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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.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
jetboy (32), USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Jan 19, 2008  
Average color, the mouthfeel was much less than expected. I have to say this was a good beer but thats it, good. I would drink this again, but I won’t go out of my way to get it. Solid choice for someone looking to expand their tastes from the mass brewed.


 AR (417), Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 5, 2008  
Nice for an English ale. There is a slight bittery hop flavor that is well-balanced by the malts. Not too heavy - pleasantly drinkable.


 cheapdark (2011), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/511/20
Jan 4, 2008  
Can’t smell much in this brew from the bottle. Just slightly darker than a typical american pale lager, a little more brownish like light iced tea. Barely any carbonation. Taste is laid back and easy to enjoy. Quite nice for a pale ale but now I see it is actually an ESB on this site. Not too much bitter personality tho it does possess a hint. Almost as well behaved as a lager and more so than a pilsner. Overall, not bad. An ’ale’ I can accept. As an ESB, it’s one of the better ones I’ve tasted.


 Maverick34 (686), New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Dec 29, 2007  
Bottled. Have never gotten around to rating this and was pleasantly surprised because I had forgotten what it tastes like. Anyway it is a coppery colored with some malts, very light and very drinkable, am torn between the lack of hops and bitterness being bad or pleasant.


 RSRIZZO (1345), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/55/104/513/20
Dec 28, 2007  
Aroma is a metallic hop scent. Color is a clear amber with good carbonation and a some what loose head that stays low. Taste is light and crisp. Starting with a light body it goes down crisp with a mild malt flavor that has just a faint sweet caramel taste to it. Finish rolls in with a nice bitterness and a very faint hop flavor, then leaves you with a slight metallic aftertaste. Overall it very drinkable but not very hoppy.


 kidmartinek (972), austin, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 27, 2007  
Very frothy on the pour. Mild wood untertones in the aroma. The beer is dark copper with a tan head. Its a little runny, but has a good full flavor of barley malt.


 jeremytoni (1069), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/514/20
Dec 24, 2007  
From a bottle poured a dark copper color with a fair amount of head. Nice hoppy flavor with a quick finish.


 Capa (955), Yokosuka, Japan
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 23, 2007  
Copper. Citrus, caramel malts, and slight herbal notes. Citrus and fruity hops, caramel malts, some sweetness, and biscuits. Nice soft ESB, could easily session this.



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