Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

Bottle from Trenton Take out. Amber pour medium head. I did notice a slight hoppy aroma along with a hint of skunk. Alot of carbonation and a nice full body but the taste was rather simple and bland. It was just ok for me.

Bottle. Tea colored with quickly dissapating white head. Carmel, malts and hops. Thinner than expected.

Nice ice tea color with some white head and lacing. The slight sourness is actually pleasant after the malty flavor.

Aroma of caramel malts and hops. Not that flowery as most bitters. Clear, amber-red coloured with a lasting, thin, off-white head. Taste is sweet with more bitterness in the -dry- finish. Caramel malts and a strong hop character. Some orange as well. Quite straightforward, well brewed.

Bottle - Amber/reddish color with thin white head. Malt caramel nose with hint of hops. Malty flavor, slightly bitter flavor, or rather not as hoppy as I like a pale ale. Leaves something to be desired, but an okay or average brew.

This beer pours an amber red. Pours a nice head that trails off, which is good because it doesn’t get in the way of drinking. Not a creamy beer, and turns out to be very thin. Somewhat malty, but I am missing out on the big picture I guess. Not a complex beer. The percentile is fititng for this beer.

Pour from a 550 ml bottle. Amber in color with a disappearing small white head. Aroma has hints of caramel, sweet malts, and hops. I think I was expecting more from the flavor. There is some hop bitterness as well as some caramel malts. The problem is this beer is a little thin and doesn’t have enough flavor to keep it interesting. From notes.

Nothing pale about it. Deep, clear, raspberryish red pour with thinning off-white suds. Wafts of booze and musty grapefruit hoppiness. Big, bludgeoning hop bitterness with a twist of aniseed-like spice. But little else. A nibble of smoky caramel maltiness? By Sam’s high standards, disappointing.