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Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

Percentile
79
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8333.35/5.03.35/5.05%89.3English pint
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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 Wulfstan (509), California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Nov 19, 2007    Updated: May 9, 2008
This is a great, tasty and satisfying ale. It is deep amber with a thick, big, dense, light tan head that lasts and leaves some lacing. The aroma is fairly strong malt, dust, dry leaves, somewhat musty, with piney hops. The taste is moderately rich, earthy malt, a hint of sourness, excellent sweet-bitter balance with a nice long mixed grain/malt and slightly bitter hop finish.


 Jonte (815), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Nov 9, 2007    Updated: Jun 23, 2008
Bottle. Red/copper color with off-white head. Sweet and fruity aroma, also some notes of toasted bread, caramel and light hops. Tastes of sweet fruit (plums,exotic fruit), toasted bread, caramel/toffee, and spicy, light bitter hops. Carbonation is above medium.


 AmEricanbrew (1808), Doing Rogue, Louisiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 7, 2007  
50 cl. bottle. Pours a clear copper color with an off white head. Has an herbal, spicy , grainy smell. Medium bodied and softly carbonated. Earthy, woody, toasted grain flavor. Finishes slightly bitter. A decent English pale ale. Dec 2004


 aerosol999 (113), Quebec, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 29, 2007  
Appearance: Mahogany reddish brown with a light tan head. Aroma: Big grainy nose with notes of honey and molasses toasted bread and butterscotch. Flavour: Strong attack with lots of warm fruit esters (plums and raisins.) Very grainy and biscuity. Finishes bittersweet with strong grassy English hop flavour. Low bitterness. Hazelnuts toffee and diacetyl butterscotch. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, chewy and fluffy. Overall: A rich estery beer with lots of toasted notes and warm fruit esters, plums pears and raisins. Bittersweet finish with sweetness coming from diacetyl.


 yarry (370), Waterdown, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Oct 29, 2007  
550ml (1 pint) bottle, 5.0% a/v Pours a firey copper colour with a nice delicious looking tan head. The aroma is malt, toffee and a bit of molasses. Taste is fairly malty with some brown sugar/toffee malt flavours. Would have liked more hops for sure, but not a bad beer.


 ChristianScheffel (4481), Odense, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 26, 2007  
Copper beer with a small white head. Malt, toffee and grassy hops in the aroma. Dry flavour with with toffee maltiness.


 AmazonMatt (284), Panama
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/105/515/20
Oct 23, 2007  
An excellent beer. The epitomy of a session, English-style pale ale/ESB. Pours with a big head, coppery. Very easy on the palate. More malt than I usually like, but this beer went down quick and smooth and I wanted another. Not filling. Great. Wish I had another. Thanks to Dad for bringing this to Panama.


 Enjoyit (1706), Vadum, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 21, 2007  
Amber of color with a beige head. A bitter aroma with notes of peanuts. A flavor of weak notes of hops, caramel and a bitter finish.



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