Samuel Smiths Old Brewery Pale Ale

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bottle. Rich amber beer with an off-white head. Slight grassy and toffee aroma. Toffee flavor with some sweet malt, earth, grass, and tinge of citrus. Medium bodied. Lingering sweetness and grass. Well balanced.

550 ml bottle. Pours a brownish amber (not much red), with thick creamy long lasting head. Nice hop aroma at first, then skunky cat urine odor after that.. Very thn, watery taste with little aftertaste. Not bad, but my least enjoyable from this brewer so far.

Bottle.(LCBO) Pours neat amber with copper tones, large creamy-foamy top. Lacing above average. Aroma: Good dose of sweet candy like malt and fresh aromatic hops. Medium bodied, malty front supported by hops. They not as prominent as some of the other Bitter ales tough. Over all good solid work. No surprises here but it is not gem either. Good drinkable, balanced ale.

Clear brown amber body with a med. white head. Loads of mixed flavors throught the pint. Seawater, grass, oak, wiskey, nuts, fruits and tons of malts. Some yeasty overtones too. Alcohol hints in with some wood and salt for the finish. Varied likleyness, i enjoyed the challenge, although it was a tad light sometimes.