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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.
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 KDorgan12 (163), Memphis, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/515/20
Jan 1, 2007  
Bottle. Tasted more like a brown than a pale - but a good brown. Maltier than a typical pale and not as much hops as I would expect. I tried this after the Brown Ale and thought the labels had been swapped.


miket25 (24), USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 29, 2006  
Nice smooth taste, with a sweet finish. Amber color with a nice head that doesn’t stick around after a few minutes. I really like the taste of this ale, which has a very pleasing flavor overall.


 Hawksfan17 (717), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Dec 22, 2006  
Pours brown with a white head. It has a nice sweet corn malt aroma blended with hops. The flavor is of mild hops with a nice malt balance. It finishes strong with hops and is smooth going down. A very nice beer.


Goodeone (39), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/104/510/20
Dec 16, 2006  
Poured a beautiful amber colour with a brownish frothy head. Caramel and maybe toffee aroma. Definite sweet caramel taste with the perfect amount of carbonation, not much at all. Very smooth but with a strong taste. Not quite my type of beer, but still quite nice for the rare occasion


 themadmumis (344), Westminster, Maryland, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/512/20
Dec 14, 2006  
Has the organic taste, but it isn’t as rounded as the St. Peter’s offerings. Too rough for my palate and it suffers overall from a natural selection. Clearly below St. Peter’s Ale offering, however, cheaper.


 Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Dec 10, 2006  
550ml bottle. Pretty beer - crystal clear amber with a big, foamy tan head that gets a bit rocky as is shrinks. Nutty caramel malt nose. Mildly bitter nutty malt flavor, dry. Good.


 yemntftb (106), USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/55/103/512/20
Dec 10, 2006  
Pours a dark reddish brown color, similarly to new castle. Smells shunky, almost identically to new castle. This beer is extremely smooth, but lacks any real characteristics. Good amount of carbonation, not a lot of taste. I would recommend this beer though, because its the same way they made it in the 1700s.


 TheBeerOrg (1563), Kentucky, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 6, 2006    Updated: Jan 20, 2007
Pours dark, slightly hazy reddish amber with a thin, mostly receding light tan head. Aroma of dark crystal, raisins, caramel, vinous malt, fruity British hops, toffee, nuts, and dates. Commercial description is correct, this beer feels like it is a product of the soil. Very earthy, with its’ dirty, slightly vinous and fruity flavors. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with lush, foamy carbonation. Quit enjoyable, and easy to drink.



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