Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

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

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.

550 ml brown bottle. With its creamy light tan head and golden brown color, this beer is a pleasure to look at. Aroma is certainly malty with a faint hint of hops. Medium body with lingering malt taste. A typical Samuel Smith session beer (a good thing).

Bottle. Golden amber with a nice creamish white mostly diminishing head. Aroma of caramel, malt and hops. Soft flavour, bitter hops and caramel, toasty malt. Soft bitter finish with some caramel.

Bottle at Birdies, Odense: Clear copper with a little white head. Caramel, malts - easy sweet, & hops. Ok body - though its close to watery. Fine bitter finish.