Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

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

12 oz. bottle. Nutty aroma contains pitted fruit (cherry, plum), apple, pear, chocolate, carmel, and sweet tobacco scents. Smells more like a brown ale than a pale ale (or, for that matter, ESB), but the aroma is superior to that from the typical representative of any of those styles. Pours a clear bronze/tan/amber with a reddish glow and a large amount of appetizing, thick, even, cream-colored head. Produces impressive lacing. The flavor features a sweetly malty start with a lemony-hoppy finish. Chocolate, carmel, and cream flavors. The tastes are subtle but quite good. This beer is not as hoppy as its pale ale designation or even ESB categorization would tend to suggest. Softly bitter aftertaste. Light to medium body. Relatively lively in the palate. Easy to drink. Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery Pale Ale is a wonderfully subtle brew that is perfectly English in character. I can see why it doesn’t rate well here at ratebeer.com: It does’t overwhelm the drinker with aggressive flavors. It would, however, stand up excellently to multiple tastings, it serves its purpose quite well, and it demands respect. This is another superb, underappreciated beer from one of the best breweries in the world.

Nice dark amber look with a fine lidgt orange/brown head. Aroma is that of fresh straw and caramel malts, though not that strong. Flavor is welbalanced with a appropiate malty sweetness and a nice bitter touch that leaves a dry and long lasting impression.

Dark, muddy amber in color. Aromas are mostly malty. Some fruitiness and earthy undertones with the slightest hint of hops. Medium bodied with a rather unpleasent sour bitterness to it. Not well balanced, but a decent drink.

bottle from the sprit haus. First sip is bitter and refreshing... this is exactly why I picked this one up. The flavor is grass, bitter hops, and pecans. Sam Smith is the first brewery that I fell in love with after I turned 21. I tried each one of them before I started my ratebeer adventure. I believe that they are each a little underrated.

550 ml pours amber copper with large, lasting head. Aroma is graham crackers and marshmallows, with some grass and metal hops. Flavor is nice upfront molasses-malt with one of the slower segues to a slight grassy hop-bitter finish. Occasional overarching sour-tart flavors are nice, maybe this is the yeast? Palate is soft and medium-bodied. Excellent beer.

Poured a clear rosy amber with only a few medium tracings of head. Tantilizing malt aroma with subdued hop undertones. At first touch to the mouth the beer gets a bit "fresh" with you and then lays off. Translated, that means the hops are at first fairly aggressive and then recede to the understated,

Bottle 355ml. Extremly nice amber, almost reddish beer with a fairly big, slight mocha head. Nice malt in the nose, nuts, burnt wood, fruits, caramel. The flavours are the same. Some earhiness and a slightly sour, salty taste. Wood, rather roasty. Peaches, caramel. The beer turns bitter to the end with a nice hoppy finish.

dark reddish copper color with white head. couldn’t smell it do to some allergy issues. somewhat hoppy taste with a little bitterness. good thick feel in the mouth very satisfying. enjoy the IPA and oatmeal stout a bit more but still a good brew.