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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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 gringo332 (237), Richardson, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/517/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Interesting beer. it is very complex. Bottle. Pours a beautiful red with an orange glow. Not much aroma.


 markwise (1132), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Nov 18, 2008  
What a great sessionable beer. It pours an amber brown color with a slight off-white head. Smells like biscuity UK malt with toffee, caramel, bread, and some hops. Flavor is earthy, bready, biscuity, and a slight sweetness. It finishes with pieces of malt and toffee.


 joekinty (263), rockledge, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/517/20
Oct 26, 2008  
A nice beer with many delicate flavors medium bodied taste really good with danish blue cheese


 JesseM (661), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Oct 22, 2008    Updated: Oct 23, 2008
550mL bottle from my LCBO gift pack, served in my brand-spanking new Sam Smith’s tumbler that came with a pack of 3 beers. This one pours a beautiful copper-amber with a large tan head. Aroma is just great, perfect toffee malts with a hint of caramel, and maybe even a hint of roasty barley. Flavour doesn’t disappoint with an awesome malt body to it, toffee, caramel, and a mildly bitter hop bite in the finish. Somewhat earthy, and oh-so-smooth feeling. Very well balanced. A touch of dry astringency in the aftertaste is matched so well with the abundant malty sweetness. This beer is fairly simple, just incredibly well made and tasty!


 movezig (137), Pensacola, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/103/514/20
Oct 21, 2008  
Clear brown pour. Amber head nose was light malt. Very nutty. Some chocolate and light caramel. Good


Fruitfly (59), , Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/516/20
Oct 21, 2008  
A deep amber with a thick and beautiful head. Aroma is light on malt and a bit heavy on earthiness. Theres a dry fiber quality that comes before the bitterness. OK.


 ILoveNewBeer (113), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 21, 2008  
I do love Samuel Smiths beers and this is no exception. The flavor, nose, appearance is what we’ve come to expect from this brewery. Delicious. This is what Budweiser wanted to be when they made their American Ale.


 Rynoplasty (500), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Oct 20, 2008  
Pours light brown with a nice off white head. Aroma is light and malty. Taste is of English malts with a slight bitter finish. Another classic beer from Sam Smith.



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