Jan 30, 2009  
Pours copper into the glass with a small white head. Aroma is very weak. Some sweet malt coming through, but virtually nothing else. Flavor is some soft caramel malts with a slight hop balance. This would make a nice session beer, but is a bit on the pricey side.


 cking (1012), North Canton, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jan 27, 2009  
Sooooo I’m back to Samuel Smith, after previous poor experiences I’ve decided to have another go. Got the gift pack w/ glass recently assuming the beers are ideally fresh and covered from light exposure. This English Pale Ale is a nice offering. Fruity malts with earthy overtones, the aroma has a light buttery quality. Medium copper in color, very clear with a small filmy head and minor lacing. Fresh and lively to the palate, balanced sweet malt and mildly bitter. Good session beer that drinks nice. Flavors of toffee, raisin, orange zest and buttered bread. Grassy aftertaste that delves into a lingering bitterness. I’m content sipping on this one, much more than in the past.


 wyzzywyz22 (754), Wirral, Merseyside, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 26, 2009  
Bottle, The Champion, London, W1W. Amber pour with a thin, fading head. Aroma was caramel malts, dusty hop. Flavour had more malts, biscuit, toast, and a vague metallic/mineral tang in there towards the end which was bitterish. A tad yawnsome. Not really feelin’ it.


 notalush (2628), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Jan 25, 2009  
This is a pretty archetypal english bitter - moderately sweet and semi-earthy aroma, with notes of prune and bread pudding, and a tiny bit of hops underneath - lightly bitter up front, followed by some banana bread flavors, honey sweetness, and just enough diacetyl to produce a present, but not intrusive buttery quality - a little nutty toward the end - a fairly solid bitter.



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